***** EUobserver - 12.11.2014 **********************************************
***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. MEPs demand answers from Juncker over Luxembourg tax deals - 12/11/2014 09:29:17
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A week after the LuxLeaks revelations and as a new report into tax
practices of 15 EU countries is published, pressure is mounting on EU
commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker to give some answers.
http://euobserver.com/political/126481
2. [Investigation] EU and Kosovo corruption: Scratching the surface? - 11/11/2014 15:57:30
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The EU has asked an ageing academic to look into Eulex corruption
allegations. But former officials want to know why it failed to convict a
single "big fish" in the past five years?
http://euobserver.com/investigations/126468
3. EU court: Countries can deny benefits to 'welfare tourists' - 11/11/2014 11:59:48
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU citizens who move to another member state "solely in order to obtain
social assistance" may be excluded from social benefits schemes, the EU's
top court has ruled.
http://euobserver.com/justice/126466
4. US and China agree climate deal - 12/11/2014 09:20:08
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The US and China on Wednesday announced an unexpected climate deal in a
move that may ease European industry fears that the EU's climate goals are
risking its competitive edge.
http://euobserver.com/environment/126486
5. Global energy body voices concern on security, CO2 - 12/11/2014 01:10:32
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The International Energy Agency has voiced concern on security of supply,
greenhouse gas emissions, and the future of nuclear power over the next two
decades.
http://euobserver.com/news/126474
6. Data retention issue stymies EU air passenger bill - 11/11/2014 17:55:44
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Attempts to finalise the EU-wide passenger name records bill by the end of
year seems unlikely, given top MEPs' divided views on its conformity with a
recent Luxembourg verdict.
http://euobserver.com/justice/126473
7. MEPs allow national bans on GM crops - 11/11/2014 15:57:54
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
MEPs say member states should have the right to ban genetically modified
crops from their territory even if the EU has already approved their
cultivation.
http://euobserver.com/environment/126467
8. EU-Canada deal to remain unchanged, trade chief tells Germany - 11/11/2014 10:37:45
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
An EU-Canada trade agreement will include controversial investor protection
clauses, the EU's new trade commissioner has confirmed. Meanwhile, a second
anti-TTIP petition has gathered over 850,000 signatures.
http://euobserver.com/news/126464
9. [Opinion] The immigrant democratic deficit and the rising far-right - 12/11/2014 09:02:18
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A growing democratic deficit inflates the far right's electoral results;
immigrants themselves simply do not count in most elections.
http://euobserver.com/opinion/126471
10. [Investigation] Part VII: ?60mn Valentine's Day gift - 11/11/2014 10:15:36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
While Silvio Zammit risks jail time and former EU health commission John
Dalli is still under investigation, the witness to the prosecution, Gayle
Kimberley, has largely escaped scrutiny.
http://euobserver.com/smoke-and-mirrors/126127
11. [Opinion] It's time for a Latvian discussion on gay rights - 11/11/2014 17:56:23
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The "brave" decision by Latvia's foreign minister to come out is an
opportunity for a new debate on LGBTI rights in eastern Europe.
http://euobserver.com/opinion/126469
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
Greens want Juncker's response to Luxembourg tax leaks - 12/11/2014 08:56:42
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126485
EU spacecraft Rosetta close to historic landing on comet - 12/11/2014 08:50:43
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126483
OSCE warns of more violence in eastern Ukraine - 12/11/2014 08:49:42
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126482
No plans for new Russia sanctions, says Merkel - 12/11/2014 08:49:09
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126480
Commission's 2015 programme to be adopted 16 December - 12/11/2014 08:48:37
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126479
***** EUobserver - 11.11.2014 **********************************************
***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. French politics rocked by claims of anti-Sarkozy plot - 11/11/2014 09:28:06
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A former French PM is alleged to have instructed Hollande's chief of staff
to speed up investigations into Sarkozy in a bid to thwart Sarkozy's
leadership ambitions.
