http://www.euractiv.com/Latests DocumentsUNEenThu, 26 Nov 2009 23:41:25 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss5editor@euractiv.comwebmaster@euractiv.comhttp://www.euractiv.com/cssea/logo.gifhttp://www.euractiv.com/10360http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/ashton-faces-accusations-ahead-parliament-hearing/article-187686?Ref=RSSCatherine Ashton, the UK commissioner-designate and newly-appointed EU foreign policy chief, will face tough questioning from MEPs during an approval hearing next week, including accusations by British Eurosceptics that she wrongly accepted money from Soviet Russia in the 1980s on behalf of an anti-nuclear campaign group.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:55:00 GMTtcm:29-187686-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/barroso-ii-brings-women-board/article-187645?Ref=RSSWith Denmark appointing Climate and Energy Minister Connie Hedegaard as the country's next commissioner and the Dutch government confirming outgoing Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes for another five-year term, the number of women in the next EU executive increases to nine, matching the number of the outgoing college.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:50:00 GMTtcm:29-187645-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/eastern-commissioners-compete-energy-enlargement/article-187649?Ref=RSSFour East European commissioners are finding themselves in competition after their countries expressed preferences for the energy and enlargement portfolios in the next European Commission.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:59:00 GMTtcm:29-187649-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/leterme-replaces-van-rompuy-belgian-pm/article-187651?Ref=RSSBelgium's King Albert is expected to appoint Flemish Christian Democrat Yves Leterme as prime minister for a second time today (25 November), replacing Herman Van Rompuy who was elected European Union president.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:58:30 GMTtcm:29-187651-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/new-european-commission/article-180216?Ref=RSSThe selection of a new European Commission, never the simplest of political tasks, has this year been more complex than ever. Politically and institutionally, 2009 came with a whole range of permutations regarding the 'how?', 'when?' and 'who?' of the next EU executive.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:16:36 GMTtcm:29-180216-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/new-eu-appointees-reactions-may-wrong/article-187580?Ref=RSS"Two low-key appointees are more likely to construct the necessary basis for a stronger and more unified role for the EU on the world stage," writes Stanley Crossick, founding chairman of the European Policy Centre, in a November post on Blogactiv.Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187580-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/europeans-baffled-eu-choice-leaders/article-187569?Ref=RSSPublic opinion and the European press were widely critical of the appointment of Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton to the EU's new top positions last week, with Germany in particular feeling it had been tricked into accepting a bad deal. But more cheerful notes could also be heard, according to a round-up by EurActiv's network.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:45:00 GMTtcm:29-187569-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/eu-president/article-187541?Ref=RSSThe role, duties and power of the newly-elected president of the European Council are only vaguely defined in the Lisbon Treaty and will thus be clarified by the first incumbent, notes Dominik Hierlemann, a researcher at the Bertelsmann Stiftung, in a November paper.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187541-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/eu-speed-recruitment-global-war-talent/article-187539?Ref=RSSSpecialised knowledge of the European Union will no longer be the main focus of tests to recruit EU officials under new guidelines to come into force next year, EurActiv has learned, as the bloc's institutions seek to attract the best talent to Brussels.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:45:00 GMTtcm:29-187539-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/analyst-van-rompuy-overshadow-eu-leaders/article-187542?Ref=RSSHerman Van Rompuy, the former prime minister of Belgium who was nominated last week by European heads of state and government to become the EU's first permanent president, will be more of a "chairman" than a leader, according to Thierry Chopin, director of the Robert Schuman Foundation think-tank, in an interview with EurActiv France.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187542-16