http://www.euractiv.com/Latests DocumentsUNEenTue, 24 Nov 2009 00:37:06 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss5editor@euractiv.comwebmaster@euractiv.comhttp://www.euractiv.com/cssea/logo.gifhttp://www.euractiv.com/10360http://www.euractiv.com./en/future-eu/europeans-baffled-eu-choice-leaders/article-187569?Ref=RSSPublic opinion and the European press were widely critical of the appointment of Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton to the EU's new top positions last week, with Germany in particular feeling it had been tricked into accepting a bad deal. But more cheerful notes could also be heard, according to a round-up by EurActiv's network.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:45:00 GMTtcm:29-187569-16http://www.euractiv.com./en/future-eu/eu-speed-recruitment-global-war-talent/article-187539?Ref=RSSSpecialised knowledge of the European Union will no longer be the main focus of tests to recruit EU officials under new guidelines to come into force next year, EurActiv has learned, as the bloc's institutions seek to attract the best talent to Brussels.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:45:00 GMTtcm:29-187539-16http://www.euractiv.com./en/future-eu/analyst-van-rompuy-overshadow-eu-leaders/article-187542?Ref=RSSHerman Van Rompuy, the former prime minister of Belgium who was nominated last week by European heads of state and government to become the EU's first permanent president, will be more of a "chairman" than a leader, according to Thierry Chopin, director of the Robert Schuman Foundation think-tank, in an interview with EurActiv France.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187542-16http://www.euractiv.com./en/future-eu/eu-elects-discrete-consensual-leaders/article-187509?Ref=RSSEight years of soul-searching and intricate manoeuvres to revamp the EU as a more powerful player in world affairs culminated yesterday (19 November) with the appointment of two discrete politicians, who pledged to profess consensus-building and quiet diplomacy.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187509-16http://www.euractiv.com./en/future-eu/eu-addresses-shortage-french-interpreters/article-187506?Ref=RSSEuropean Commission representatives are in France this week to encourage young people to consider a career in languages, amid fears that the EU executive will face a "serious shortage" of French-language interpreters within five to 10 years.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187506-16http://www.euractiv.com./en/future-eu/europe-desperately-seeking-leaders/article-187502?Ref=RSS"The potential for frictions, turf battles, and dysfunctional solutions for the trio at the EU helm is very high," writes Corinna Hörst, deputy director of the Brussels office of the German Marshall Fund, in a November paper.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187502-16http://www.euractiv.com./en/future-eu/eu-top-jobs-race-fails-thrill-europeans/article-187461?Ref=RSSEuropean leaders are meeting in Brussels for an extraordinary summit today (19 November) to appoint their first ever permanent president and an EU high representative for foreign affairs. However, citizens are showing little interest in who their leaders will be, a round-up from EurActiv's media network reveals.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:55:00 GMTtcm:29-187461-16http://www.euractiv.com./en/future-eu/lagarde-tipped-eurogroup-eu-jobs-trade/article-187491?Ref=RSSFrance could decide to support Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker as the EU's first permanent president during a summit in Brussels today (19 November) in exchange for the chair of the Eurogroup, EurActiv France reports.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:00 GMTtcm:29-187491-16http://www.euractiv.com./en/future-eu/forget-names-concentrate-structure-experts/article-187463?Ref=RSSAhead of today's EU summit, at which leaders are expected to select the bloc's president, experts yesterday (18 November) urged heads of government to think less about the names of candidates and more about the sweeping changes - and possible problems - the Lisbon Treaty will bring to the structure of the EU institutions.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:40:00 GMTtcm:29-187463-16http://www.euractiv.com./en/future-eu/expert-eu-us-relations-ripe-lisbon-treaty-upgrade/article-187437?Ref=RSSThe Lisbon Treaty provides the EU with an opportunity to push US President Barack Obama to "upgrade" the transatlantic relationship, though the US would prefer high-profile figures in the new EU 'top jobs', according to Transatlantic Center Director Ron Asmus.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187437-16