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European Union "under reconstruction"
Lisboa lead out the deadlock
The Lisboa
Treaty officially signed on 13th December is intended to enter into
force on 1st January 2009. It contains a  simplified
mechanism to adopt EU legislation and extend the Commission's competences
to new areas such as judicial co-operation. But the lack of transparency
can be the cost for the consensus and the text can be largely unreadable
to the average citizen... full story
By MARCO RICIPUTI
from Ravenna, ITALY
European
Union-Africa, Youth Summit
Youth
ask for the 'Eurafrican' Erasmus
The
Youth Summit EU-Africa came to the end after three days of work - from
5th to 7th December. About 250 delegates of the two continents agreed
on a final declaration that has been delivered to the Heads of State
Africa-European Union summit at the opening day
By MARCO RICIPUTI
from Ravenna, ITALY
 Serbia
towards European Union
European future or domestic
power games
"It
is disappointing that the Stabilisation and Association Agreement is
misrepresented in the Serbian political debate," Ollie Rehn said
without mentioning names. "The process of European integration
and the process of Kosovo's status are two separate processes. The SAA
does not affect Serbia's territorial integrity since Kosovo's status
will be decided in another context"
By WAVE Team (with Reuters)
from Belgrade, SERBIA
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