http://euobserver.com/political/126463
2. Who is Frans Timmermans? - 11/11/2014 08:58:11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Dutch Frans Timmermans is set to become the most powerful EU official
in Brussels - so who exactly is he?
http://euobserver.com/news/126445
3. [Investigation] Part VI: A circumstantial EU hanging - 10/11/2014 09:59:14
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The EU's anti-fraud office has no evidence in its report nailing Dalli and
his accomplices on bribes which never exchanged hands in any case.
http://euobserver.com/smoke-and-mirrors/126126
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
UK will not stay in EU at all costs, says Cameron - 11/11/2014 08:59:04
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126460
Romanian FM resigns over election disorganisation - 11/11/2014 08:46:40
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126462
Disagreement among Catalan politicians over post-vote strategy - 11/11/2014 08:43:28
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126461
Subsidies for fossil fuel exploration remains high, report says - 11/11/2014 08:42:50
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126459
EU names French law professor on Kosovo probe - 10/11/2014 17:33:06
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126457
***** EUobserver - 10.11.2014 **********************************************
***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. [Interview] Kasparov: Stop Putin now or pay the price later - 09/11/2014 17:03:23
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Twenty five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Kasparov, a former
Soviet chess icon, tells EUobserver that Europe risks entering a dark new
chapter in history.
http://euobserver.com/foreign/126447
2. Catalonia: 1.6mn people vote for independent state - 10/11/2014 09:25:59
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Over 1.6 million Catalans voted in favour of independence on Sunday in an
informal poll.
http://euobserver.com/news/126453
3. UK to sign up to EU arrest warrant despite Tory rebellion - 10/11/2014 09:30:10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
UK MPs are set to sign up to a package of 35 EU justice laws including the
controversial European Arrest Warrant on Monday.
http://euobserver.com/news/126455
4. Russian military trying to intimidate Nato - 10/11/2014 09:27:53
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Russia has, in parallel with its war on Ukraine, instigated almost 40
incidents of "highly disturbing" near-confrontation with Nato military
assets, a new British report says.
http://euobserver.com/defence/126454
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
European countries mull recognising Palestinian state: report - 10/11/2014 09:04:40
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126451
UK Labour leader to warn against Brexit - 10/11/2014 09:03:34
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126452
Budapest protesters call for tax chief's resignation - 10/11/2014 09:02:58
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126449
Netherlands must take better care of migrants, says human rights watchdog - 10/11/2014 09:01:20
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126448
***** EUobserver - 09.11.2014 **********************************************
***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Ministers edge closer to agreeing transactions tax - 08/11/2014 12:46:56
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eleven EU finance ministers edged closer to agreeing a tax on financial
transactions at a meeting on Friday (7 November).
http://euobserver.com/news/126446
***** EUobserver - 08.11.2014 **********************************************
***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Catalans defy Madrid, goes to polls on Sunday - 08/11/2014 09:14:51
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Catalans will go to the ballot boxes on Sunday to declare whether they want
Catalonia to be an independent state, despite the vote being suspended
twice by the Spanish Constitutional Court.
http://euobserver.com/news/126442
2. Merkel: 'grave concern' on new Russian tanks in Ukraine - 07/11/2014 17:57:22
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
German chancellor Angela Merkel has voiced "grave concern" over reports of
a new Russian military incursion in east Ukraine.
http://euobserver.com/foreign/126443
3. [Investigation] Part V: Dalli's big tobacco theory - 07/11/2014 09:43:21
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Dalli claims that his tough stand against tobacco as EU health
commissioner led the industry to pull levers inside the European Commission
to get him ousted from office.
http://euobserver.com/smoke-and-mirrors/126125
4. UK, Netherlands get nine extra months to pay EU bill - 07/11/2014 17:40:42
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU finance ministers have extended until September 2015 a deadline for
contributions to the EU budget, given the "unusually" high corrections this
year.
