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Belgium resumes EU leadership as coalition talks collapse

By Eric Ravenne | 06 September 2010

As the EU institutions shift back up to cruising speed after the summer break, Belgium has resumed its leadership of the Union for the remaining four months of its presidential term without having solved its domestic political problems. The negotiations on state reform, which began in a climate of...

Belgium strives to meet transposition goal - 03/09/2010

Commission/Council : Barroso and Komorowski call for strong Cohesion Policy - 01/09/2010

Eugenio Orlandi/Europol - 27/08/2010

General Affairs Council : Decisions on Island and EAS - 27/08/2010

General Affairs Council : Iceland accession talks to start 27 July - 27/07/2010

Transposition: Belgium plans to set example - 20/07/2010

Belgian Presidency : Council wary of new Parliament-Commission framework agreement - 13/07/2010

Franco-German duo - 13/07/2010

New Slovak prime minister due in Brussels - 09/07/2010

Belgium wants good Council-EP ties - 09/07/2010

Belgian Presidency : Leterme impresses Parliament in Strasbourg - 07/07/2010

Spanish Presidency : Zapatero: Two main objectives achieved - 06/07/2010

Poland elects pro-EU president - 05/07/2010

Fashion and design in Justus Lipsius building - 02/07/2010

Valkeniers: Belgian gov’t has “no legitimacy” to preside EU - 30/06/2010

Pál Schmitt becomes Hungary’s new president - 30/06/2010

Council of Ministers : Smooth sailing or troubled waters? - 28/06/2010

Institutions : Rotating Presidencies not yet over - 28/06/2010

Belgium/Politics : A country in divorce proceedings? - 28/06/2010

Belgium/Economy : Hour of budget restraint has come for ‘flat country’ - 28/06/2010

: Belgians who have helped shape Europe - 23/06/2010

Interview with Olivier Chastel, Belgium’s secretary of state for European affairs : “We will make clean break with Nice Treaty” - 28/06/2010

Petr Necas to be new Czech PM - 28/06/2010

Belgian EU Presidency : EAS, trade and development high on foreign policy agenda - 25/06/2010

Belgian EU Presidency : Brussels pledges to implement “spirit and letter” of Lisbon Treaty - 25/06/2010

Institutions : Belgian Presidency to implement specific treaty provisions - 24/06/2010

Parliament : Lisbon Treaty formally and discreetly revised - 24/06/2010

Focus : Belgium ready - 24/06/2010

Conference of Presidents meets Belgian ministers - 23/06/2010

Belgium emulates Swedish model - 22/06/2010

Parliament : Eighteen new MEPs: Coreper will meet as IGC by end June - 18/06/2010

European Council : EU weakens budget surveillance plan - 17/06/2010

European Council/Parliament : Buzek intent on keeping Community method - 17/06/2010

Council : Belgian EU Presidency programme adopted - 16/06/2010

Focus : "Institutional disintegration" - 16/06/2010

Preparation of European Council - 15/06/2010

Citizens’ initiative : Member states review eligibility threshold - 15/06/2010

Exec confident in Belgian Presidency - 14/06/2010

Fico asked to form new gov’t in Slovakia - 14/06/2010

General and Foreign Affairs Councils : Ministers meet to prepare for summit - 11/06/2010

Council : Belgian EU Presidency short on clear priorities - 11/06/2010

Liberals take narrow win in Netherlands - 10/06/2010

European Council : Financial crisis and 2020 plan to dominate summit - 10/06/2010

Polish government visits Brussels - 08/06/2010

Social Policy and Consumer Affairs Council : Cross-border health care and 2020 strategy on agenda - 04/06/2010

Council : Top posts shuffled - 03/06/2010

German president resigns, Böhrnsen takes over - 02/06/2010

Centre-right carries Czech elections - 31/05/2010

Belgium to take back seat - 26/05/2010

Competitiveness Council : Ministers examine evaluation of Services Directive - 26/05/2010

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