This extension was instigated by new demands formulated by the European Union.

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This year the EU has 12 operations running concurrently more than ever before.

Olli Rehn, EU Enlargement Commissioner, has stated that if Serbia and Montenegro continue to fail to hand over Karadžić and Mladić, those talks could be suspended.

The European Union would favour a dynamic process of consultation on how to achieve that objective.

The EU and the ECB are worried about the moral hazard of any bailout.

Japan expects the current negotiation process between France, Germany and the United Kingdom (EU3 EU) and the Islamic Republic of Iran to result in a success.

In 2009, for the first time since enlargement, more nationals of the eight central and eastern European states that had joined the EU in 2004 left the UK than arrived.

Serbia started the process of joining the EU by signing of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement on 29 April 2008 and officially applied for membership in the European Union on 22 December 2009.

One danger of the recent setbacks is a halt to EU enlargement.

Last week, the European Union declared that it had practically saved the planet.

The European Union Artemis operation in Ituri was a convincing example of what can be done this example should be repeated in a United Nations context.

The EU integration process is also proving a powerful driver for much needed reform in Bosnia.

Italy, as a member of the European Union (EU) and as the holder of its presidency two years ago, when the revitalization process was initiated, recalls the role played by the EU and notes that many EU proposals are reflected in resolution 59 95.

In this respect, Syria and Iran appreciate Turkey s EU membership process.

They are, as listed in Article 13 of the Treaty on European Union the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the Court of Auditors.

But the EU has suffered from a surfeit of vision and a deficit of practical budgetary measures.

The EU accession process has also underpinned a shift in Turkish policy on Iraq.

The European Union fully supports the renewal of the mandate of the United Nation's Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (ICP).

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BRUSSELS The European Union has finally agreed on its third level sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine. As is usual for the EU, arriving at this point has been a long and difficult process.

Nor should today s uncertainties become an excuse to call into question the need to continue and complete the process of EU enlargement.

The EU bet here is that, on the back of Croatia s accession, the enlargement logjam in the western Balkans will finally be broken.

The transition process has gone well and there is wide understanding of the EUFOR mission.

Significant progress in police restructuring is an EU feasibility study condition.

The European Union underlines that free and fair elections are an indispensable step in the process of consolidating democratic institutions.

The European Union underlines that free and fair elections are an indispensable step in the process of consolidating democratic institutions.

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The institutions of the European Union are the seven principal decision making bodies of the European Union.

(g) The participation of developing countries in the international economic decision making process needs to be broadened and strengthened

There he re emphasized the European Union's commitment to keeping both parties engaged in the peace process and in the implementation of the road map, and, furthermore, to ensure that EU action should be coherent, focussed and coordinated with the Quartet and the international community.

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Consolidation is giving way to friction, with more energy needed to overcome the EU s internal problems.

Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?

A process of escalating alienation and indifference between the Union and its citizens is at work, illustrated by low turnout in the last European Parliament elections.

Would the European Union survive? The answer depends on what one means by the EU.