As the idea has gained ground that the euro zone might form an EU inner circle, so Europe itself has come to seem more important to Poland.
The pair discussed a need to form an integrated EU economic council, but they said an instrument such as the euro bond would be viable only in the later stages of integration.
The latest setback for London's banking sector -- the largest in Europe -- comes in the form of the EU's announcement it will cap bankers' bonuses at a year's salary, or two years' if there is explicit approval from shareholders.
Yet three-quarters of the EU's budget comes in the form of direct contributions from governments, based on national income.
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At this point, it appears cookies are the only tasty form of tracking that the EU is concerned with.
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EU-funded seminars constitute a third form of bad welfare and a waste of talent because in most cases they recycle and disseminate public information and knowledge providing income for both, those who give them and those who take them-often the right political clientele-rather than a vehicle for defusing and disseminating genuine knowledge.
In October, Mr Verheugen will issue a progress report on Turkey which will form the basis for the decision of EU leaders.
The plan, currently in draft form, would involve the creation of a pan-EU advisory body that would take over many tasks that currently reside with national regulators.
EU. But he is not terribly keen on the more limited form of flexibility either, which reserves the right to opt out of future developments that Britain finds uncongenial.
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The formal request was made on May 19, and takes the form of a reasoned opinion, representing the second step in EU infringement proceedings.
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In response to this threat, the European Union (EU) is looking into building a stockpile of REEs, in the form of a mixed carbonate of these metals.
However, it has not yet become so and in that breathing space the global authorities, the EU and the Greek political elite do have the space to do some form of controlled default, as the IMF believed Argentina should have done.
Labour is also likely to give up Britain's veto rights to EU-proposed legislation and move towards majority voting in some areas, a form of decision-making favored by the rest of Europe.
Knowing this may influence the decision about whether the EU and IMF should require Greek bond holders to share in the pain with some form of debt restructuring, re-profiling or default.
France, the biggest recipient of CAP funds (though not of total EU spending), has been the staunchest defender of the CAP in its present form, backed by the Mediterranean countries that also have big farm lobbies.
With no direct liquidity from the ECB forthcoming in the form of an IMF-partnered bailout, the onus is firmly on the EU summit this week to find a way to pull indebted sovereigns out of the red.
Several EU leaders want individual countries' debts guaranteed by the whole eurozone, for instance in the form of centrally issued eurobonds.
Are consumer protections a form of economic incentive, as well as a protection of personal data information for the EU?
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He accused Mr Sarkozy of having reduced the role of the European Commission - the EU's executive arm - to that of a "secretariat" for the presidents and prime ministers who form the European Council.
Turning from ancient history to more recent events, Lord Forsyth's point was that the FM had form: that he could not be trusted, as witness the episode of legal advice with regard to EU membership.
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