Although the EU does not oppose a second commitment period, other developed nations do.
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"There can be no Europe 'a la carte', " and, although the EU needs to change, it "cannot allow itself to be blackmailed", he insists.
And although the EU insists Galileo is for civilian use only, opponents suspect a hidden military agenda - that the system could be used to as a guidance system by a future EU army, independent from NATO.
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Although the EU Directive is a step forward in terms of offering more choice and greater accessibility, the healthcare systems of the 27 countries involved are of differing sophistication and there are a lot of details to be clarified.
The former Nato Secretary General, Lord Robertson, told the BBC it was also an important moment in the evolution of the EU's defence and security policy, although he said the EU needed more heavy planes and troops if it were to fulfil its peacekeeping ambitions.
Although the current EU rules may lead to cheaper CDs, the RIAA says music fans are better off in the long term if copyright is protected for longer.
Some politicians worry that such a large, mainly Muslim country would change the whole character of the EU, although the UK has been broadly supportive of Turkey's EU aspirations.
The big flaw in the plan is that taxable transactions are likely to migrate outside the EU. Although the commission bills its proposals as the first step towards a global agreement, it is hard to discern sweeping international enthusiasm for the idea.
Following the confirmation of the restoration of EU co-operation in October, relations with the EU, although still vulnerable to setbacks, are likely to be closer than they have been in recent years.
Indeed, although many governments in the EU say they support the Magnitsky campaign, none wants to attract Russian ire by being the first to impose sanctions.
Although final decisions on the EU budget are unlikely to be reached until the end of 2012, the arguments now being presented by the European Commission and Parliament, as well as the UK and Welsh Governments will be crucial.
The British government - in line with the official EU position - argues that although the cost of Galileo has grown, its potential commercial benefits have also increased.
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But although the Lisbon treaty changed the EU, it is equally important to see what did not change.
But Mrs May told the BBC's Andrew Marr show that was not possible under EU law, although she was hoping to limit the impact on the UK economy.
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EU, although last year the European Commission allowed drug companies to post patient-information packs on their websites.
Compliance with the CFP is currently the responsibility of member states although EU-wide inspections take place on a regular basis.
MEPs and the Commission want an EU budget rise of 6.8% in 2013, although the Council wants to limit the rise to just 2.8%.
Cattle can be vaccinated and their products consumed locally using a test that can tell between TB infection and vaccination, although the products cannot be exported to either the EU or the US, according to officials.
The UK and other EU countries are committed to cutting emissions by 20% by 2020 although the last Labour government backed a target for an 80% reduction - excluding shipping and aviation - by 2050.
It is one of the few EU budgets where the largest share has not gone on agriculture spending, although this is in second place for the 2010 budget.
Mr Lewis said that although the changes had been brought in because of an EU directive, the union was arguing for a "fairer balance to be struck" between control measures and ensuring that cattle farming businesses can be run.
The vote was off, and when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister he signed up to Lisbon (although he arrived for the ceremony late and avoided joining other EU leaders at a self-congratulatory gathering).
Lord Taylor said the UK was pressing the EU to bring in additional enforcement action to prevent market distortions through the export of illegal eggs, although he acknowledged that talks in Brussels on Monday had not brought about an agreement on tough enforcement action against non-compliant states.
Although Slovenia is one of the smallest among the recent wave of EU entrants, it is also the closest by far to the standards of living enjoyed in the more established EU members a status that was implicitly recognised when it joined the euro zone at the beginning of 2007.
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Kosovo is seen to have made only limited progress, although there is a chance its government may soon start talking to the EU about visa-free access to the 25-strong Schengen area later this year.
Although unpaletable, the Chinese Finance Minister recently noted in a major meeting of EU politicians and bankers that the underlying problem was actually productivity.
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EU's uniform duties may have the same effect, although they are much lower than Mercosur's.
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Although the prime minister clearly intends to sell a deal that keeps Britain inside the EU there are fears that he will fail.
Although no changes to the current regime on religious slaughter are mooted in a new EU directive on animal welfare, due to come into force in January 2013, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minister James Paice has noted that "member states can impose stricter rules in relation to religious slaughter if they wish".
The treaty's future is now uncertain although European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has insisted the process to ratify it in other EU states is still "alive".
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