http://euobserver.com/economic/126437
5. [EUobserved] Where is Juncker? - 07/11/2014 17:44:51
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Our new 'political' commission arrived on Monday, wobbled into being on
Tuesday; had its highpoint on Wednesday, and shut up shop on Thursday.
http://euobserver.com/news/126436
6. [Agenda] MEPs want answers on Luxembourg leaks this WEEK - 07/11/2014 17:31:37
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Leaked tax evasion schemes for multinational corporations in Luxembourg
loom large as the new European Commission finishes its first turbulent week
in office.
http://euobserver.com/agenda/126440
7. [Opinion] Madrid, Barcelona and the war of Spanish secession - 07/11/2014 14:50:33
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
On the day Germans will be celebrating reunification, Spaniards will be
focused on whether their country is about to fall apart.
http://euobserver.com/opinion/126433
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
Mogherini urges Israelis and Palestinians to 'lower tensions' - 07/11/2014 17:13:52
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126441
Dutch parliament to question Eurostat on ?642m bill - 07/11/2014 16:39:08
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126439
Australian tax office launches probe after Luxembourg Leaks - 07/11/2014 14:20:56
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126438
New study of Eulex alleges further wrongdoing - 07/11/2014 12:37:21
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126435
***** EUobserver - 13.11.2014 **********************************************
***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Juncker 'regrets' Luxembourg tax deals - 12/11/2014 13:49:18
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU commission chief Juncker has broken his one-week silence on "Luxembourg
Leaks", with jokes, "regrets", and a new proposal on EU tax transparency.
http://euobserver.com/political/126488
2. European probe lands on comet 500 million km from earth - 13/11/2014 09:27:27
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A European robot probe has made the first ever landing on a comet, but its
status is currently unclear after harpoons failed to anchor it to the
surface.
http://euobserver.com/news/126499
3. EU tax havens drain money from developing nations - 13/11/2014 09:22:16
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tax havens in places like Luxembourg are zapping billions of euros from the
coffers of developing countries and forcing weak governments to rely on
dwindling international development aid, experts say.
http://euobserver.com/justice/126492
4. ECB putting eurozone economy at risk, German expert group says - 12/11/2014 19:16:25
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The European Central Bank's plans to pump more cheap credit into banks risk
undermining the long-term health of the eurozone, according to Germany's
economic expert group.
http://euobserver.com/news/126491
5. Brussels offers interest-free delays for EU budget top-ups - 12/11/2014 19:09:07
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The EU commission Wednesday proposed new rules to relax its budget top-up
regime, after howls of complaint from the UK and the Netherlands over a 1
December deadline.
http://euobserver.com/news/126490
6. EU states to be consulted on commission's 2015 programme - 12/11/2014 18:21:39
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The EU commission's work programme for 2015 will, for the first time, be
drafted together with EU countries, Timmermans - the commissioner in charge
of deregulation - has said.
http://euobserver.com/political/126489
7. Military deserters may claim EU asylum - 12/11/2014 12:33:32
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Military personnel may claim asylum in the EU if they consider themselves
to be at risk of prosecution or punishment for refusal to perform military
service, according to an opinion by the EU's top court.
http://euobserver.com/justice/126484
8. [Investigation] Part VIII: A scandal 'for the next 10 years' - 12/11/2014 12:26:58
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
In her office on the 15th floor in the Altiero Spinelli wing of the
European Parliament, German centre-right MEP Ingeborg Graessle shuffles
some papers on a table and then pours two glasses of water.
http://euobserver.com/smoke-and-mirrors/126128
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
Private ships to rescue Mediterranean migrants - 13/11/2014 09:07:49
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126497
Berlin wants automatic exchange of tax-deals - 13/11/2014 09:06:48
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126495
Greek alcohol sales nearly halved since 2008 - 13/11/2014 09:05:46
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126498
Reding joins board of Nyrstar mining company - 13/11/2014 09:03:51
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126496
Rosetta mission lands probe on comet - 12/11/2014 18:22:21
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126494
***** EUobserver - 14.11.2014 **********************************************
***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Ukraine warns EU of 'full-scale' Russian attack - 14/11/2014 09:29:46
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ukraine's ambassador to the EU has warned that Russia is preparing a new
"full-scale" offensive, in concerns echoed by the US and Nato.
