In a paper to be presented this week, the Commission proposes a three-year road map towards a common European energy policy, with the aim of achieving a 20% greenhouse-gas emissions reduction by 2020.....
A vulnerable dollar? Germany at the EU helm; Eroticized adolescence; Considering Turkey
In the mean time, UK Environment Minister Ian Pearson has lashed out at the airline industry over its opposition to new EU plans to curb greenhouse-gas emissions (As EU goes greener, industry fears cost says IHT) while World trade talks are on a "knife edge" European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has told the Times. An Argument for a Trans-Atlantic Free-Trade Zone uttered by Gabor Steingart
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What to Expect from the German Presidency
A 6-page briefing note assessing Angela Merkel's goals for the German presidency of the EU, and her chances of success by Katinka Barysch