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Right-of-centre and centrist leaders meet, Merkel, Fillon
1. Wide exterior of Chateau de Bouchout, venue for European People's Party (EPP) mini-summit
2. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili arriving
3. Close up of EPP flag
4. EPP Vice President Michel Barnier entering chateau
5. Cutaway...
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GREEK BANKER CALLS EU CENTRALIZED BANK PROPOSAL 'POSITIVE STEP FORWARD'
The European Commission proposed a system of centralised banking regulations on Wednesday.
The plan - unveiled by internal market commissioner Michel Barnier - would allow national authorities to intervene early if a bank's solvency was...
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Ten European and NAfrican leaders meet for first 5+5 summit in nearly 10 years
1. Wide of French President Francois Hollande arriving at Malta's Prime Minister's office
2. Mid of Hollande and Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi shaking hands
3. Mid of Hollande and Gonzi posing for photographs
4. Wide of...
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Portuguese union leaders and businessmen hold talks with troika representatives
1. Various of Jurgen Kroger, representative of the European Commission, and Abebe Selassie representative of the International Monetary Fund, arriving at meeting along with union leaders and businessmen
2. Various of Armenio Carlos,...
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Bosnian and Bosnian Serb comment on progress towards EU accession
Sarajevo
1. Wide of Bosnian parliament building
2. Various of Sarajevo streets
3. Various of Sarajevo business district
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Haris Silajdzic, member of Bosnian presidency
"We shall have to make some radical changes...
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EC President visits Darfur, pledges 40 million euros in food aid
1. Wide of UN plane landing
2. Mid of Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission President, walking down steps from the plane and shaking hands with African Union (AU) officials
3. Exterior of United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)...
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EU Foreign Affairs Council meets; comments on Myanmar, Syria, Repsol
1. Wide of press waiting outside VIP entrance at European Council in Luxembourg
2. Close of flags
3. Close of European Council sign
4. Wide of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton talking to the press
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Catherine...
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Wen Jiabao comment on Iran nuclear programme
1. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, and President of European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso sitting for news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Wen Jiabao, Chinese Premier:
"Our purpose is that the...
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Morning reactions, headlines to EU report
1. Pan of river at dawn
2. Mid shot of the Old City
3. Minarets and domes
4. People walking
5. Two men reading newspaper
6. Two men and people walking on the pavement
7. A man buying a newspaper
8. Tilt down of newspaper stand...
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Monti meets Portuguese PM a day before European Council; austerity demo in Lisbon
Rome
1. Wide of Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho shaking hands with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti
2. Cutaway ceremonial guards
3. Wide Passos Coelho and Monti walking up red carpet past Honour Guard
4. Mid of media
5....
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Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov meets visiting Italian foreign minister
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks in Moscow on Wednesday with his Italian counterpart Federica Mogherini.
At a news conference later, Lavrov called for an end to the violence in Gaza and Israel.
"It is fundamentally...
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FRANCE: OPENING OF 2 DAY SUMMIT
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With the Middle East in crisis, Yugoslavia still in upheaval and oil prices going through the roof, European Union leaders had plenty to talk about as they opened their two-day summit in Biarritz in France on Friday.
The...
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Barroso meets Rousseff for trade talks, speaks at university
The president of the European Commission said on Friday that the current fighting in Gaza and the downed Malaysia Airlines plane are events that shouldn't be allowed to happen in the 21st century.
"The tragedy that took place yesterday...
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EU Delegation visits towns affected by earthquake
1. Wide of soldiers looking at partially demolished building
2. Firemen looking at building
3. Antonio Cardoso, Ambassador of European Commission in Peru walking with camera
4. Cardoso crossing road
5. Cardoso standing with a group of...
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EU - 50th Anniversary celebrations
Germany - Cakes baked to mark European Union 50th anniversary
Berlin, Germany - 21 March, 2007
1. Pan across cakes from various EU states
Italy - Celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome
Rome - 23 March 2007
1....
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AP asks Europeans if they know those in line for EC presidency
Brussels, Belgium
1. Close of European Union (EU) flags
2. Various of police on guard outside EU Council building
3. Satellite trucks in car park
4. Pedestrians walking past barbed wire of security blockade
5. SOUNDBITE (French)...
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Russian foreign minister comments on South Stream gas pipeline
Bulgaria and Russia on Monday voiced hope that work on the Russia-led South Stream gas pipeline project, which had been blocked by the European Union, can be resumed.
Last month, Bulgaria, an EU member, suspended work on the pipeline...
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US and EU representatives offer aid after typhoon
Infanta, Philippines
1. European Commission Technical Assistant Nick Bridger (wearing grey shirt) and US Ambassador to the Philippines Francis Ricciardone (blue shirt) leaving helicopter
2. Residents waiting
3. Various of Ricciardone...
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WRAP Protesters storm German center in Danish cartoons protest, flag burned
Gaza City - 4 February 2006
1. Wide of protesters chanting
2. Wide of security and fire burning in street
3. Wide of protesters in street, zoom in to mid shot of fire
4. Wide of protesters with fire UPSOUND: chanting
5. Security forces...
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CHINA: BEIJING: CHINA-EU SUMMIT TALKS
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European Commission President Romano Prodi and Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen of Finland are in Beijing for China-EU summit talks.
That's where they battled out differences over human rights and access to China's closed...
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EU's Barroso meets PM Renzi, comments on migrants and economy
Italian premier Matteo Renzi met visiting European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Rome on Friday, just days after Italy took the helm of the European Union's six-month rotating presidency.
The pair inspected a guard of...
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Mayor and local residents react to news they are to receive EU funding
The promise of 30 (m) million euros (40 (m) million US dollars) in extra EU funding to help receive new refugees received a cautious welcome on the Italian island of Lampedusa, after the sinking of a migrant boat offshore killed at least...
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Protesting Greeks, analyst comment on EU finance minister meeting
1. Various of protesting shipyard workers marching to courthouse
2. Various of protesters with banners outside courthouse
3. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Panagiotis Frangoulis, worker at Elefsina shipyards:
"We don't expect anything positive to...
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TALKING POINT Demonstrators say 'Stop Islamisation' demo will go ahead despite ban
August 20, 2007
1. Tilt down Brussels city hall to main square
2. Mid of Belgium and EU flag
3. Set-up shot of Brussels' Mayor Freddy Thielemans
4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Freddy Thielemans, Mayor of Brussels:
"There is a possible risk of...