http://euobserver.com/foreign/126513
2. Romania to elect new president after 'wretched' campaign - 14/11/2014 09:16:21
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Romania will elect a new president on Sunday, after a campaign of indirect
death threats which raises questions about the state of democracy in the
country.
http://euobserver.com/political/126506
3. MEPs to Mogherini: Stop ignoring parliament on Russia sanctions - 14/11/2014 09:28:46
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A cross-party group of MEPs has urged the EU foreign service to stop
ignoring the EU parliament on Magnitsky sanctions.
http://euobserver.com/foreign/126520
4. Ministers face new battle over next year's EU budget - 13/11/2014 19:04:51
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Finance ministers meet in Brussels on Friday as EU lawmakers face another
race against time to agree on 2015 spending plans.
http://euobserver.com/news/126512
5. Dutch Liberal loses out on committee post for being too pro-EU - 13/11/2014 18:55:59
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Dutch Liberal party has nominated a relative novice to chair the
European affairs committee, abandoning a more experienced candidate who is
said to be too pro-European.
http://euobserver.com/institutional/126509
6. [Opinion] Ukraine: Something bad in the air - 13/11/2014 18:51:49
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Signs point to an upcoming escalation in Russia's war on Ukraine. But if it
happens, what will the West do?
http://euobserver.com/opinion/126511
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
EU-US trade deal could threaten GMO labels - 14/11/2014 09:24:59
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126515
Merkel backs EU-New Zealand free trade deal - 14/11/2014 09:21:30
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126518
Portugal arrests 'golden visa' immigration chief - 14/11/2014 09:20:59
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126517
UK to introduce tough anti-jihadist plan - 14/11/2014 09:20:16
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126516
Reopening two nuclear power plants in Belgium delayed - 14/11/2014 09:19:32
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126519
***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. MEPs demand answers from Juncker over Luxembourg tax deals - 12/11/2014 09:29:17
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A week after the LuxLeaks revelations and as a new report into tax
practices of 15 EU countries is published, pressure is mounting on EU
commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker to give some answers.
http://euobserver.com/political/126481
2. [Investigation] EU and Kosovo corruption: Scratching the surface? - 11/11/2014 15:57:30
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The EU has asked an ageing academic to look into Eulex corruption
allegations. But former officials want to know why it failed to convict a
single "big fish" in the past five years?
http://euobserver.com/investigations/126468
3. EU court: Countries can deny benefits to 'welfare tourists' - 11/11/2014 11:59:48
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU citizens who move to another member state "solely in order to obtain
social assistance" may be excluded from social benefits schemes, the EU's
top court has ruled.
http://euobserver.com/justice/126466
4. US and China agree climate deal - 12/11/2014 09:20:08
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The US and China on Wednesday announced an unexpected climate deal in a
move that may ease European industry fears that the EU's climate goals are
risking its competitive edge.
http://euobserver.com/environment/126486
5. Global energy body voices concern on security, CO2 - 12/11/2014 01:10:32
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The International Energy Agency has voiced concern on security of supply,
greenhouse gas emissions, and the future of nuclear power over the next two
decades.
http://euobserver.com/news/126474
6. Data retention issue stymies EU air passenger bill - 11/11/2014 17:55:44
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Attempts to finalise the EU-wide passenger name records bill by the end of
year seems unlikely, given top MEPs' divided views on its conformity with a
recent Luxembourg verdict.
http://euobserver.com/justice/126473
7. MEPs allow national bans on GM crops - 11/11/2014 15:57:54
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
MEPs say member states should have the right to ban genetically modified
crops from their territory even if the EU has already approved their
cultivation.
