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		<title>The end of summertime?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  An influential member of the European Parliament wants the practice of turning the clocks back and forward for summer and winter abolished. Herbert Reul, the chairman of the parliament&#8217;s industry committee, says it&#8217;s a waste of time. Many people will be surprised that the act of changing the clocks is actually governed by an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oohbrussels.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13979979&#038;post=431&#038;subd=oohbrussels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Border-free Europe will cost more</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Erasmus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Commission says it needs another €13 million to instigate its new hi-tech system of tracking people throughout the EU. It will bring to €63 million the cost of the Schengen Information System II &#8211; brought in to help secure a continent no longer divided by border controls. But the advantage of being able [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oohbrussels.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13979979&#038;post=427&#038;subd=oohbrussels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Easy Rider (or how 15 existing EU directives are being replaced with five regulations)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Erasmus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Motorbikes are going to have to meet tough new standards for safety and the environment under plans announced by the European Commission today. Among the proposals is the requirement for bikes to have automatic braking systems. And they will have to be fitted with&#160;equipment&#160;to turn the headlight on automatically whenever the bike is being ridden. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oohbrussels.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13979979&#038;post=412&#038;subd=oohbrussels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s something to get your teeth into</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Erasmus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oral health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting question. What is the involvement of one of the world&#8217;s biggest sweet and chocolate manufacturers in a bid to get the EU to do more to improve people&#8217;s teeth? It all stems from a call yesterday by two Euro MPs who said they were concerned that Europe&#8217;s poorest citizens had the worst [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oohbrussels.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13979979&#038;post=403&#038;subd=oohbrussels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EU pledges €32m to save the bees</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Erasmus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EU announced today that it is to increase the amount of money it is spending to subsidise the beekeeping sector. Over the next three years the EU is to inject €32m (about £26m) per year into national programmes to try to reverse the alarming decline in bee numbers. There are beehives in every European [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oohbrussels.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13979979&#038;post=398&#038;subd=oohbrussels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>*Breaking news* Commissioner &#8220;appalled&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Erasmus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This is a situation I had thought Europe would not have to witness again after the Second World War.&#8221; Viviane Reding, vice-president of the European Commission responsible for justice, fundamental rights and citizenship, says the expulsion of groups of Roma from France is a &#8220;disgrace&#8221;. It is an extraordinary statement which does away with usual [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oohbrussels.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13979979&#038;post=391&#038;subd=oohbrussels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Joining the party</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Erasmus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite frustrations and apparent increasing scepticism within its own borders, EU membership still holds significant attractions for some. On Sunday, Turkey holds a referendum on constitutional reform. The outcome could have a significant bearing on whether its bid to join the EU receives a major boost. As part of the reforms the country&#8217;s Prime Minister [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oohbrussels.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13979979&#038;post=383&#038;subd=oohbrussels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;This is Europe’s moment of truth&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://oohbrussels.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/this-is-europe%e2%80%99s-moment-of-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Erasmus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the romantic: Europe is not only Brussels or Strasbourg. It is our regions. It is the cities, towns and villages you come from. When you walk round your constituencies, you can point to the European projects that are so important for their prosperity. At the end of the day, we are all in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oohbrussels.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13979979&#038;post=371&#038;subd=oohbrussels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>President&#8217;s desperate PR fightback</title>
		<link>http://oohbrussels.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/presidents-desperate-pr-fightback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Erasmus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is bizarre that, at a time when the purpose of the EU&#8217;s institutions are being called into question more than ever, the president of the European Commission decides to introduce a US-style &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; address. Rather than use tomorrow&#8217;s opportunity merely to set out the priorities for the year ahead, José Manuel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oohbrussels.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13979979&#038;post=360&#038;subd=oohbrussels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>September is here and Johnny is back!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Erasmus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, rejuvenated after lying on the beach sipping cocktails for a month with Mrs Erasmus, I&#8217;m back to walk the corridors of European power. What has been going on in Brussels during my absence? Anything much? Belgium hasn&#8217;t got its own government but still holds the presidency of the EU, attempts to bring in some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oohbrussels.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13979979&#038;post=354&#038;subd=oohbrussels&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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