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            <title>Olli Rehn Vice-President of the European Commission and member of the Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro Europe's action plan for growth, employment and investment European Parliament Strasbourg, 22 May 2012</title>
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            <description>SPEECH/12/378 President Schulz, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, Ladies and Gentlemen, We once again find ourselves at a turning point in the debt crisis. At the same time, the European Union is now witnessing a new level of debate about ...
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            <title>László Andor European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Quality employment for young people: how to deliver? Meeting of G20 Labour and Employment Ministers Guadalajara, Mexico 18 May 2012</title>
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            <description>SPEECH/12/364 László Andor European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Quality employment for young people: how to deliver? Meeting of G20 Labour and Employment Ministers Guadalajara, Mexico 18 May 2012 Ministers, I want to thank ...
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            <title>Importance of ports for economic recovery and jobs</title>
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            <description>MEMO/12/317 Brussels, 11 May 2012 Sea ports play an important role facilitating the European Union's external trade (90% of the total, in terms of weight) and internal market exchanges (40% of the total)....
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            <title>Vassiliou welcomes Council support for 'Creative Europe'; sets out vision for new loan guarantee facility</title>
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            <description>MEMO/12/318 Brussels, 10 May 2012 I am very pleased to see that we largely agree on the main elements of 'Creative Europe'. I am particularly happy that the Council supports the Commission's proposal to bring together the current funding programmes in ...
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            <title>José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Simply innovation EU Government and Innovation Conference Brussels, 8 May 2012</title>
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            <description>SPEECH/12/343 Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by thanking Mr Jay Nibbe from Ernst &amp; Young for the invitation to address such a distinguished audience this afternoon. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to you about the Commission's ...
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            <title>Olli Rehn Vice-President of the European Commission and Member responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro Restoring growth in Europe: confidence, reforms and investment Institute of European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussels, 5 May 2012Brussels, 5 May 2012</title>
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            <description>SPEECH/12/330 Olli Rehn Vice-President of the European Commission and Member responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro Restoring growth in Europe: confidence, reforms and investment Institute of European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel ...
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            <title>Employment: Commission proposes €1.6 million from Globalisation Fund for Spanish footwear workers</title>
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            <description>European Commission - Press release Brussels, 4 May 2012 – The European Commission has proposed to provide Spain with €1.6m from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 350 redundant footwear industry workers in the Valencia region back ...
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Van Rompuy discusses with regions and cities the agenda for growth and calls for a “future-oriented” budget consolidation</title>
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            <description>Press Release The EU's Assembly of Regional and Local Representatives COR/12/27 Brussels, 3 May 2012 At the Committee of the Regions (CoR) plenary today the President of the European Council, Van Rompuy, underlined the commitment of the EU institutions ...
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Research and Innovation in Europe – the role of Public-Private Partnerships in Horizon 2020 Horizon 2020 Conference Conference of the Italian Association of Technology Districts (ADITE) Rome, 3 May 2012</title>
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            <description>SPEECH/12/318 Ladies and Gentlemen, Europe is faced with many problems. But I am very optimistic that with research and innovation we can solve a lot of them – and I emphasise "we", because that is the key....
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>László Andor Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Towards a jobs-centred approach to economic policy Employment Committee Brussels, 2 May 2012</title>
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            <description>SPEECH/12/314 Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, Since around last summer, we have experienced a deceleration of economic growth across Europe. This has worsened the recession which had already been ongoing in a number of Member States, and has brought ...
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            <title>The President of the European Council joins local representatives to discuss EU policies for growth and jobs at CoR Plenary</title>
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            <description>Press Release The EU's Assembly of Regional and Local Representatives COR/12/26 Brussels, 26 April 2012 Crucial opinions on the future of cohesion, agriculture and fisheries policies on May Plenary agenda "The confrontation among Member States at the ...
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            <title>José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Speech by President Barroso: "A EU-US partnership for growth and jobs" AECA Brussels, 26 April 2012</title>
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            <description>SPEECH/12/305 Ambassadors, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a pleasure to be here and to share with such a distinguished audience some views on the EU-US relationship, in particular in the context of the growth and jobs initiative that was launched in November ...
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Speech by President Barroso: "Skills for growth" European Business Summit Brussels, 26 April 2012</title>
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            <description>SPEECH/12/308 President Thumann, Distinguished guests, Minister President of Flanders, Ambassadors, Members of the business community, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear friends, As others have mentioned this is the 10th edition of the European Business summit, ...
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            <title>Draft Budget 2013: Investing in growth and jobs</title>
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            <description>European Commission - Press release Brussels, 25 April 2012 - The EU's draft budget for 2013, presented today by the Commission, reflects the European Council's statements that growth and employment in the EU can only be achieved by combining fiscal consolidation ...
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            <title>Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science "New opportunities for Slovenia: Horizon 2020" Slovenian stakeholders on Horizon 2020 Ljubljana, 25 April 2012</title>
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            <description>SPEECH/12/300 Good morning everyone, I am delighted to be in Ljubljana to present Horizon 2020, the new European funding instrument for research and innovation. I would like to express my thanks to Minister Turk and the University of Ljubljana for organising ...
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            <title>European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science "Horizon 2020: a boost for research and innovation in Austria" Horizon 2020 Conference Vienna, 24 April 2012</title>
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            <description>SPEECH/12/295 Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN Good morning everyone, I am delighted to be in Vienna to welcome you to this conference on Horizon 2020, the new European funding instrument for research and innovation....
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            <title>Enabling Co-operatives to better contribute to growth and jobs</title>
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            <description>MEMO/12/268 Brussels, 23 April 2012 Co-operatives are an important part of European economic life and industry. There are 250,000 co-operative enterprises in the EU, owned by 163 million citizens (1 in 3 EU citizens) and they employ 5....
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            <title>Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science "EU 2020 objectives on transport innovation: from research to deployment" Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference Athens, 23 April 2012</title>
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            <description>SPEECH/12/285 Today we are all very conscious of a Europe that is confronted with austerity. Although our problems are very serious and very real, I am convinced that Europe has the talent and the determination to create a better future....
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Speech by President Barroso: "Releasing the full potential of the Single Market to deliver smart, sustainable and inclusive growth" XLVII COSAC Copenhagen, 23 April 2012</title>
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            <description>SPEECH/12/286 Dear Chair of EU Affairs Committee in Denmark, Ms Kjer Hansen, Distinguished Members of the European Parliament and national parliaments, Dear guests, It is a great pleasure to join you for this COSAC meeting here in Copenhagen....
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            <title>Commission presents new measures and identifies key opportunities for EU job-rich recovery</title>
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            <description>European Commission - Press release Strasbourg, 18 April 2012 – With EU unemployment hitting record levels and forecasts of a grim economic outlook for the months ahead, the Commission has come forward today with a set of concrete measures to boost jobs. ...
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