http://www.europesebeweging.nl/9353000/1/j9vvi4rdx7gnwzt/vg8wpxh23yz5 Nieuws bij Europese Unie (EU) nl 2010-09-06T14:13:06+00:00 PDC daily 1 1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.europesebeweging.nl/9353000/1/j9vvi4rdx7gnwzt/vii9c6qkd2z5?ctx=vg8wpxh23yz5&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw Ex-UK prime minister Tony Blair has burst back onto the media landscape in the UK after a three-year absence with the publication of his keenly awaited memoir in which he also reveals his regrets about the EU and other titbits such as former US President George Bush not recognising the Belgian prime minister at a G8 meeting. 2010-09-02T07:27:18+00:00 http://www.europesebeweging.nl/9353000/1/j9vvi4rdx7gnwzt/vii2o61sk4y8?ctx=vg8wpxh23yz5&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - People's confidence in the the European Union has dropped to record lows in most countries amid a placid response to the rising unemployment and the troubles of the eurozone, a Eurobarometer published on Thursday (26 August) shows. 2010-08-26T15:48:47+00:00 http://www.europesebeweging.nl/9353000/1/j9vvi4rdx7gnwzt/vii2fuetzzzq?ctx=vg8wpxh23yz5&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw Volgens de voorjaars-Eurobarometer 2010, het door de EU georganiseerde halfjaarlijkse opinieonderzoek, is 75% van de Europese burgers van mening dat de bestrijding van de economische crisis beter kan worden aangepakt door een sterkere coördinatie van het economische en het financiële beleid tussen de EU-lidstaten. Het onderzoek werd in mei uitgevoerd - op het hoogtepunt van de Europese schuldencrisis - en is vandaag bekendgemaakt. 72% van de Europeanen staat achter een sterker toezicht door de EU op de activiteiten van de belangrijkste internationale financiële groepen, vier procentpunten meer dan bij de laatste Eurobarometer in het najaar van 2009. De voornaamste punten van zorg van de Europese burgers in de crisis waren de huidige economische situatie (40%; onveranderd ten opzichte van najaar 2009), werkloosheid (48%; -3 procentpunten) en stijgende prijzen (20%; +1). De crisis was ook van invloed op de perceptie van de EU door de burgers. 40% van de Europeanen associeert de EU met de euro (+3), 45% met de vrijheid om overal in de EU te reizen, te studeren en te werken (-1) en 24% met vrede (-4). 2010-08-25T22:00:00+00:00 http://www.europesebeweging.nl/9353000/1/j9vvi4rdx7gnwzt/vihmnhjuruyh?ctx=vg8wpxh23yz5&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw Today the 2009 Environment Policy Review was published. It reports on EU policy developments from last year and looks in detail at EU and Member States' environmental trends and policy performance. 2010-08-09T22:00:00+00:00 http://www.europesebeweging.nl/9353000/1/j9vvi4rdx7gnwzt/vigpf6djt6zv?ctx=vg8wpxh23yz5&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw Today the European Commission adopted the ISA Work Programme1, which allocates 26 million to actions in support of electronic cooperation among public administrations in the EU Member States. The actions will help administrations to exchange information more easily and to deliver better services to citizens and businesses. ISA stands for 'interoperability solutions for European public administrations'. 2010-07-07T22:00:00+00:00 http://www.europesebeweging.nl/9353000/1/j9vvi4rdx7gnwzt/vigike1gfbz9?ctx=vg8wpxh23yz5&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw LONDEN (ANP) - De nieuwe Britse regering streeft naar meer invloed in de Europese Unie. Dat zei minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, William Hague, donderdag tijdens zijn eerste rede waarin hij zijn toekomstige beleid uiteenzette. 2010-07-01T13:14:00+00:00 http://www.europesebeweging.nl/9353000/1/j9vvi4rdx7gnwzt/vigi75w3tgza?ctx=vg8wpxh23yz5&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw BRUSSEL (ANP) - België is met ingang van donderdag EU-voorzitter. Het volgt Spanje op, dat die rol de afgelopen zes maanden heeft vervuld. Het EU-voorzitterschap gaat elk half jaar naar een andere lidstaat. 2010-06-30T22:09:00+00:00 http://www.europesebeweging.nl/9353000/1/j9vvi4rdx7gnwzt/vifjg79rzyye?ctx=vg8wpxh23yz5&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw Maroš Sefcovic, the Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Inter-institutional Relations and Administration, announced today the publication of vacancies for four Deputy Director General posts, open to nationals of three Member States which joined the EU in 2004 (Latvia, Lithuania and Malta). Although overall targets for top managers from the new Member States which joined the EU in 2004 have been achieved, individual indicative targets have not yet been reached for these three Member States. Today's publications will be followed in the coming days by two further waves of senior management publications, respectively at Director and Principal Adviser levels, which will opened to nationals of six Member States which joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia ). 2010-05-26T22:00:00+00:00 http://www.europesebeweging.nl/9353000/1/j9vvi4rdx7gnwzt/vifhoak5fixm?ctx=vg8wpxh23yz5&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has said he is looking to establish a clearer "hierarchy" among the EU institutions and member states to make it easier to deal with any future crises in the eurozone. 2010-05-25T15:41:13+00:00 http://www.europesebeweging.nl/9353000/1/j9vvi4rdx7gnwzt/vif2p3o8t6wt?ctx=vg8wpxh23yz5&s0e=vhdubxdwqrzw EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The 19 EU countries which are also members of the OECD have voted to let Israel join the economic club, but voiced worries that the move could hurt the Middle East peace process. 2010-05-10T15:45:07+00:00