With its decision in favor of the mission in Lebanon, the EU crossed a military Rubicon.

But the EU must insist on Serbia s compliance with the ICTY, the ICJ decision, and its own Copenhagen political criteria.

The decision to establish the EU was an ingenious response to the biggest challenge of the day war and conflict.

Frankly, the functioning of the EU and its institutions during the crisis has been a part of the problem. For many people, EU decision making is opaque, inefficient, and removed from democratic control.

The Commission s own report on Turkey, prepared by Günter Verheugen, who was then in charge of EU enlargement, shaped my decision.

The European Court of Justice declared the EU US Safe Harbor Agreement to be invalid in a landmark decision this week.

But that is probably far too revolutionary for an EU that took 50 years to fashion today s unsatisfactorily hybrid decision making structures.

On 12 July 2004, the European Council issued its decision to replace the NATO mission with an EU led peacekeeping force (EUFOR).

In the wake of Turkey s fraying relations with Russia, the decision to proceed with the planned EU Turkey Summit is an important one.

The heads of the 27 EU governments also characterized the Kremlin s decision to recognize the independence of the two breakaway regions as unacceptable.

Today, no official figure on the budget deficit in 1999, the year on which the EU based its decision about Greece s entry, is available.

By means of extensive reforms to the structure, operation, and decision making processes of EU institutions, the treaty enhances their effectiveness and enables greater dynamism.

This race to restrict pervaded decision making on transitional arrangements following accession of 10 new members eight of them postcommunist countries to the EU last May.

And the political impact of a decision taken by the UN or the EU to declare a group or individual as terrorist should not be underestimated.

Only by enlarging the scope of EU decision making, backed by the commitment of equally responsible partners, can Europe meet the shared challenges of a common future.

The European Commission s recent decision to grant member states some flexibility for productive public investment linked to EU structural funds is a welcome step in this direction.

Some warned that the rejection of the European Constitution in the French and the Dutch referendums, combined with the summit s decision effectively to suspend the ratification process and its failure to agree on EU finances, could trigger a serious political crisis in the EU.

The second alarming decision limited the Union s budget to a mere 1 of EU GDP, thus preventing any new common policy initiative for much of the past decade.

Sweden has implemented the EU Framework Decision by the Act on Criminal Responsibility for Terrorist Offences (SFS 2003 148) complemented by general provisions in the Swedish Penal Code.

Part of the problem is blinkered decision making. EU leaders focus narrowly on limiting short term financial and political costs, rather than thinking strategically about broader longer term consequences.

WASHINGTON The European Union s most important decision this fall will be whether to sign an Association Agreement with Ukraine at the EU summit in Vilnius on November 28 29.

The decision to appoint Ukraine and Poland as co hosts was a powerful symbol of European unity across the current EU border (Poland is a member, Ukraine is not).

The EU would invite non EU states to do likewise

The EU decision comes at a time when NATO has also sought to renew its engagement with Russia after the Georgia conflict led both parties to suspend many joint programs.

His latest decision was to force France Telecom to pay back with interest a loan granted years ago by the French government, in violation of EU rules on state aid.

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The fact is that citizens in every EU member country are increasingly aware that national policies are determined by decision making at the European level, over which they have little influence.

The EU welcomes the summit's decision to explore the possibility of a more coherent framework and more efficient environmental activities in the United Nations system, including through a more integrated structure.

Now that US President Barack Obama has taken the decision to do so, the EU stands ready to provide political and practical support to the United States to help achieve that goal.

While the high court decision and the appeal to the electorate means that Turkish democracy has dodged a bullet for now, the progress of Turkey s EU accession negotiations has been further slowed.

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The debate in my native Denmark is instructive, as the relevant government ministries have outlined what this decision will end up costing here, which in turn suggests the total cost for the EU.

With its decision to send thousands of soldiers to Lebanon to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, the EU took its boldest step yet in creating a common foreign and security policy.

Germany finances 20 of the EU budget but receives only 12 of EU spending.

I believe that it is important that the EU carries out such monitoring in non EU states. But what about elections in EU member states?

Transferring more areas of responsibility, such as foreign aid and development policies, to EU institutions helps the Union to adapt to new international realities by underpinning its growing importance as Europe s decision making center.

But the decision to move towards monetary union reflected what seemed most urgent and politically possible at the time elimination of intra EU exchange rate instability, which had dominated the policy agenda for decades.

The Monitoring Group also learned that the Alpha Serengeti was approved by the European Union (EU) as a freezer vessel, as per European Commission decision 2004 39 EC of 14 January 2004 (approval No.

The EU Council s common position on arms exports is legally binding on all EU states.

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