What is clear is that the EU complicated matters hugely by letting a divided Cyprus join.
It is true that one must be a member of the Council of Europe if one is to be considered for membership of the EU. But other than that, human rights are CoE matters, not EU. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg is not a European Union body, it is a Council of Europe one.
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The point being made is that the EU is so mismanaging matters.
European Union leaders are still holding meetings to discuss a variety of matters regarding the EU sovereign debt crisis.
Senator Walker, president of Jersey's Policy and Resources Committee, has said he believed the islands were stronger when they acted together on matters such as EU tax proposals.
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On to other matters: were the EU leaders too ignorant or too arrogant when they designed the euro?
But enthusiasm for the election is at best lukewarm, he says, as joining the EU is not guaranteed to make matters better and may expose local businesses to increased competition.
Olli Rehn, the EU's current enlargement chief, likens the EU accession process to a journey that matters as much as the destination.
They are in fact a result of the way in which the European Union has simplified matters for corporations within the EU. And it is quite deliberate that they have done so.
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And an EU directive from October 2001 maintains that in matters of sex discrimination over pay the onus is on the employer to prove itself free of discrimination, not the other way round.
He wants to ensure that they cannot go further - by caucusing to take decisions on other matters that are prejudicial to the 10 EU countries including Britain which are not in the Euro.
The world stock markets are starting to focus on other matters and have mostly factored into prices the messy EU debt situation.
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The world stock markets are also starting to focus on other matters and have mostly factored into prices the messy EU debt situation.
However, the world stock markets are also starting to focus on other matters and have mostly factored into prices the present EU debt situation.
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Now this matters, because it is the first time that an EU institution has hinted that there is a realistic possibility of default by Greece, Ireland and Portugal.
At present, it appears the market place has moved the EU debt crisis off the front burner and is focusing on other matters, such as fresh economic reports.
It appears the market place has moved the EU debt crisis off the front burner this week and its focusing on other matters, such as fresh economic reports.
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But Montenegrins have also been told that lots of work remains before they join the EU. Passing laws is good, says the European Commission, but implementation matters more.
For now, it appears the market place has moved the EU debt crisis off the front burner this week and its focusing on other matters, such as fresh economic reports.
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EU, which regards all the ex-captive nations' rows with their former master as bilateral matters.
EU. That is an idea that horrifies the European Commission, which regards bilateral deals in market matters as little better than jungle law that would undermine Europe's single market.
While the EU debt crisis is far from being fully repaired, the market place has been focusing on other matters the past couple weeks, as the crisis has at least stabilized.
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