http://euobserver.com/environment/126467
8. EU-Canada deal to remain unchanged, trade chief tells Germany - 11/11/2014 10:37:45
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
An EU-Canada trade agreement will include controversial investor protection
clauses, the EU's new trade commissioner has confirmed. Meanwhile, a second
anti-TTIP petition has gathered over 850,000 signatures.
http://euobserver.com/news/126464
9. [Opinion] The immigrant democratic deficit and the rising far-right - 12/11/2014 09:02:18
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A growing democratic deficit inflates the far right's electoral results;
immigrants themselves simply do not count in most elections.
http://euobserver.com/opinion/126471
10. [Investigation] Part VII: ?60mn Valentine's Day gift - 11/11/2014 10:15:36
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
While Silvio Zammit risks jail time and former EU health commission John
Dalli is still under investigation, the witness to the prosecution, Gayle
Kimberley, has largely escaped scrutiny.
http://euobserver.com/smoke-and-mirrors/126127
11. [Opinion] It's time for a Latvian discussion on gay rights - 11/11/2014 17:56:23
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The "brave" decision by Latvia's foreign minister to come out is an
opportunity for a new debate on LGBTI rights in eastern Europe.
http://euobserver.com/opinion/126469
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
Greens want Juncker's response to Luxembourg tax leaks - 12/11/2014 08:56:42
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126485
EU spacecraft Rosetta close to historic landing on comet - 12/11/2014 08:50:43
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126483
OSCE warns of more violence in eastern Ukraine - 12/11/2014 08:49:42
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126482
No plans for new Russia sanctions, says Merkel - 12/11/2014 08:49:09
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126480
Commission's 2015 programme to be adopted 16 December - 12/11/2014 08:48:37
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126479
***** EUobserver - 11.11.2014 **********************************************
***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. French politics rocked by claims of anti-Sarkozy plot - 11/11/2014 09:28:06
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A former French PM is alleged to have instructed Hollande's chief of staff
to speed up investigations into Sarkozy in a bid to thwart Sarkozy's
leadership ambitions.
http://euobserver.com/political/126463
2. Who is Frans Timmermans? - 11/11/2014 08:58:11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Dutch Frans Timmermans is set to become the most powerful EU official
in Brussels - so who exactly is he?
http://euobserver.com/news/126445
3. [Investigation] Part VI: A circumstantial EU hanging - 10/11/2014 09:59:14
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The EU's anti-fraud office has no evidence in its report nailing Dalli and
his accomplices on bribes which never exchanged hands in any case.
http://euobserver.com/smoke-and-mirrors/126126
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
UK will not stay in EU at all costs, says Cameron - 11/11/2014 08:59:04
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126460
Romanian FM resigns over election disorganisation - 11/11/2014 08:46:40
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126462
Disagreement among Catalan politicians over post-vote strategy - 11/11/2014 08:43:28
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126461
Subsidies for fossil fuel exploration remains high, report says - 11/11/2014 08:42:50
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126459
EU names French law professor on Kosovo probe - 10/11/2014 17:33:06
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126457
***** EUobserver - 10.11.2014 **********************************************
***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. [Interview] Kasparov: Stop Putin now or pay the price later - 09/11/2014 17:03:23
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Twenty five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Kasparov, a former
Soviet chess icon, tells EUobserver that Europe risks entering a dark new
chapter in history.
http://euobserver.com/foreign/126447
2. Catalonia: 1.6mn people vote for independent state - 10/11/2014 09:25:59
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Over 1.6 million Catalans voted in favour of independence on Sunday in an
informal poll.
http://euobserver.com/news/126453
3. UK to sign up to EU arrest warrant despite Tory rebellion - 10/11/2014 09:30:10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
UK MPs are set to sign up to a package of 35 EU justice laws including the
controversial European Arrest Warrant on Monday.
http://euobserver.com/news/126455
4. Russian military trying to intimidate Nato - 10/11/2014 09:27:53
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Russia has, in parallel with its war on Ukraine, instigated almost 40
incidents of "highly disturbing" near-confrontation with Nato military
assets, a new British report says.
