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July 2008
- European Demands Vex Obama Camp
  
  newser | Der Spiegel | Jul 23, 08 3:30 PM CDT
  
  Barack Obama’s campaign is frustrated that his Berlin visit tomorrow is being over-analyzed, Der Spiegel reports—with Europeans complaining that he’s giving a mere stump speech, or that his address might lack substance. Obama is dropping in to outline his vision for trans-Atlantic alliances—he’s expected to give some tough love—and his people say they don’t appreciate the guff. More »
  
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  Barack Obama • European Union • foreign policy • Berlin • media bias • Brussels
- African Sun Could Power EU
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jul 23, 08 1:50 PM CDT
  
  All of the European continent’s electrical needs could be generated by massive solar farms in Africa, scientists posited today, unveiling a plan to do just that, the Guardian reports. The proposal, which would require an area the size of Wales—insignificant in the vast expanse of the Sahara Desert, they note—is highly speculative; the biggest hurdle would likely be upgrading the European and trans-Mediterranean power grid to carry, and share, the power. More »
  
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  European Union • Africa • Europe • renewable energy • solar power • power grid • solar panel • Sahara
- Ahmadinejad Upbeat Despite Sanction Threats
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 20, 08 8:52 AM CDT
  
  After nuclear talks in Geneva ended in a deadlock yesterday, major powers gave Iran a two-week deadline to halt uranium enrichment or face tougher EU and UN sanctions, Reuters reports. But Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today presented an upbeat analysis of the discussions. "Any negotiation that takes place is a step forward," the Iranian president told state media reporters. More »
  
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  Iran • United Nations • European Union • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear enrichment • uranium enrichment • Saeed Jalili • international sanctions • Javier Solana • Geneva • William Burns
- Sarkozy Puts France on Speed
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 17, 08 8:05 AM CDT
  
  His love life may be distracting and his poll ratings may be low, but Nicolas Sarkozy is "a tonic to his country and the most important European leader of his time," writes New York Times columnist Roger Cohen. In just 14 months the French president has led a sea change in foreign policy with the US, Israel, NATO, and North Africa. And on the domestic front, the former bedrock of Old Europe is now "on amphetamines." More »
  
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  France • Nicolas Sarkozy • European Union • Europe • French politics • French president
- Sarko Won't Boycott Beijing
  
  newser | BBC | Jul 9, 08 9:26 AM CDT
  
  Nicolas Sarkozy is backing off his threats to boycott the Beijing Olympics to protest China’s treatment of Tibet, the BBC reports. Sarkozy met with China’s president at the G8 summit, and now confirms that he will attend the opening ceremony. The French president said he made the decision after consulting other EU nations, since France currently holds the EU presidency. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Nicolas Sarkozy • European Union • Hu Jintao • Olympic boycotts
- France Takes EU Reins With Call for Change
  
  newser | AFP | Jul 1, 08 6:54 AM CDT
  
  French President Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday that “profound” changes are needed in Europe's strategy for growth as his nation takes over the helm of the EU, reports AFP. “There have been errors in the way that Europe has been built,” Sarkozy noted in the wake of Ireland’s vote against a major EU treaty. Many Europeans fear unification will worsen the negative effects of globalization, he says. "Something isn't right." More »
  
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  France • Nicolas Sarkozy • European Union • Ireland • Lisbon Treaty
June 2008
- Euro-Weary French Village Reverts to Franc
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 30, 08 8:32 AM CDT
  
  Six years after scrapping the franc for the euro, one sleepy town in southern France has reverted, the New York Times reports. Says the mayor of Collobrières, population 1,600, “We lost something with the franc. We lost an identity. We moved very quickly into Europe, maybe too quickly.” Villagers also blame the euro for rising prices and find the faceless pan-European currency bland. More »
  
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  France • European Union • euro • currency
- US and Europe to Share Private Data
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 28, 08 7:13 AM CDT
  
  The US and the European Union will soon allow security agencies to swap private information, including credit card purchases, travel histories and web surfing. The potential agreement is a breakthrough in a standoff between American counterterrorism officials and their trans-Atlantic counterparts, whose countries tend to have more stringent privacy laws. Draft language for the agreement has finally been ironed out, after 17 months of haggling. More »
  
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  terrorism • European Union • privacy • counterterrorism • personal privacy
- EU Will Make Airlines Pay to Pollute
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 27, 08 5:57 AM CDT
  
  The European Union struck a landmark deal yesterday to regulate carbon emissions from airplanes, requiring carriers to buy pollution credits for all flights entering or leaving airports in the EU. The agreement, which should go into effect in 2012, marks the first time that airlines will have to pay to pollute in the European emissions market the same way that other industrial polluters do, reports the New York Times . More »
  
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  European Union • airline industry • greenhouse gases • airline • pollution • air pollution • carbon caps
- Hand of US Neocons Seen Behind Irish 'No'
  
  newser | Der Spiegel | Jun 25, 08 4:57 PM CDT
  
  Pro-Europeans are claiming that American neoconservatives helped bankroll an effort to convince Irish voters to reject a key treaty, Der Spiegel reports. "Europe has powerful enemies on the other side of the Atlantic, gifted with considerable financial means," a French minister said after Ireland's thumbs-down roiled the continent. "The role of the American neo-cons was very important in the victory of the 'no'." More »
  
