Posts Tagged EU summit
No one puts David in the corner!
Posted by Natalie Hamill in European Union on 09/12/2011
The UK woke up reeling from the astonishing news that Prime Minister David Cameron has walked out of an EU Summit and effectively removed the UK from EU treaty negotiations: treaty negotiations which were aimed at ‘salvaging’ the Eurozone. Not just making headlines in the UK; it seems David Cameron’s decision has captured attention across the globe. Of all the angles being examined, two are particularly striking – the apparent shock that David Cameron has followed through and done exactly as he said he would, and whether such a brash move has damaged the UK’s international standing and its ability to negotiate with its EU neighbours.
Serbia’s long and winding road to EU accession
Posted by Natalie Hamill in European Union on 01/12/2011
By Lucy Hatton
Next week’s EU Summit provides the perfect opportunity to review Serbia’s progress towards EU membership – a contentious issue since Serbia applied in 2009. Earlier this year it was suggested that Serbia might be granted official candidate status at the EU Summit on Friday (9th December), yet this is looking increasingly unlikely, due to Serbia’s unresolved issues with Kosovo.
EU summit to challenge protectionism
Posted by Claire Daley in European Union on 24/02/2009
The Eastern members of the European Union are holding a mini-summit prior to all EU Heads of States and Governments convening an emergency summit on 1st March 2009 to discuss protectionism, writes Kyial Arabaeva. Mr. Mikolaj Dowgielewicz, Poland’s Europe Minister, told Poland’s PAP news agency: ‘We want to send a clear message that we support the European Union’s position in favour of defending the common market and that we are against protectionism.”