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Compromise in sight on energy liberalisation  [FR] [DE]

A compromise deal on how to force more competition onto EU gas and electricity markets is taking shape in Brussels after the European Commission presented a modified text aimed at soothing French and German opposition to "ownership unbundling".


Interview: MEP calls for TV debate to choose 'Mr. Europe'  [FR] [DE]

Leading French MEP Alain Lamassoure is to put forward a motion for a Parliament resolution calling for a televised grilling of the candidates for the EU's future permanent president. Those asking the questions should be the heads of state and government of the 27 EU countries, he told EurActiv in an interview.


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Free movement of labour in the EU-27  [FR] [DE]

Some of the EU's strongest and wealthiest 'old' member states continue to restrict access to their labour markets by workers from Eastern Europe. (read more)

Choosing 'Mr. Europe'  [FR] [DE]

The Treaty of Lisbon, expected to enter into force in 2009, introduces two new European top jobs: a high-profile president who will chair EU summit meetings for a two-and-a-half year term and a revamped foreign policy chief. (read more)

Liberalising the EU energy sector  [FR] [DE]

Industries and private households are in theory able to freely choose their energy supplier following the entry into force of EU directives in 2004 and 2007, but many obstacles remain, with a single European energy market still far from reality. (read more)

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