http://www.euractiv.com/Latests DocumentsUNEenSat, 21 Nov 2009 05:58:04 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/eu-elects-discrete-consensual-leaders/article-187509?Ref=RSSEight years of soul-searching and intricate manoeuvres to revamp the EU as a more powerful player in world affairs culminated yesterday (19 November) with the appointment of two discrete politicians, who pledged to profess consensus-building and quiet diplomacy.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187509-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/eu-addresses-shortage-french-interpreters/article-187506?Ref=RSSEuropean Commission representatives are in France this week to encourage young people to consider a career in languages, amid fears that the EU executive will face a "serious shortage" of French-language interpreters within five to 10 years.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187506-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/europe-desperately-seeking-leaders/article-187502?Ref=RSS"The potential for frictions, turf battles, and dysfunctional solutions for the trio at the EU helm is very high," writes Corinna Hörst, deputy director of the Brussels office of the German Marshall Fund, in a November paper.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187502-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/eu-top-jobs-race-fails-thrill-europeans/article-187461?Ref=RSSEuropean leaders are meeting in Brussels for an extraordinary summit today (19 November) to appoint their first ever permanent president and an EU high representative for foreign affairs. However, citizens are showing little interest in who their leaders will be, a round-up from EurActiv's media network reveals.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:55:00 GMTtcm:29-187461-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/lagarde-tipped-eurogroup-eu-jobs-trade/article-187491?Ref=RSSFrance could decide to support Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker as the EU's first permanent president during a summit in Brussels today (19 November) in exchange for the chair of the Eurogroup, EurActiv France reports.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:00 GMTtcm:29-187491-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/forget-names-concentrate-structure-experts/article-187463?Ref=RSSAhead of today's EU summit, at which leaders are expected to select the bloc's president, experts yesterday (18 November) urged heads of government to think less about the names of candidates and more about the sweeping changes - and possible problems - the Lisbon Treaty will bring to the structure of the EU institutions.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:40:00 GMTtcm:29-187463-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/expert-eu-us-relations-ripe-lisbon-treaty-upgrade/article-187437?Ref=RSSThe Lisbon Treaty provides the EU with an opportunity to push US President Barack Obama to "upgrade" the transatlantic relationship, though the US would prefer high-profile figures in the new EU 'top jobs', according to Transatlantic Center Director Ron Asmus.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187437-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/eu-us-relations-ripe-lisbon-treaty-upgrade/article-187440?Ref=RSSThe Lisbon Treaty provides the EU with an opportunity to push US President Barack Obama to "upgrade" the transatlantic relationship, though the US would prefer high-profile figures in the new EU 'top jobs', Transatlantic Center Director Ron Asmus told EurActiv in an interview.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:55:00 GMTtcm:29-187440-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/lisbon-treaty-single-voice-cacophony/article-187405?Ref=RSSEven though the Lisbon Treaty is supposed to clear up the EU decision-making process, the roles of the European Commission president, the European Council president, the EU foreign policy chief and the rotating Council president should still be defined, Stanley Crossick explains in a November post on Blogactiv.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187405-16http://euractiv.com/en/future-eu/sweden-nominates-malmstrm-commissioner/article-187413?Ref=RSSSwedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt yesterday (17 November) nominated Cecilia Malmström, the country's hyperactive EU affairs minister, as the next Swedish commissioner in European Commission President José Manuel Barroso's second team.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:50:00 GMTtcm:29-187413-16