Herman van Rompuy

9 Feb 2013

EU leaders finally reached a seven-year budget accord Friday after marathon talks driven by sharp differences over the bloc’s priorities for the rest of the decade.

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EU budget summit ends with no agreement

24 Nov 2012

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said Friday that a European Union budget deal was within reach for early next year after a two-day summit collapsed without agreement.

1:17AM

European Union budget talks in deadlock as Britain threatens veto

24 Nov 2012

Talks on the European Union's trillion-euro budget ended in deadlock yesterday as leaders of the bloc's 27 member states failed to overcome seemingly irreconcilable differences on how to reduce...

4:48AM

EU urges Vietnam to step up human rights reform

31 Oct 2012

International pressure mounted on Vietnam on Wednesday to uphold human rights when the EU raised the issue after the jailing of two musicians on charges of anti-state propaganda in the communist...

8:35PM

Single supervisor for euro-zone banks, but no start date

20 Oct 2012

European leaders took a step towards creating a single supervisor for thousands of euro-zone banks from next year but refused to pin down a start date.

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