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| | President of the European Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Conference of Presidents is made up of the President of Parliament and the political group chairmen, and the body responsible for Parliament's political organisation. | | | The President requires an overall majority of votes cast in order to be elected. | | | All the members of the Bureau are elected for a period of 30 months, elections being held at the start of and midway through each five-year Parliamentary Term. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Parliament
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| | European Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The President of the European Commission is chosen by the European Council, but must be approved by Parliament before she or he can assume office. | | | For instance, in 2004, the number of seats in the European Parliament was temporarily raised to 788 to accommodate representatives from the ten states that joined the EU on 1st May, but it was subsequently reduced to 732 following the elections in June. | | | In some respects, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers resemble the upper and lower houses of a bicameral legislature. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament
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| | DEsite : European Parliament |
| | Parliament is led by a president and a ´Bureau´. | | | This regulatory body consists of the President of the European Parliament, fourteen vice-presidents, and five quaestors with an advisory voice. | | | This is the political administrative body of Parliament. |
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http://drcwww.kub.nl/dbi/instructie/eu/en/T13.htm
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| | EUROPA - European Union institutions and other bodies - European Parliament |
| | In 2004, Josep Borrell Fontelles was elected President of the European Parliament. | | | The present parliament, elected in June 2004, has 732 members from all 25 EU countries. | | | When a new Commission takes office, its members are nominated by the EU member state governments but they cannot be appointed without Parliament’s approval. |
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http://europa.eu.int/institutions/parliament/index_en.htm
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| | EUROPEAN COMMISSION: BUSINESS AS USUAL |
| | The President of the Council of the European Union, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Pieter Balkenende has contacted the current Commission President Romano Prodi and asked him officially to remain in office until the new Commission is voted in by the European Parliament. | | | A new Commission team is appointed every 5 years for a 5-year term, within 6 months of the elections to the European Parliament (held in June 2004). | | | • The Heads of the Member State governments (European Council) agree together on whom to designate as the new Commission President. |
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http://www.eurunion.org/News/press/2004/200400152.htm
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| | European parliament chief hails Turkish moves toward democracy - EUbusiness - EU law, politics and finance |
| | Cox met with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul and the head of the Social-Democratic opposition, Deniz Baykal. | | | Cox, the first president of the European Parliament to visit Turkey while in office, said the country needed to move beyond the reforms to a change in mentality. | | | He raised the issue of four Kurdish former deputies sentenced to 15 years in prison in 1994 for rights activism in the Kurdish region of eastern Turkey. |
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http://www.eubusiness.com/Turkey/040302154312.h77s71fh
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| | Guardian Unlimited Politics Special Reports Blair in first meeting with European parliament president |
| | Mr Cox, MEP for Munster since 1989 and president of the European Liberal Democrat group, became the first Irish politician to be elected European parliament president on January 15 this year. | | | The prime minister, Tony Blair, today held his first talks with the newly elected president of the European parliament. | | | On his election, he said that his 30-month term would be devoted to fighting for more power for MEPs and less decision making behind closed doors by EU governments. |
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http://politics.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,9061,665607,00.html
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| | CTV.ca - European parliament chooses president- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television |
| | Taking up the presidential gavel, Borrell praised Cox for his term as president and his work to secure a first EU constitution. | | | He also sat on the 105-member European Convention that drafted the EU constitution last year. | | | He asked all members for their help during his 2 1/2 year term as head of the EU assembly to push ahead with European integration. |
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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1090326784523_23?hub=World&subhub=PrintStory
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| | TEAM - The European Alliance of EU-critical Movements |
| | Dr Johannes Rau, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, European Parliament, April 4, 2001. | | | a strong parliament and a directly elected president. | | | such a group of States would conclude a new European framework treaty, the nucleus of a constitution of the Federation. |
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http://www.ljudmila.org/team/board/quotations.htm
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| | EUPolitix.com - President of the European Parliament Josep Borrell |
| | The role of the parliament is, I think, to concentrate its efforts on producing a resolution on the constitution itself and not on what to do if the constitution is not approved. | | | The same day Mr Buttiglione was at his hearing, the Spanish government was approving the law allowing gay marriages, probably this would not be feasible in some countries. | | | Josep Borrell: The matter is before the Court of Justice, which has just received the Council's and the Commission's pleadings. |
