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At the EU-Russia summit next week, trade barriers for European companies will be high on the agenda. more »
On 12-13 November 2009, the European Commission and the Government of Iraq are holding another round of negotiations in Brussels aimed at concluding a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA). more »
Winning the trust of the people will be the number one challenge for Hamid Karzai's Afghan government, according to MEPs just back from Kabul. more »
On 9 November, it will be 20 years since the East German authorities finally gave in and allowed their citizens to travel freely between communist East Berlin and West Berlin. more »
Serbia's Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said Belgrade will apply for EU membership before the end of the year, with the aim of joining within seven years. more »
The Obama Administration is very ambitious but the Americans have come quite late” says the head of Parliament's Environment Committee Jo Leinen. more »
A group of MEPs took part in the EU's Election Observation Mission and found the election to be fair despite some logistical problems. more »
In an exclusive interview to coincide with the anniversary of events in1989, we spoke to German Green Werner Schulz who saw the crowds gather to topple the iconic Berlin Wall and with it overthrow the East German regime in a cold November 20 years ago. He tells us of the events that day as a 39-year-old scientist and opposition activist and also what it feels like to have fought for freedom and democracy. more »
This week in Brussels sees a full week of Committee meetings in which climate change and the economic crisis will be debated. more »
Buzek: “This is great news.” “We need a new and strong European Commission in place as soon as possible. The European Parliament will be ready as of the 25 November to start the hearings of the new Commissioners-designate.” more »