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  France • European Union • Europe • Ireland • constitution • neocon • Lisbon Treaty
- As Celtic Tiger Slows, Ireland Again Empties
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 25, 08 12:01 PM CDT
  
  The massive Irish economic engine of the '90s brought decades of emigration to a screeching halt and hordes of EU immigrants flooding through open borders to lay claim to plentiful jobs. But as the Celtic Tiger begins to look like a kitty, the Wall Street Journal reports, many of those immigrants are packing their bags and heading home—where the boom times are on the rise. More »
  
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  United Kingdom • European Union • immigration • Ireland • Eastern Europe • Celtic Tiger
- Lithuania's Negative Energy Bad for Europe
  
  newser | Economist | Jun 20, 08 5:25 PM CDT
  
  Lithuanians "should be furious" with politicians who have backed the Baltic nation into a "potentially appalling" crisis of energy and policy, the Economist notes. As condition for its admission to the European Union, Lithuania promised to shutter its Ignalina nuclear power plant by 2009—and pols have made no move to replace the energy, raising the specter of bargaining with Russia. More »
  
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  Russia • European Union • nuclear power • nuclear power plants • coal power • energy dependence • Economist • missile bases
- Europe Votes to Lift Cuba Sanctions
  
  newser | Agence France Presse | Jun 20, 08 8:20 AM CDT
  
  The European Union has agreed to lift sanctions against Cuba, much to the annoyance of the White House. "We see encouraging signs in Cuba and I think that we should show the population in Cuba that we are ready to work with them," an EU official tells the AFP. It's a largely symbolic victory for Cuba and Spain—which lobbied for the change—because sanctions have been suspended since 2005. More »
  
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  European Union • Cuba • human rights • Spain • Fidel Castro • Raul Castro • sanctions • National Security Council
- Surveillance Law Gives Sweden Broad Powers
  
  newser | BBC | Jun 19, 08 3:52 PM CDT
  
  Sweden's intelligence service will have broad new powers to intercept cross-border calls and emails, without a warrant, under a law passed yesterday, the BBC reports. Critics, meanwhile, say it is impossible to fully distinguish domestic from international traffic without compromising the transmissions. Protesters handed out copies of George Orwell's 1984 outside parliament, the AP notes. More »
  
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  European Union • privacy • warrantless wiretapping • Sweden • civil liberties • domestic wiretapping
- EU Will Ban Incandescent Bulbs
  
  newser | Der Spiegel | Jun 19, 08 2:07 PM CDT
  
  The European Union is set to begin phasing out the incandescent light bulb in favor of compact fluorescent bulb, Der Spiegel reports. The highest-wattage bulbs will go next year; the transition to CFLs—using a fifth of the energy and lasting 10 times longer—should be complete in 2015. More »
  
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  global warming • European Union • electricity • compact fluorescent bulbs • energy consumption • incandescent bulbs • bulbs
- EU Convulses, the World Could Care Less
  
  newser | Financial Times (UK) | Jun 17, 08 10:23 AM CDT
  
  The EU has been wracked with self-doubt and indecision in the days since the Irish electorate voted down the Treaty of Lisbon. But watching the turmoil unfold from Beijing, Financial Times columnist Philip Stephens observes just how introverted the Union has become. At a critical moment in the history of one of the world's great powers, the rest of the world has no reason to care. More »
  
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  European Union • globalization • Treaty of Lisbon • international governments
- 40 Years Later, France Returns to NATO
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 17, 08 6:19 AM CDT
  
  More than four decades after France withdrew from NATO military command, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced today that his nation's military will once again integrate itself with American and European forces. France's first new national defense policy in 14 years constitutes a major shift away from earlier Gaullist ideals of self-sufficiency, the New York Times reports. More »
  
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  France • Nicolas Sarkozy • European Union • NATO
- Britain Rolls Out New Iran Sanctions
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jun 16, 08 8:18 AM CDT
  
  Britain and the European Union will slap Iran with a new round of sanctions over its refusal to curtail its nuclear program, PM Gordon Brown announced today, handing President Bush an unexpected farewell gift on the last day of his weeklong European trip. Brown froze the assets of Iran's largest bank as of today, reports the Washington Post; he also pledged about 200 more troops to join the 7,800 British soldiers already in Afghanistan. More »
  
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  Iran • Great Britain • Bush administration • European Union • Gordon Brown • nuclear program • sanctions
- EU Divided in Wake of Ireland's 'No' Vote
  
  newser | BBC | Jun 14, 08 12:55 PM CDT
  
  Irish voters' rejection of a treaty to reform the EU has left the bloc in turmoil, the BBC reports. France, Germany, and Britain say EU countries should continue to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, while the Czech president declared it dead. Fourteen of the 27 EU countries have approved the agreement, which needs unanimous support to pass; Ireland was the the only one to hold a referendum. More »
  
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  European Union • Ireland • referendum • Treaty of Lisbon
- Don't Be So Happy to See Bush Go, Europe
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Jun 13, 08 5:00 PM CDT
  
  President Bush might be touring Europe to yawns and boos, but its citizens and pundits alike will miss their favorite political punching bag when he’s gone, Gerard Baker writes in the Times of London. “They'll miss, first, having a villain in the White House,” Baker explains. “It's a really convenient excuse to avoid doing anything yourself on pressing global concerns.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • John McCain • George W. Bush • Bush administration • global warming • European Union • Europe • scapegoat

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