http://euobserver.com/defence/126454
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
European countries mull recognising Palestinian state: report - 10/11/2014 09:04:40
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126451
UK Labour leader to warn against Brexit - 10/11/2014 09:03:34
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126452
Budapest protesters call for tax chief's resignation - 10/11/2014 09:02:58
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126449
Netherlands must take better care of migrants, says human rights watchdog - 10/11/2014 09:01:20
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126448
***** EUobserver - 09.11.2014 **********************************************
***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Ministers edge closer to agreeing transactions tax - 08/11/2014 12:46:56
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eleven EU finance ministers edged closer to agreeing a tax on financial
transactions at a meeting on Friday (7 November).
http://euobserver.com/news/126446
***** EUobserver - 08.11.2014 **********************************************
***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Catalans defy Madrid, goes to polls on Sunday - 08/11/2014 09:14:51
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Catalans will go to the ballot boxes on Sunday to declare whether they want
Catalonia to be an independent state, despite the vote being suspended
twice by the Spanish Constitutional Court.
http://euobserver.com/news/126442
2. Merkel: 'grave concern' on new Russian tanks in Ukraine - 07/11/2014 17:57:22
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
German chancellor Angela Merkel has voiced "grave concern" over reports of
a new Russian military incursion in east Ukraine.
http://euobserver.com/foreign/126443
3. [Investigation] Part V: Dalli's big tobacco theory - 07/11/2014 09:43:21
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Dalli claims that his tough stand against tobacco as EU health
commissioner led the industry to pull levers inside the European Commission
to get him ousted from office.
http://euobserver.com/smoke-and-mirrors/126125
4. UK, Netherlands get nine extra months to pay EU bill - 07/11/2014 17:40:42
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU finance ministers have extended until September 2015 a deadline for
contributions to the EU budget, given the "unusually" high corrections this
year.
http://euobserver.com/economic/126437
5. [EUobserved] Where is Juncker? - 07/11/2014 17:44:51
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Our new 'political' commission arrived on Monday, wobbled into being on
Tuesday; had its highpoint on Wednesday, and shut up shop on Thursday.
http://euobserver.com/news/126436
6. [Agenda] MEPs want answers on Luxembourg leaks this WEEK - 07/11/2014 17:31:37
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Leaked tax evasion schemes for multinational corporations in Luxembourg
loom large as the new European Commission finishes its first turbulent week
in office.
http://euobserver.com/agenda/126440
7. [Opinion] Madrid, Barcelona and the war of Spanish secession - 07/11/2014 14:50:33
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
On the day Germans will be celebrating reunification, Spaniards will be
focused on whether their country is about to fall apart.
http://euobserver.com/opinion/126433
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
Mogherini urges Israelis and Palestinians to 'lower tensions' - 07/11/2014 17:13:52
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126441
Dutch parliament to question Eurostat on ?642m bill - 07/11/2014 16:39:08
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126439
Australian tax office launches probe after Luxembourg Leaks - 07/11/2014 14:20:56
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126438
New study of Eulex alleges further wrongdoing - 07/11/2014 12:37:21
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126435
***** EUobserver - 13.11.2014 **********************************************
***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Juncker 'regrets' Luxembourg tax deals - 12/11/2014 13:49:18
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU commission chief Juncker has broken his one-week silence on "Luxembourg
Leaks", with jokes, "regrets", and a new proposal on EU tax transparency.
http://euobserver.com/political/126488
2. European probe lands on comet 500 million km from earth - 13/11/2014 09:27:27
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A European robot probe has made the first ever landing on a comet, but its
status is currently unclear after harpoons failed to anchor it to the
surface.
http://euobserver.com/news/126499
3. EU tax havens drain money from developing nations - 13/11/2014 09:22:16
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tax havens in places like Luxembourg are zapping billions of euros from the
coffers of developing countries and forcing weak governments to rely on
dwindling international development aid, experts say.
