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Sweden Says No Miracles During EU Presidency

Today Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and EU-Minister Cecilia Malmström presented Sweden's priorities during the upcoming presidency to members of the international press.

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Czech PM Expects To Form New Government After No-confidence Vote

Prague's loss of no-confidence vote may lead to a damaging power struggle within the 27-member union.

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German Minister of Defense: Successful EU-presidency

German Minister of Defense Jung: Successful EU-presidency
On 27 June the German Minister of Defense Franz Josef Jung travelled to Lisbon in order to hand the baton of the EU-presidency symbolically to his Portuguese counterpart Nuno Severiano Teixeira

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Sarkozy: EU constitution 'dead', Europe needs a better president

Nicolas Sarkozy, the front runner on the presidential race of France, said Wednesday that the EU constitution was dead and the 27-country bloc needed a better president.

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Merkel Sets Out Vision For EU Presidency

Setting out Germany's priorities for its EU Presidency, running from January to June of 2007, Chancellor Angela Merkel today gave the clearest indication yet that the terms of the EU's Neighborhood Policy (ENP) are about to be fundamentally changed.

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The German Presidency of the EU

On 1 January 2007, Germany assumes the Presidency of the Council for the 12th time. The Presidency Programme will, as is the tradition, be outlined by Federal Chancellor Merkel at the first meeting of the European Parliament on 17 January 2007 in Strasbourg.

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