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Greek finance min meets EU's task force chief, disabled demo
1. Disabled protesters in wheelchairs at top of demonstration
2. Pan right of legs of people in wheelchairs
3. High angle shot of demonstration
4. Close-up sign reading (Greek) "Cast a vote against those who rape the lives of people...
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EUROPE: DENMARK'S EU NOMINEE CALLS FOR END TO FARM SUBSIDIES
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Denmark's nominee for European Environment Commissioner is calling for an end to farm subsidies in the European Union.
Ritt Bjerregaard wants to channel the 86 (b) billion dollar Agriculture budget into Eastern Europe to...
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European Fin Mins comment on Ireland; regulation
1. Wide exterior Palais d'Egmont, venue for European Finance Ministers meeting
2. Belgian and EU flags
3. Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti gets out of car, approaches
4. Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg arriving, walks...
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New coalition government sworn in in Portugal
1. Wide of newly elected Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho signing book at swearing in ceremony UPSOUND: (Portuguese) "I solemnly state, on my honour, that I will loyally carry out the functions I'm being trusted with."
2. Mid of...
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EC presidential hopeful Juncker on EPP triumph; Spanish Populist Party cheers win
Jean-Claude Juncker says he is the next President of the European Commission.
The conservative caucus, known as EPP, was forecast to win 211 seats, down from 274, but enough to remain the biggest group in the European...
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CROATIA: ZAGREB: SUMMIT LATEST
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European Union leaders took another stride in post-Cold War reconciliation on Friday, reaching out to five Balkan nations that caught a late train to democracy and economic reform because of a decade of war.
At a...
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Presser at end of final day of AU EU summit
1. Wide of closing news conference of EU-AU summit
2. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission President:
"Europe is not protectionist. Actually Europe is importing from Africa more than all the other developed...
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BELGIUM: EU COURT ACTION OVER BEEF BAN DELAYED
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The European Commission's court action against France over its continued ban on British beef was further delayed on Monday.
A spokesman for the E-C told reporters that the legal documents are now expected to be delivered to...
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Merkel, Finland PM, Greek PM and opposition leader comments
1. Wide of German Chancellor Angela Merkel arriving
2. Cutaway camera
3. SOUNDBITE: (German) Angela Merkel, German Chancellor:
"We need to make very far reaching comprehensive decisions that have to be prepared with diligence. I believe...
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BELGIUM: EU: BEEF WAR LATEST
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The UK Government is set to formally ask the European Commission to begin legal proceedings against France for its refusal to lift the ban on British beef.
The UK Agriculture Minister, Nick Brown is in Brussels for a regular...
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EU to move on ending for Turkish visas
The European Union is poised for a big step Wednesday toward ending visa requirements for Turkish citizens, in the wake of a widely criticised deal to get Turkey to stop migrants entering the EU.Turkey has sought visa liberalisation for...
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Copenhagen named EU Green Capital of 2014
The people of Copenhagen will be raising a glass to their city at midnight on New Year's Eve as it becomes the European Union's Green Capital of 2014.
The European Commission highlighted green mobility, clean water and a goal to be CO2...
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RBS' CFO Sees a Return to Profit in 2018
Feb.24 -- Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) –- Ewen Stevenson, chief financial officer at RBS, discusses when the bank will return to profitability, additional cost cuts, the Williams and Glyn proposal and his plans for a dividend. He speaks to...
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French, Spanish Inflation Falls Short of ECB Target
October 28 -- French growth rebounded in the third quarter as part of a start-stop expansion that leaves Europe’s second-largest economy lagging its neighbors such as Spain. Gross domestic product in France expanded 0.2 percent in the...
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Reaction from tech industry to EU ruling on Uber regulation
The European Union's top court has ruled that ride-hailing service Uber should be regulated like a taxi company, a decision that could change the way it functions across the continent.
The ruling Wednesday by the...
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Stubb Says He'll Go Hard on Trade If Chosen to Lead European Commission
Oct.03 -- Former Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb speaks about his bid to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission President. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
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The Race for the EU’s Top Jobs
May.28 -- The dust is starting to settle on the elections to the European Parliament, and the focus switches to negotiations over who will get the EU’s top jobs. The Danish anti-trust chief Margarethe Vestager is eyeing the EU Commission...
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Protesters demonstrate against UK PM
A dozen of protesters waited for the British Prime Minister Theresa May in front of the European Commission building in Brussels on Wednesday dressed as unicorns, claiming that the compromise she seeks does not exist.
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EU trade negotiator in Washington for talks
The European Union's top trade negotiator, Cecilia Malmstrom, is meeting United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in Washington in an effort to breathe life into an attempt to strike a trade deal.
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Merkel Ally Says Populists Will Fail to Deliver on Promises
Apr.24 -- Manfred Weber, the candidate of Europe’s Christian Democrats to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission president in November, discusses the upcoming European election and downplays the implications of a populist...
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Lagarde to Succeed Draghi as ECB Chief
Jul.02 -- Christine Lagarde is set to swap the helm of the International Monetary Fund for that of the European Central Bank, becoming the first woman to run euro-area monetary policy just as the bloc’s economy looks in need of fresh...
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EU voices concerns over Italy's budget deficit
The European Commission has chastised Italy for a spending plan that will raise its deficit to three times that which was previously agreed, calling the deviation "unprecedented" in the history of the EU's stability and growth compact.