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EU steps up response to Syrian massacre
The United States and at least seven other Western countries expelled Syrian diplomats from their capitals yesterday (29 May) in a coordinated action against President Bashar al-Assad's government over the killing of more than 100 civilians in a Syrian town. An EU-wide expulsion, however, has not been decided.

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Five years after its adoption, the European Commission is preparing to review the controversial REACH regulation, which for the first time required chemical manufacturers to justify that their products are safe for consumers before placing them on the market.

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Turunen MEP: 'There are many situations that can make us vulnerable as consumers'
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The Egyptian Election and the Arab Spring
Westerners have underestimated the extent of the support for the military regime in Egypt and the degree to which anti-Mubarak demonstrators were committed to Western-style democracy rather than a democracy that represented Islamic values, writes George Friedman.

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Promoting the EU via the works of Dan Brown?
It’s very interesting from a communication point of view, to analyses the books written by Dan Brown. The impact of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ was hug..

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Commission and Google eager to avoid showdown - 22 May 2012 - News

Joaquín Almunia, the EU's Competition Commissioner, has laid down an ultimatum for US search giant Google to meet competition concerns as both sides signalled a desire to avoid a repeat of tech giant Microsoft’s mammoth legal dispute with the EU executive.

Publishers urge EU to close e-books probe - 12 April 2012 - News

Apple and four international publishers have sent proposals to the European Commission to try to solve an e-books anti-trust case, a Commission statement said yesterday (11 April).

Local authorities to win exemption from EU state aid rules - 19 May 2011 - News

European regions and cities will no longer face EU state aid scrutiny when subsidising small-scale public services such as swimming pools and crèches, according to new rules being drawn up in Brussels.

Banks' reliance on state aid declines - 28 May 2010 - News

Declining reliance on emergency funding from governments signals a gradual return to normal market conditions in the banking sector, according to the European Commission's latest state aid scoreboard.

Visa commits to 0.2% card fee cut - 27 April 2010 - News

The European Commission announced yesterday (26 April) that it had reached an agreement with global card payment company Visa to reduce fees on its debit cards by 0.2%. Retailers, meanwhile, protested that the company's concession was too small.

Competition policy: Help or hindrance to Europe’s economic recovery? - 23 April 2010 - Analysis

Competition policy is essential for sustainable growth and a pillar of economic recovery, while those who want to relax competition during the economic downturn or protect national markets and support inefficient national businesses are "wrong", said Joaquín Almunia, European Commissioner for Competition, at a European Policy Centre (EPC) briefing on 19 April. Extraordinary public support measures were introduced to help the EU through the crisis, but these are now gradually being reduced and markets will start to function normally again, writes the EPC in its report of the event.

New EU rules let brand owners block online sales - 22 April 2010 - News

The European Commission unveiled revised antitrust rules on Tuesday (19 April) allowing luxury brand owners to block online retailers without a bricks-and-mortar shop from distributing their products.

'Selective distribution' to hamper eCommerce, retailers warn - 07 April 2010 - News

Amazon, eBay and other online retailers have asked the European Commission to reconsider draft rules which they claim would allow manufacturers in the 27-member bloc to prevent their products from being sold online.

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