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WASHINGTON, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Presidential Candidate Gary Bauer mourned the passing of Margaret Thatcher, who "along with Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II were the greatest world leaders of the post-World War II era. We desperately need three more like them today." Bauer served all 8 years of the Reagan Administration, viewing the accomplishments of that formidable trio first hand. Now president of American Values, he observed: "Margaret Thatcher,...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Now it's your turn to join the conversation on Transatlantic issues. EU Ambassador to the U.S. Joao Vale de Almeida and U.S. Ambassador to the EU William Kennard are taking questions via social media. Starting now, tweet questions to @ValedeAlmeidaEU or @USAmbEU using the hashtag #AskAmbs. The Ambassadors will answer the questions they receive February 21 at 10:30 am EST on Twitter. Any EU-U.S. issues are up for discussion, many...
WASHINGTON, Feb, 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- European leaders today reached an important agreement on a balanced and growth-oriented common budget for the European Union. Noting that this compromise shows a sense of collective responsibility from Europe's leaders, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy highlighted that the 2014-2020 budget is future-oriented, realistic, and driven by pressing concerns. "I'm satisfied that all along this negotiation we kept the bigger...
ESA The fifth high-level Conference on EU Space Policy, 'Building Up a Global Tool for Global Challenges', takes place on 29–30 January at the Charlemagne building of the European Commission in Brussels. The conference will be a unique opportunity to examine and debate the state of the space programs launched by the EU, such as Galileo for satellite navigation and Copernicus for Earth observation, and to look to the future of this key area of EU policy, with a large and diverse range...
BRUSSELS, December 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite opinion polls showing that the incumbent Social Liberal Union (USL) would win by a large 57% majority in Romania's parliamentary elections on December 9th, the ruling coalition partner National Liberal Party (PNL) expressed fears that President Traian Basescu would not nominate the winning candidate. "There are legitimate fears that President Basescu will once again ignore the constitution, the free will of the voters...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso today stressed the European Union's support for the United Nations General Assembly first ever High Level Meeting on the Rule of Law. He pointed out that the topic means a lot to the EU as a Union of values and a community of law. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120924/DC80158) "The rule of law is a core principle of the international system that this great...
NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Vaclav Klaus, the President of the Czech Republic will examine the crisis affecting the European Union at a major luncheon speech at Hunter College in New York on Monday, September 24, 2012. The speech--a presentation of the Hudson Institute-Hunter College Forum inaugurated in 2011--will analyze problems affecting the Euro, the recent bailout of Greece, and European economic prospects in the future. Klaus, an economist by training...
