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Summit with China: a common determination to move the relationship forward

Economic relations were high on the agenda of the EU-China summit held on 14 February in Beijing. EU and Chinese leaders also addressed international issues such as the ...

Developing the strategic partnership with India

"Increased cooperation between India and the EU can make a difference for the security and the prosperity of our continents" said President Van Rompuy on the eve of the 12th ...

A new awareness of co-responsibility

Delivering the "Humboldt speech on Europe" at Berlin's Humboldt University on 6 February, the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy highlighted the concepts ...

European Stability Mechanism treaty signed

The new treaty to create a European Stability Mechanism (ESM) was signed on 2 February by the eurozone countries' ambassadors in Brussels. Herman Van Rompuy, President of the ...

The fiscal compact ready to be signed

At the informal summit on 30 January a new Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union was finalised by all EU member states with the ...

HERMAN VAN ROMPUY

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Highlights of the press conference
30.01.2012