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EU free-trade agreements with Canada and US: imagine the fallout if put to national referendums

July 7, 2016 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

When it comes to ‘selling’ its proposals to EU member states’ government and peoples, the European Commission turns the calendar some centuries back and starts painting saintly icons. The more inportant the proposal it is, the more boldly the Commission hides the real ‘catch 22s’ from citizens, under the bright colors of imaginary gains for […]

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3+1 issues to haunt tomorrow’s EU Summit

February 6, 2013 by George Pepper 1 Comment

Tomorrow’s European Council Summit has a very loaded agenda, with first item on it the pending agreement over EU’s proper budgets for the next seven years. Apart from this there are another two crucial matters the 27 leaders have to tackle, namely the bilateral trade agreements with Europe’s main trading partners (meaning Japan, US and […]

Filed Under: Economy, World Tagged With: European Central Bank, European Council Summit, exchange rate, Francois Hollande, Herman van Rompuy, trade agreements