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  • Marcourt opens conference on energy challenges confronting European industry
    19:28
    Marcourt opens conference on energy challenges confronting European industry

    Within the framework of his presidency of the Competiveness Council, industry sector, the Minister for Economic Affairs Jean-Claude Marcourt opened the conference on the energy challenges confronting European industry.

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  • From now on the EU has a 'Sport Council'
    19:00
    From now on the EU has a 'Sport Council'

    Today, September 16, the European Council changes the name of the Council in charge of Education, Youth and Culture. Officially the Council is called from now on, the Education, Youth, Culture - including Audiovisual Affairs - and Sport Council. The insertion of Sport in the name of the Council confirms the intention to make fully use of this new EU competence.

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  • European Council: Conclusions
    12:32
    European Council: Conclusions

    The European Council of Thursday, 16 September, was held under the chairmanship of Mr. Herman Van Rompuy and was attended by the Heads of State and Government and the Foreign Ministers of the 27 EU Member States. The meeting mainly discussed relations between the EU and its strategic partners.

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  • Brigitte Grouwels makes five recommendations to support European inland ports
    11:59
    Brigitte Grouwels makes five recommendations to support European inland ports

    The Brussels Minister represents Belgium at the Informal Meeting of EU Transport Ministers in Antwerp. Today, Brigitte Grouwels (Flemish Christian Democrats), Minister of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region responsible for Transport, Public Works and the Port of Brussels, addressed the Informal EU Council of Transport Ministers in Antwerp.

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  • Conference on European Coordination of social policies in the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy
    11:45
    Conference on European Coordination of social policies in the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy

    A meeting was held on September 14th and 15th on the topic of the coordination of social policies at the European level in the context of the new Europe 2020 strategy. The delegations of the Member States and international experts had an opportunity to examine different approaches to improvement based on past successes in the field. Political leaders, social partners and civil society had an opportunity to be heard.

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  • Council approves agreement with South Korea on free trade
    10:30
    Council approves agreement with South Korea on free trade

    The Council today adopted a decision giving the go-ahead for an agreement with South Korea on free trade to be signed and provisional applied.

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  • A regulatory framework for nanomaterials?
    10:30
    A regulatory framework for nanomaterials?

    Today after having participated in a workshop along with all the other stakeholders, top level representatives from Member States’ regulatory bodies met in Brussels. The Belgian Presidency had invited them to examine a series of proposals whose aim is to guarantee hazard-free development of nanomaterials.

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  • European offshore wind energy grid: Paul Magnette meets with EUFORES
    08:05
    European offshore wind energy grid: Paul Magnette meets with EUFORES

    Wednesday September 15th, Paul Magnette, serving chairman of the Council of EU Energy Ministers, was invited by the European and national MPs from EUFORES (European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources) in Brussels.

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  • Towards a common framework for making the diversity of higher education in Europe more transparent
    06:37
    Towards a common framework for making the diversity of higher education in Europe more transparent

    At a meeting in Namur on 13 and 14 September, in the presence of Minister of Higher Education for the French Community, Mr. Jean-Claude Marcourt and of organisations representing the chief actors of higher education in Europe, the Directors General for higher education of the Member States and Associated States, made the commitment to take action in order to promote greater transparency, particularly through the potential development of a common reference framework.

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