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.

A proposal from the Commission of the European Union for a new directive is currently under discussion by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament.

European Union. The European Union adopted the sanctions imposed by Security Council resolution 1390 (2002) through a common position of the Council of the European Union dated 27 May 2002 (2002 402 CFSP), amended by common position 2003 140 CFSP.

Romania welcomes the recent confirmation of such a policy by the EU Council.

The Summit of Europe s Ineffectiveness

At the EU Western Balkans summit in Thessaloniki in June 2003, all of the EU s member states reiterated their unequivocal support to the European perspective of the Western Balkan countries.

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This tension between Europeans goals and their ability to achieve them is playing out again in the wake of the recent EU summit.

The Council, meanwhile, appears to anticipate the European Parliament s future upper house, with the lower house already elected by all EU citizens.

These common positions and Council regulations are binding on States members of the European Union.

At the last EU summit, Luxembourg s prime minister, Jean Claude Juncker, even suggested that the risk of a social revolution should not be excluded.

Hollande, backed by Spain and Italy, accomplished a small step in that direction at June s European Union summit, which finally endorsed the idea of a banking union.

Council of the European Union conclusions on a renewed European Union commitment to the International Conference on Population and Development in the context of the Millennium Development Goals

In 2015 Latvia hold the presidency of Council of the European Union.

And the last EU summit announced the creation of a permanent European Stability Mechanism (ESM) a sort of European Monetary Fund with an effective lending capacity of 500 billion.

Whatever is decided about Zimbabwe s participation at the Cannes summit will also have an impact on plans for a major EU Africa Summit in Lisbon this fall, during Portugal s presidency of the EU. During the last Portuguese Presidency (January June 2000), the EU Africa Summit had to be cancelled because of a visa ban on Zimbabwean officials and the reluctance of Africans to attend if Mugabe was excluded.

So it is right that the EU Council of Ministers is meeting to grapple with this challenge.

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.

Thus spoke Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski on the eve of the last European Union summit, when he sought to gain greater voting weight for his country within the EU by invoking the memory of Hitler s war against Poland.

It was both right and important that the EU Council of Foreign Ministers agreed on sanctions against Iran.

In implementing United Nations Security Council resolutions, Estonia is bound by the requirements of its European Union membership.

At the European Union s coming EU summit, debate will center on whether to go forward with a mini EU Constitutional Treaty.

Of the five African leaders picked at the AU summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to coordinate negotiations, not one was a woman.

BRUSSELS Following the escalation of the euro crisis and decisions taken at the European Union s last summit, especially EU leaders commitment to embark on the road Towards a Genuine Economic and Monetary Union, it is high time to ask what comes next.

In November 2001 a European Union Council Resolution recommended using the CEFR to set up systems of validation of language ability.

This week, a meeting of the EU s General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) will discuss once more relations between the EU and Cuba.

Reference was made to existing mechanisms for fostering international cooperation, such as the mechanism for issuing the European arrest warrant, established pursuant to a framework decision of the Council of the European Union.

At present, plans are being formulated with the Luxembourg presidency of the European Union Council to jointly organize journalist tours to European Union and United Nations projects in developing countries.

Fortunately, the EU Ukraine summit on September 9 in Evian, France, provides the perfect opportunity.

The European Union welcomed the Commission for Social Development's work on the implementation of the Copenhagen Summit and its commitment to pursuing follow up to the Summit.

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The EU is Missing in Action in Afghanistan

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Drafted the Italian proposal for the EU Common Position on the ICC that consequently led to its adoption before the EU Council in July 2001

BERLIN The European Union s recent summit has brought about a typically European compromise on the Greek financial crisis, one that avoids the term solution and hides behind the idea of a mechanism.

At the Riga summit, NATO should challenge the EU to take its proper share of responsibility for success in Afghanistan.

NATO s presidents and prime ministers could simply cross the Baltic Sea from Riga for a half day Afghanistan summit with the EU in Helsinki.

A recent summit of EU leaders addressed energy policy one area where cooperation is not only highly desirable, but necessary.

The Pakistan EU summit will take place on April 10, a follow up to the first meeting last autumn.

At the Lisbon summit in March 2000, the European Union Member States agreed on a target employment rate for women of at least 60 by 2010.

The EU therefore supports the Secretary General's recommendations on improved enforcement of Security Council sanctions, especially arms embargoes.

Fundamental elements proposed by the European Union, in conformity with the Common Position adopted by the EU Council of Ministers, to be inserted in the Final Document of the 2005 NPT Conference concerning Main Committee III

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

But many EU states, fearful of China s growing influence in Africa, want to ensure a successful EU Africa Summit in Lisbon in order to counter last year s China Africa summit in Beijing.

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