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Paris and Berlin outline common ‘vision’ for 2020
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel sealed a wide-ranging cooperation programme for the next ten years in Paris on Thursday (4 February), launching 80 "concrete" projects to forge closer economic ties by 2020. EURACTIV France reports.
Opinion leaders seek ‘big idea’ for EU
Sizeable personalities in European business, administration and public life, including EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding, met on Friday (9 October) in Brussels in an attempt to search for a 'big idea' for Europe. Reding made the case for placing "digital Europe" at the top of the new European Commission's agenda.
Buzek ready to shape EU agenda, face the unexpected
The next five years will see great economic, environmental and institutional challenges, but the new president of the European Parliament, Polish MEP Jerzy Buzek, is ready to deal with the unexpected and eager to shape the EU agenda "in the best interests of the Union's citizens," he told EURACTIV.
EU ‘wise men’ group hesitates to go public
The reflection group established by EU leaders to ponder the Union's future is yet to decide whether it will do its work behind closed doors or "go public" by asking for contributions via the Internet, the group's president, Felipe Gonzalez, said yesterday (21 January).
France promises ‘citizen-oriented’ EU Presidency
The upcoming French Presidency of the EU will adopt a citizen-oriented approach in an attempt to reconcile Europe and the French population, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and European Affairs Secretary Jean-Pierre Jouyet said. EURACTIV France reports.