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http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/Interviews/200411/5d94b5bb-4708-4452-9c83-165486ad7d47.htm
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| | 2004 Conference Participants - Forum 21 |
| | Member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Franco-British Lawyers and of the Association of European Judges in Competition Law. | | | Distinguished Research Associate and Senior Advisor to the Institute for European Studies at the University of Georgia (USA). | | | Formerly: U.S. Ambassador to the O.E.C.D. Adviser to Clinton/Gore Transition on White House policy management structures, Sub-Cabinet selection; Secretary of the Vice President's Residence Foundation; Executive Committee of law firm Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, MacPherson and Hand; Senior Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. |
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http://www.forum-21.com/2004Participants.asp
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| | Press releases - Federal Foreign Minister Fischer congratulates European Parliament President Cox on being awarded the ... |
| | I am also confident that soon we will jointly reach a successful conclusion to the project establishing a constitution, which both you yourself and the European Parliament have provided with crucial momentum. | | | On 20 May Federal Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer sent the following congratulatory telegram to Patrick Cox, President of the European Parliament and this year's recipient of the International Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen: | | | Federal Foreign Minister Fischer congratulates European Parliament President Cox on being awarded the International Charlemagne Prize |
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http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/www/en/ausgabe_archiv?archiv_id=5733
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| | Letter from the President of the European Parliament |
| | At the request of the Interpreters' Delegation of the European Parliament, I today met Mr Michel Lesseigne, Vice-President of the AIIC, and Mr Stéphane Grosjean. | | | Finally, I would again confirm the Secretary-General's assurances that the event on 19 November - exceptional in every sense of the word — will not constitute a precedent with regard to the system of interpreting to be used, and I assure you that I fully recognise the special effort being asked of your members. | | | Letter from the President of the European Parliament |
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http://www.aiic.net/ViewPage.cfm/article740.htm
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| | Pat Cox, President of the European Parliament European Union Future EU |
| | For a Union of 25 not to be gridlocked by vetos, the Council will to larger extent take decisions by qualified majority voting. | | | European youth parties debate way ahead for Constitution | | | This will in most cases be coupled with co-decision for the European Parliament. |
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http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-117362-16&type=Interview
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| | Napalm News |
| | Bush's faith can be seen on his appointments to the bench and on his decisions on embryonic stem-cell research and so-called partial-birth abortion. | | | A cardinal, a rabbi and an imam joined in ecumenical prayers for the united continent at a service attended by the presidents of the EU's three branches of government -- Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, European Commission President Romano Prodi and European Parliament President Pat Cox. | | | Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is meeting EU chiefs in the Belgian capital Brussels on his first official European visit in 15 years. |
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http://www.princeton.edu/~pfmurphy/2004_04_25_napalmnews_archive.html
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| | .EOS.EOP The President of the Commission, Mr SANTER, submitted to the European Council his initiative for a European confidence pact for employment, intended to introduce a consistent strategy common to the European institutions, governments and both sides of industry. | | | .EOS.EOP The Heads of State or Government have confirmed the agreement reached between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs on 26 March 1996 regarding the association of the European Parliament with the work of the IGC (see below). | | | .EOS.EOP The Conference should examine whether and how to improve the role and functioning of the European Court of Justice and Court of Auditors. |
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http://nl.ijs.si/ME/CD/tool/Vanilla/turinen.tok
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| | A new European Parliament president |
| | During Prodi's speech on Tuesday morning, he outlined some important factors that dominated the EU in the past few months including the enlargement, the setting of the new EU Constitution and the election of the new president. | | | Today's voting came after a three-day preliminary session in which discussions also included the approval of the nomination of the former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso as the new President of the Commission. | | | STRASBOURG (di-ve news) -- July 20, 2004 -- 1930CET -- Spanish Socialist Josep Borrell was elected as the President of the European Parliament on Tuesday. |
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http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=144414&pid=23
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| | EJC Delegation meets President of the European Parliament Pat Cox |
| | European Jewish Congress Leaders Meet UK Prime Minister Tony Blair | | | Chairman of the Board of Governors of the European Jewish Congress Awarded Officer's Cross of Poland | | | The meeting with President Cox was followed by a working dinner attended by 60 MEPs, among them European Commissioner for budget Michaele Schreyer and EP Vice President Gerard Onesta. |
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http://www.eurojewcong.org/english/news/news.php?code_news=8
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| | Europaworld 14/2/2003 <European Parliament President ... |
