EU boosts learning mobility - EUbusiness Week newsletter 552
EUbusiness Week 552 top stories: EU demands right to dictate national budgets; EU takes Germany to court over Volkswagen protection law; US, EU sign airline passenger data sharing deal; EU takes key step in solar energy project in Arab deserts; EU to ban 'horrendous' shark finning; British women top obesity chart, French aren't all thin
This Week's Top Stories
1. EU demands right to dictate national budgets
2. EU takes Germany to court over Volkswagen protection law
3. US, EU sign airline passenger data sharing deal
4. EU takes key step in solar energy project in Arab deserts
5. EU to ban 'horrendous' shark finning
6. British women top obesity chart, French aren't all thin
Publisher's Note
The Commission this week unveiled its new "Erasmus for all" proposal.
The successor to the Lifelong Learning Programme would make EUR 19bn
available over seven years to promote skills and learning mobility for
young people - doubling the number of students offered the chance to
study/train abroad.
An extension of the Erasmus mobility brand to vocational
education and training (VET) is to be welcomed, also a new focus on the
quality of mobility, which should help to strengthen the mobility of VET
and its attractiveness.
Androulla Vassiliou, Education Commissioner: "Investment in
education and training is the best investment we can make for Europe's
future. Studying abroad boosts people's skills, personal development and
adaptability, and makes them more employable".
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Regards,
Nick Prag
Publisher, EUbusiness
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1. EU demands right to dictate national budgets
The European Union has demanded sweeping powers to override national
budgets and proposed issuing joint eurozone bonds to help resolve and
prevent a repeat of the debt crisis.
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In pitching bonds plan, EU invokes birth of US federalism
2. EU takes Germany to court over Volkswagen protection law
The Commission decided on Thursday to haul Germany before the top EU
court for failing to scrap a law that protects auto giant Volkswagen
from potential takeover bids.
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3. US, EU sign airline passenger data sharing deal
The United States and the European Union have signed a draft pact on
sharing passenger data for flights between the two continents, which
both sides have welcomed as a significant step forward.
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4. EU takes key step in solar energy project in Arab deserts
Europe's ambitious project to capture solar and wind energy across Arab
deserts to power homes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa inched
forward Thursday despite technical and political hurdles.
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5. EU to ban 'horrendous' shark finning
Stepping in to save endangered sharks, the EC has called for a full ban
on shark finning at sea, the practice of slicing off the fins and
throwing the body overboard to drown.
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6. British women top obesity chart, French aren't all thin
British women and Maltese men topped European obesity rates according to
data released Thursday that also undermined popular belief that all
French women are thin.
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EUROPEAN CASE LAW
Web filters: Internet service providers cannot be forced to instal
filters aimed at preventing people from illegally downloading music and
other files, the EU's top court ruled on Thursday.
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Italy faces EU court action for restricting investment
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Inside the EU Institutions
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Italy: Italy's new Prime Minister Mario Monti insisted at eurozone debt
crisis talks Thursday that his country would balance its budget in 2013,
after raising doubts over its ability to do so.
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Britain pushes for European Court reform
EU December summit extended over two days
EU to slap sanctions on 200 Iranian firms, people
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Commission Watch
Eurobonds: Commission president Barroso defended on Monday the idea of
joint eurozone bonds in the face of German opposition, saying they will
make sense once the bloc achieves greater fiscal discipline.
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EU calls for more progress in Serbia-Kosovo talks
EU vows crisis will not derail aid for Ivory Coast
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Euro-Parliament Watch
Turkey: European Parliament president Jerzy Buzek, on a two-day visit to
Turkey, called for renewed talks on Turkey's bid to join the EU,
stalled by a dispute over Cyprus.
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Serbia should get EU candidacy: EP chief
This week, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee voiced
reservations about Commission proposals on eurobonds; the Civil
Liberties Committee said the scope for restricting public access to
documents held by EU institutions would be severely curtailed by
amendments to a draft law on public access; and the Agriculture
Committee called for urgent measures to halve food waste by 2025.
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EU diary
28 Nov, EU-US summit
28-29 Nov, Education, Youth, Culture & Sport Council
29 Nov, Eurogroup
30 Nov, Economic & Financial Affairs Council
30 Nov - 1 Dec, Foreign Affairs Council
1-2 Dec, Employment, Social, Health, Consumer Council
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