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Leaders discuss EU energy policy priorities

23/05/2013 Yesterday, the European Council held what European Council President Van Rompuy has defined as a 'strategic debate' on the EU's energy policy. This policy aims at providing ...

EU leaders agree to step up the fight against tax fraud

22/05/2013 Fighting tax evasion and tax fraud was one of the two main themes at the European Council meeting on 22 May 2013.
Every year EU member states lose around one ...

Leaders endorse EU's economic priorities for 2013

15/03/2013 At the European Council meeting on 14-15 March the EU leaders endorsed the Union's economic priorities for 2013 and provided strategic guidance for the member states' ...

Strengthening economic and monetary union: progress on legislative files

15/03/2013 On 14 March 2013, the European Council took stock of ongoing work to build a sounder structure for economic and monetary union (EMU), as mandated by the European Council of ...

EU and Ukraine: towards closer relations

25/02/2013 The 16th EU-Ukraine summit took place in Brussels on 25 February 2013. The objective of the meeting was to discuss the conditions for the signature of the Association Agreement ...

HERMAN VAN ROMPUY

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