| | European Parliament President Tells Europe's Leaders 'Get Your Act | | | European Parliament President Tells Europe's Leaders 'Get Your Act Together' | | | The European Parliament President said that no effort must be spared in the coming days and weeks, to seek a common accord and exert EU influence where it counts - at the UN Security Council. |
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http://www.europaworld.org/week116/europeanparliament14203.htm
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| | SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO BELGIUM (January 28-30, 2004) |
| | The Secretary-General said at a press briefing, "I had a good discussion with President Papadopoulos, who also affirmed to me his determination to resume talks and that the sooner the better." | | | Guy Verhofstadt (left), Prime Minister of Belgium, and Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) at the inauguration ceremony of the European Regional United Nations Information Centre in Brussels. | | | At left is Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission. |
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http://www.un.org/av/photo/sgtrips/sgbelgium04.htm
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| | European Parliament UK Office - News Item |
| | Mr Cox will then travel to Washington DC, where meetings have been confirmed at the White House with Vice-President Richard Cheney and Dr Condoleeza Rice, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and with US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. | | | In Congress Pat Cox will meet Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and will be introduced to the Senate by Majority Leader Tom Daschle. | | | Pat Cox, President of the European Parliament, will pay an official visit to the United States from 7 to 11 July. |
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http://www.europarl.org.uk/news/textonly/txitems2002/july04.htm
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| | European Union - Free Encyclopedia |
| | Furthermore, decisions are made by majority votes, hence it is possible for a member-state to be forced by the other member-states to implement a decision against its will. | | | European Court of Justice (incorporating the Court of First Instance) | | | Freedom for its citizens to vote in local government and European Parliament elections in any member state. |
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http://www.wacklepedia.com/e/eu/european_union.html
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| | European Parliament commemorates September 11 attacks |
| | - Bertel HAARDER, Danish Minister for European Affairs, representing the Presidency of the European Council | | | - Romano PRODI, President of the European Commission | | | Address by Pat COX, President of the European Parliament |
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http://www.useu.be/Terrorism/EUResponse/Sept0502EuropeanParliamentCeremonySept11.html
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| | The Parliament Magazine - European Politics and Policy |
| | Regular contributors also include EU presidency ministers, ambassadors, leaders of the parliament’s political groups, senior members of parliamentary committees and rapporteurs on key EU legislation. | | | Parliament Magazine is a unique publication working at the heart of the EU. | | | Former president of the European parliament Pat Cox talks to Peggy Corlin. |
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http://www.parliamentmag.com
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| | Nuala Ahern MEP |
| | She was a member of the Parliament's delegation to the United States. | | | The EP's Petitions Committee urges the European Commission to take the issue of Kilkenny's poor water quality back to the European Court of Justice. | | | She was also President of the European Parliament Intergroup on Complementary and Natural Medicine. |
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http://www.nualaahern.com
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| | WIC Biography - Simone Veil |
| | She has served as President of the Judicial Commission for this powerful group. | | | She was the first President of the European Parliament; since 1984, she has been the Deputy President. | | | She has held in the French government for many years. |
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http://www.wic.org/bio/sveil.htm
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| | News Releases - SWC New Design Test |
| | In a letter to the President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's International Liaison Director, Dr. Shimon Samuels, protested the violation of democratic procedure by a handful of party-bloc heads who have torpedoed an investigation campaign into EU funding of the Palestine Authority. | | | A petition signed by 170 MEPs was submitted to President Cox on 4 February. | | | This was the number necessary to open such a debate despite the obstacles set by its principal opponent, Foreign Affairs Commissioner, Chris Patten. |
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http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=bhKRI6PDInE&b=296323&ct=350917
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| | Three years to the tragic days of the G8 Meeting in Genoa |
| | Furthermore, the judicial investigation has verified that tens of persons were maltreated, threatened and humiliated inside the "Bolzaneto Barracks". | | | Josep BORREL, the new President of the European Parliament | | | Only the judiciary remained to investigate the abuses of the police forces. |
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http://www.zmag.org/Italy/agnoletto-openletter.htm
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| | ACCF Hosts First-Vice President of the European Parliament |
| | Dr. Vidal-Quadras also praised the work of the Brussels-based International Council for Capital Formation, ACCF’s sister organization, in Europe, and Dr. Margo Thorning, ICCF managing director and senior vice president and chief economist of the American Council for Capital Formation. | | | Long active in Spanish politics, Dr. Vidal-Quadras was first elected to the European Parliament for the 1999-2004 term and re-elected in 2004, when he was elected First-vice President. | | | ACCF Hosts First-Vice President of the European Parliament |
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http://www.accf.org/programs/CFF-feb2005.html