http://euobserver.com/justice/126492
4. ECB putting eurozone economy at risk, German expert group says - 12/11/2014 19:16:25
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The European Central Bank's plans to pump more cheap credit into banks risk
undermining the long-term health of the eurozone, according to Germany's
economic expert group.
http://euobserver.com/news/126491
5. Brussels offers interest-free delays for EU budget top-ups - 12/11/2014 19:09:07
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The EU commission Wednesday proposed new rules to relax its budget top-up
regime, after howls of complaint from the UK and the Netherlands over a 1
December deadline.
http://euobserver.com/news/126490
6. EU states to be consulted on commission's 2015 programme - 12/11/2014 18:21:39
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The EU commission's work programme for 2015 will, for the first time, be
drafted together with EU countries, Timmermans - the commissioner in charge
of deregulation - has said.
http://euobserver.com/political/126489
7. Military deserters may claim EU asylum - 12/11/2014 12:33:32
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Military personnel may claim asylum in the EU if they consider themselves
to be at risk of prosecution or punishment for refusal to perform military
service, according to an opinion by the EU's top court.
http://euobserver.com/justice/126484
8. [Investigation] Part VIII: A scandal 'for the next 10 years' - 12/11/2014 12:26:58
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In her office on the 15th floor in the Altiero Spinelli wing of the
European Parliament, German centre-right MEP Ingeborg Graessle shuffles
some papers on a table and then pours two glasses of water.
http://euobserver.com/smoke-and-mirrors/126128
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
Private ships to rescue Mediterranean migrants - 13/11/2014 09:07:49
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126497
Berlin wants automatic exchange of tax-deals - 13/11/2014 09:06:48
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126495
Greek alcohol sales nearly halved since 2008 - 13/11/2014 09:05:46
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126498
Reding joins board of Nyrstar mining company - 13/11/2014 09:03:51
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126496
Rosetta mission lands probe on comet - 12/11/2014 18:22:21
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126494
***** EUobserver - 14.11.2014 **********************************************
***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Ukraine warns EU of 'full-scale' Russian attack - 14/11/2014 09:29:46
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Ukraine's ambassador to the EU has warned that Russia is preparing a new
"full-scale" offensive, in concerns echoed by the US and Nato.
http://euobserver.com/foreign/126513
2. Romania to elect new president after 'wretched' campaign - 14/11/2014 09:16:21
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Romania will elect a new president on Sunday, after a campaign of indirect
death threats which raises questions about the state of democracy in the
country.
http://euobserver.com/political/126506
3. MEPs to Mogherini: Stop ignoring parliament on Russia sanctions - 14/11/2014 09:28:46
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A cross-party group of MEPs has urged the EU foreign service to stop
ignoring the EU parliament on Magnitsky sanctions.
http://euobserver.com/foreign/126520
4. Ministers face new battle over next year's EU budget - 13/11/2014 19:04:51
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Finance ministers meet in Brussels on Friday as EU lawmakers face another
race against time to agree on 2015 spending plans.
http://euobserver.com/news/126512
5. Dutch Liberal loses out on committee post for being too pro-EU - 13/11/2014 18:55:59
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The Dutch Liberal party has nominated a relative novice to chair the
European affairs committee, abandoning a more experienced candidate who is
said to be too pro-European.
http://euobserver.com/institutional/126509
6. [Opinion] Ukraine: Something bad in the air - 13/11/2014 18:51:49
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Signs point to an upcoming escalation in Russia's war on Ukraine. But if it
happens, what will the West do?
http://euobserver.com/opinion/126511
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
EU-US trade deal could threaten GMO labels - 14/11/2014 09:24:59
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126515
Merkel backs EU-New Zealand free trade deal - 14/11/2014 09:21:30
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126518
Portugal arrests 'golden visa' immigration chief - 14/11/2014 09:20:59
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126517
UK to introduce tough anti-jihadist plan - 14/11/2014 09:20:16
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126516
Reopening two nuclear power plants in Belgium delayed - 14/11/2014 09:19:32
http://euobserver.com/tickers/126519
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