President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy warned against protectionism, nationalism and euroskepticism in the first annual “Europe Address” in Berlin. The speech, organized by three German policy institutes, is meant to to measure progress in European integration and is to take place every year on November 9, the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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President meets with EU’s Rompuy in Belgrade
July 5th, 2010 |
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President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy was visiting Serbia and was expected to “confirm the Western Balkans’ European perspective”, said reports.
Van Rompuy is in Belgrade this Monday where he has met with Serbian President Boris Tadić.
Rompuy to visit Belgrade on July 6
July 1st, 2010 |
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President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy will visit Belgrade on July 6, Rompuy’s cabinet stated for Tanjug on Thursday.
According to his deputy spokesman Jesus Carmona, Rompuy will begin his mini tour of the Balkans on Monday, which will include his visit to Slovenia on July 5, and to Croatia, Belgrade and Priština on July 6.
Tadić meets with EU’s Rompuy
March 27th, 2010 |
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Serbian President Boris Tadić met in Brussels with European Council President Herman van Rompuy. After meeting with Rompuy, Tadić said that Serbia will never recognize Kosovo and that Belgrade has clear guidelines regarding cooperation with the province.
Tadić to meet with Ashton, Rompuy
March 26th, 2010 |
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President Boris Tadić will meet with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton in Brussels on Friday. The president will on Saturday attend the Brussels Forum 2010 conference in the Belgian capital, his press service said today in Belgrade.
Van Rompuy “pities” Farage for tirade
March 11th, 2010 |
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The president of the EC, Herman Van Rompuy, has said he pities Nigel Farage, the British MEP who called him a “damp rag” last month. Van Rompuy said his popularity had soared in Belgium, following the tirade from the Eurosceptic Farage.
Rompuy: Ratification of SAA in June
March 5th, 2010 |
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European President Herman Van Rompuy said after talks with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković that he was hoping that the SAA would be ratified by June. Van Rompuy expressed satisfaction in the fact that the interim trade part of Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) has taken effect, adding that he fully supports the integration of Serbia and the Western Balkans into the EU.
“Rompuy, Ashton appointments not bad news”
November 20th, 2009 |
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European Movement’s Tanja MiÅ¡Äević said she was surprised by the election of Herman Van Rompuy ad Catherine Ashton, but that this is “not bad news for Serbia”. “Now we have a very good chance to speak to the people who don’t know us. According to my information neither the former Belgian Prime Minister Van Rompuy nor Ashton, who was in charge of foreign trade in Great Britain, have had much contact with us,†she said.
“Rompuy, Ashton appointments not bad news”
November 20th, 2009 |
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European Movement’s Tanja MiÅ¡Äević said she was surprised by the election of Herman Van Rompuy ad Catherine Ashton, but that this is “not bad news for Serbia”. “Now we have a very good chance to speak to the people who don’t know us. According to my information neither the former Belgian Prime Minister Van Rompuy nor Ashton, who was in charge of foreign trade in Great Britain, have had much contact with us,†she said.
Van Rompuy, Ashton new pan-EU leaders
November 20th, 2009 |
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Low-key Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy has been named the new full time President of the European Council. Briton Catherine Ashton has been designated the EU’s first consolidated High Representative of Foreign and Security Policy.