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| | RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY |
| | He should be outspoken in dealing with the president of the European Commission and with the representatives of national governments. | | | The election on 15 January of Pat Cox as the new president of the European Parliament is the subject of some speculation, as is the future of Cyprus, as Turkish and Greek leaders meet to discuss their differences over the divided island. | | | Devdariani says the regional crackdown "poses a critical test for Georgia's new ministers of interior and state security." President Eduard Shevardnadze has also "seen his prestige damaged by the Pankisi situation," says the author, adding that the president "now seems determined to provide resolute political support for the anti-crime campaign in the area." |
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http://www.rferl.org/features/2002/01/16012002081204.asp
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| | Luxembourg Presidency - Address by Josep Borrell Fontelles, President of the European Parliament at the Signing ... |
| | Luxembourg Presidency - Address by Josep Borrell Fontelles, President of the European Parliament at the Signing Ceremony of the Accession Treaty with Bulgaria and Romania | | | Address by Josep Borrell Fontelles, President of the European Parliament at the Signing Ceremony of the Accession Treaty with Bulgaria and Romania | | | Parliament will be involved in the work of monitoring the efforts which have still to be made and in the decision-making process should the safeguard clauses need to be employed. |
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http://www.eu2005.lu/en/actualites/discours/2005/04/25borell
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| | BBC NEWS Northern Ireland McCartneys to meet EU president |
| | The sisters of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney are travelling to Brussels to meet the president of the European Parliament. | | | "We know that we are going to be meeting the president of the European Parliament and we are also going to be addressing various political parties," she said. | | | Paula McCartney said the family wanted to find out if the European Parliament could do anything on a practical level to help their campaign for justice. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4410835.stm
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| | Embassy of France in the US - Eastern Europe |
| | Visit to the European Parliament — Statements made by M. Philippe Douste-Blazy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, during his joint press briefing with Mr Josep Borell, President of the European Parliament | | | I talked to the President about the Services Directive which is going to be examined in Parliament, with the desire to see Parliament say “yes” to harmonization, “yes” to the primacy of national law, particularly on social matters, and “no” to liberalization of services. | | | I shall participate in a General Affairs Council on the Monday before that meeting and so I was keen to talk to the President of the European Parliament and President of the Commission to prepare these meetings in what is, admittedly, a crisis atmosphere. |
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http://www.info-france-usa.org/news/statmnts/2005/douste_colona_europe060705.asp
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| | Report on NACDL Visit to European Abolitionists & European Parliament |
| | In addition to future meetings in Europe, members of the European Parliament were invited to visit the United States to discuss the death penalty with U.S. politicians and visit death rows. | | | In January 1998, the Italian Senate passed a resolution calling for, inter alia, Italian companies not to invest in states that execute their own citizens. | | | The resolution urges European companies that are considering locating a manufacturing plant or making a major capital investment in this country to give priority to those twelve states, and the District of Columbia, that do not have capital punishment statutes. |
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http://www.criminaljustice.org/DEATH/dpd0001.htm
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| | BBC News Europe European Parliament elects new president |
| | As the parliament takes political shape, it will hear on Wednesday from the European Commission President, Romani Prodi. | | | Ms Fontaine - a member of France's UDF party, which sits with the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) bloc - received 306 votes in the 626-member assembly. | | | The vote was held on the Parliament's first day in its brand-new, purpose-built building in the French city of Strasbourg. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/europe/398892.stm
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| | Dalip Mehta; Former Education Minister and President of SOS Tibetan Children's Village, Ms. | | | Hans-Gert Poeterring; Honourable President of the European Parliament Tibet Intergroup, Mr. | | | Based on the overwhelming peoples' aspirations, the Parliament passed a unanimous decision to this effect by bestowing full powers to His Holiness. |
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http://www.tibet.com/NewsRoom/chairman1.htm
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| | Chechen Government visits European Parliament |
| | Umar Khanbiev, general representative abroad of the Chechen president Sadullaev, Mr. | | | Edward McMillan-Scott (Christian-Democrat), vice president of the European Parliament (Christian-Democrats Group), Ms. | | | While the European Parliament debated the report on European Union-Russia relations drafted by Cecilia Malmstrom (Swedish member of the Liberal-Democrat group), the Chechen delegation met with representatives from several political groups including Mr. |
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| | The Parliament acts as the public forum for the EU. | | | The 15 countries in the EU account for more than 50 percent of foreign investment in the United States and 3 million highly paid jobs in the United States are due to EU investment. | | | Hansch was elected a member of the European Parliament (EP) for the first time in 1979 and was re-elected for three more five-year terms. |
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http://dept.kent.edu/ksuTop_Story/archive_97/970915_Nato.html
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