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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/budget

Commission urged to review funding for experimental thermo-nuclear reactor (ITER)

Brussels, 07/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 6 September, EU member states speaking at the preparatory bodies of the Council, criticised the European Commission's proposal regarding funding for the ITER project (International Experimental Thermonuclear Reactor). The Commission is proposing a combination of funding sources for ITER in the short term (2012 and 2013), such as the re-allocation of funding from the seventh research framework programme and utilisation of certain EU budget...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: If citizens only knew to what extent their future depended on common decisions taken at a European level …
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: Barroso's first State of the Union speech results in critical debate on Commission's role and work
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Still a long way to go on road to taxation of financial sector
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Ministers confirm political agreement in principle on financial supervision
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Agreement on “European Semester” - Commission proposals on stepping up sanctions are announced
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: No concrete breakthrough at working group meeting on economic governance
(EU) EU/JHA: Seven countries decide to step up cooperation on immigration
(EU) EP/JHA: Commission criticised for failing to be firm on Roma crack down
(EU) EP/JHA: EP approves closer legal cooperation with Japan
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: EP calls for measures to counter speculation on food commodities and abuses of power
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Consensus on need to better protect consumers
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Modernisation of infrastructure, enormous challenge to EU
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Günther Oettinger confident that Poland/Russia gas agreement will be reached
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Günther Oettinger supports block gas contracts with Russia
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Commission urged to review funding for experimental thermo-nuclear reactor (ITER)
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: New OECD report on education confirms Commission view that, even in times of crisis, more and better investment in educational systems is needed
(EU) EU/BIODIVERSITY: Commission consults public on options for EU post-2010 strategy
(EU) EU/STATISTICS: Foreign nationals made up 6.4% of EU population in 2009
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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