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		<title><![CDATA[GM prepares to outline Opel strategy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ European government officials said they expected General Motors to outline a strategy for its Opel unit within days, and made plans to discuss the re-structuring in depth in the first week of December.After a meeting organised by the European Commission, European Union industry ministers said they had "agreed to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Australian Securitisation Forum's Sydney evening series discussion was lucky to hear from Cecilia Tarrant, who has recently been appointed chair of the European Securitisation Forum]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4849/is_14_17/ai_n30933540]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Securitisation Forum's Sydney evening series discussion was lucky to hear from Cecilia Tarrant, who has recently been appointed chair of the European Securitisation Forum. Tarrant had flown in from Europe in the morning. Despite the jetlag, she gave a short speech on the ESF's recent dealings with European...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Serbia&#39;s EU candidate status &#39;possible&#39; in 2009: Barroso]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200809/ai_n28052685]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS AFP &#8212; Serbia could become an EU candidate nation next year but must first meet conditions including full cooperation with an international war crimes court, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Wednesday.  "It will be possible to have candidate status next year" if the conditions are fulfilled,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brussels approves Delta&#39;s bid for Northwest Airlines]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS AFP &#8212; EU regulators on Wednesday approved a bid by Delta Airlines of the United States for its smaller rival Northwest, smoothing the way towards the creation of the world's biggest airline.  The European Commission announced it had decided "that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Italy to seek Brussels&#39; view on controversial immigration law]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME AFP &#8212; The Italian government, criticised by Brussels for its immigration policy, on Friday sought the opinion of the European Commission on the wording of new legislation on refugees and immigration.  It was an "informal" step before the final adoption of a number of measures, taking into account...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vattenfall Europe cedes to EU Commission, plans to sell electric grid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT AFP &#8212; Vattenfall Europe, a leading German energy company, said Friday it will sell off its electricity distribution network, as requested by the European Commission.  "We have studied the options in the past months and came to the conclusion that a sale of our high-tension lines to a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Highlights and Key Issues * GDP growth in Q1 was revised to 0.5% from 0.6%, with a good performance in the business sector partly offsetting stagnating consumer spending. We now see GDP growth averaging 1.6% in 2008, and expect it to moderate further to 1.5% in 2009 as a result...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EC issues ultimatum on 'hidden' state aid: the European Commission  has told governments they have 18 months to stamp out aid to railways hidden in loan guarantees and national budgets]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THIS really is "the final whistle," said Mr Benoit Le Bret, chief of staff to transport commissioner Mr Jaques Barrot, as he presented the European Commission's EC latest guidelines on state aid for railway operators. "We know there is state aid being hidden. There are government loan guarantees and aid...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY : HEALTH CHECK PROGRESSES AGAINST BACKDROP OF FOOD CRISIS.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the question of food security dominating debates in Europe and  around the world since the start of the year, the European Commission  will be presenting, on 20 May in Strasbourg, proposals for adjustments  to the Common Agricultural Policy. This will no doubt be a tough ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[European Private Law: beyond the Common Frame of Reference - out Now]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_May_28/ai_n25456667]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c93109) has announced the addition of "European Private Law: Beyond the Common Frame of Reference" to their offering.  An interim outline edition of the academic Common Frame of Reference has been recently published. It is difficult to predict the political use to which...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Germany teases EU Commission with new draft VW law]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200805/ai_n25458927]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT AFP &#8212; Germany has decided to back a new bill that would retain state influence over Europe's biggest car maker, Volkswagen, despite staunch opposition from the European Commission.  Several months of talks that raised tension within Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition ended in support for the state of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TELECOMMUNICATIONS : PARLIAMENT WANTS TO SPEED UP TELECOMS PACKAGE.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6463/is_200805/ai_n25682920]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The rapporteurs in the European Parliament for the telecoms package  are determined to find a solution before the end of this term (mid-2009)  to push the European Commission into dialogue and to rouse the Council.    "We think that this package is one of the main...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Right-Wing Resurrection]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmnew/is_200805/ai_n25441455]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Conservatives rule almost all of Europe. What they will do with all their power is an open question.  With Silvio Berlusconi regaining power in Italy, Europe&#8217;s right-wing parties can look out proudly on a continent they control. From north to south and east to west, Europe is painted blue....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU delays ruling on GM products]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200805/ai_n25387930]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS AFP &#8212; The European Commission on Wednesday ordered more tests on whether several genetically modified products should be allowed in Europe, putting back a decision on whether to give approval.  Commission spokesman Johannes Laitenberger put the new delay down to divisions within the European Union's executive arm, pitting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CHEMICALS - ETI-EUROPOLITICS BUSINESS LUNCH : COUNTDOWN ON TO LAUNCH OF REACH.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6637/is_200805/ai_n26520711]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The first phase of pre-registration of chemicals, which will start  on 1 June, will mark the  real' take-off of the REACH  (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) Regulation,  whose first year of legal existence focused mainly on setting up the  European Chemicals Agency ECHA in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Italy&#39;s Berlusconi mulls nationalising loss-making Alitalia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200804/ai_n25366569]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MILAN AFP &#8212; Prime minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday floated the idea of nationalising Alitalia instead of selling off the state's 49.9 percent share in the loss-making airline, media reports said.  "We are going ahead looking for stakeholders ... but we may decide for the state to acquire Alitalia...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Company Watch - Alitalia]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6781/is_2008_April_28/ai_n28534643]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Apr 28, 2008  Prime Minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi vowed that Alitalia will be rescued by an Italian consortium by late May, though he warned that severe job cuts would be inevitable. "This [loan] has given Alitalia the means to survive a few months, time which will be used by a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CHICKEN : EUROPEAN PROFESSIONALS CONCERNED OVER CHLORINATED CHICKEN.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6567/is_200804/ai_n25948829]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA["It is not necessary to soak poultry in chlorine baths like in  the USA to have microbiological criteria under control," insisted  the Association of Poultry Processors and Poultry Trade in the EU  countries AVEC, after the polemic launched by EU Industry Commissioner  Gunter Verheugen on the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Europe and UN to help Jordan clear border landmines]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200804/ai_n25365806]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AMMAN AFP &#8212; The European Commission and the UN Development Programme signed an agreement with Jordan on Thursday to help the desert kingdom clear landmines along its northern border with Syria.  The commission said in a statement it will contribute 4.5 million euros more than seven million dollars to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU TO PROBE SUBSIDIES TO SCOTTISH FERRY FIRMS.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6640/is_200804/ai_n26118273]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission will have to determine whether the  subsidies granted by the Scottish government to the ferry companies  NorthLink and CalMac are legal. Following complaints, it opened, on 16  April, a formal examination procedure which will determine whether the  funding of ferry services by the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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