EUbusiness Week 526 top stories: Spain says will not be next domino after Portugal; Euro-MPs mount new push to tax citizens, businesses; EU launches debate on quotas for women in boardrooms; EU calls for fresh start for continent’s Roma; EU launches appeal after claiming WTO Boeing victory; More kids, more immigrants, longer lives: today’s Europe
This Week’s Top Stories
1. Spain says will not be next domino after Portugal
2. Euro-MPs mount new push to tax citizens, businesses
3. EU launches debate on quotas for women in boardrooms
4. EU calls for fresh start for continent’s Roma
5. EU launches appeal after claiming WTO Boeing victory
6. More kids, more immigrants, longer lives: today’s Europe
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Now one of the world’s ten largest top-level domains, .eu helps major global companies to convey a clear European identity, presenting themselves online as open for business across Europe. .eu sites now include the likes of Bridgestone, Hyundai, the MAN Group, Microsoft and the UniCredit Group.
The domain is probably of most benefit to smaller companies, however, as it quickly raises their profile on European markets. It is also noticeable that among the 3.4m .eu registrations the strongest growth rates have come from Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Estonia.
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1. Spain says will not be next domino after Portugal
Spain strove Thursday to distance itself from Portugal, which is seeking international aid to solve its escalating debt woes, rejecting any risk of contagion from its neighbour and close economic partner.
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Irish inflation jumps to 3 pct as ECB hikes interest rates
2. Euro-MPs mount new push to tax citizens, businesses
European Parliament heavyweights launched a new bid Wednesday to replace state EU funding with direct taxes on half a billion citizens and 20 million companies.
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3. EU launches debate on quotas for women in boardrooms
The European Commission, seeking more diversity in Europe’s boardrooms, has launched a debate on whether to impose quotas to help more women break the glass ceiling.
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4. EU calls for fresh start for continent’s Roma
Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding called Tuesday on EU Member States to ensure a fresh start for Roma gypsies with policies aimed at full social and economic integration.
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5. EU launches appeal after claiming WTO Boeing victory
The Union has launched an appeal against a WTO ruling that the United States gave aircraft maker Boeing billions of dollars in illegal subsidies, after claiming victory in the dispute.
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6. More kids, more immigrants, longer lives: today’s Europe
Europe’s population is growing ever faster with a trend of women having more children accelerating and millions more legal immigrants pouring in, data for 2010 shows.
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Child support: the European Union signed Wednesday a new international convention making it harder for absentee parents to escape child support payments.
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EU states ordered to change driving rules for impaired
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Migrants: Italy granted temporary residence permits to thousands of Tunisian migrants Thursday on grounds of “humanitarian protection”, in a rare move that puts it on collision course with the rest of Europe.
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EU slaps new sanctions on ‘illegitimate’ Gbagbo regime
Britain says Portuguese crisis justifies austerity measures
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Aid: Member States states spent EUR 53.8 billion in overseas development aid in 2010, the Commission said on Wednesday, but Oxfam slammed a missing 14.5 billion.
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EU mulls easing plight of refugees
Commission wants more ambitious rescue fund
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Euro-Parliament Watch
Corruption: Parliament pledged Thursday to clean up its act after MEPs were accused of accepting bribes in exchange for votes, tainting the EU’s only directly-elected body.
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Romanian prosecutors ask for lifting of MEP immunity
This week, Parliament’s political leadership set up a working group to prepare tighter codes of conduct for both lobbyists and MEPs themselves, while at their plenary session, MEPs called for a drastic rethink of the EU’s relations with its neighbours; praised Iceland’s progress towards EU membership; approved new rules on bluetongue vaccination; and were divided over the future of nuclear energy in Europe.
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EU diary
8-9 Apr, Informal Economic & Financial Affairs Council
11-13 Apr, Informal Competitiveness Council
11-12 Apr, Justice and Home Affairs Council
14-15 Apr, Agriculture and Fisheries Council
2-3 May, Informal Meeting of Energy Ministers
5 May, Governing Council of the European Central Bank
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Portugal set to make ‘formal’ request for EU aid 7-Apr
EU refuses to compare Spain to Portugal 7-Apr
Still no tsunami alert system in Med, experts deplore 7-Apr
Germany says bank stress tests should be postponed 7-Apr
Romanian agriculture minister pleads for GM soy 7-Apr
Eurozone economic activity survey gives mixed signals 5-Apr
