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    The "European semester", a cycle of economic policy coordination to be launched as from next year, moved a step forward on 7 September, when the Economic and Financial Affairs...

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  • EU's message to Iran: Return to the table

    A package of restrictive measures against Iranian sectors, such as trade, financial services, energy and transport, and certain individuals and companies (visa ban and...

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  • Accession negotiations with Iceland get going

    The negotiations on Iceland´s accession to the European Union will start at the Intergovernmental Conference on 27 July 2010, decided the General Affairs Council at its...

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  • Restoring confidence in European banks

    On 23 July, the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) released its report on the results of the stress test assessing the resilience of the EU banking system to...

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Herman Van Rompuy is the President of the European Council as from 1 December 2009.

Calendar iconNext Summit: 16.09.2010
The European Council meeting will be held in the presence of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, in order to discuss in particular the EU's relations with its strategic partners.

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