EU boost for youth jobs – EUbusiness Week 501

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17 September 2010
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This Week’s Top Stories
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1. Sarkozy digs new Roma hole at explosive summit
2. Europe claims victory in Boeing subsidy row
3. Europe moves to end financial market ‘Wild West’
4. EU nearly doubles eurozone growth forecast
5. EU regulators crack down on concert, sports tickets sites
6. Europe still distant dream for Turkey despite referendum

Publisher’s Note
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With five million young Europeans looking for a job, the
Commission this week launched Youth on the Move, a
Communication aimed at making education and training more
relevant to their needs, and encouraging them to take
advantage of EU grants to study or train in another country.

Youth on the Move is a welcome move to boost young people’s
employment prospects, particularly in the area of promoting
learning mobility. A concern, expressed by EUROCHAMBRES, is
that the paper is “weak on measures” and places too heavy a
reliance on public bodies for its delivery. So while the
Commission’s aims are laudable, Youth on the Move needs
to deliver to make a real difference.
http://www.eubusiness.com/employment/youth-move.10

Regards,

Nick Prag
Publisher, EUbusiness

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1. Sarkozy digs new Roma hole at explosive summit
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French President Sarkozy stunned the EU summit on Thursday,
clashing with top officials and tripping up on a claim that
Germany was about to copy controversial Roma deportations.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit.673
EU agrees trade-linked aid package for Pakistan
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-pakistan-aid.674
EU seals first Asian free trade deal with South Korea
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/summit-trade-skorea.669

2. Europe claims victory in Boeing subsidy row
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European leaders claimed victory on Wednesday after the
World Trade Organisation was said to have judged massive
US subsidies to Boeing illegal.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/wto-trade-dispute.667
Boeing boss ‘heartened’ by WTO ruling
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/wto-trade-dispute.66y

3. Europe moves to end financial market ‘Wild West’
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The EU has announced new rules to tame a ‘Wild West’ of
speculative high-risk trading instruments blamed for the
worst global financial crisis since the 1930s’ Depression.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-economy.64u

4. EU nearly doubles eurozone growth forecast
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Fears of a resurgent eurozone debt crisis are likely to
stunt European economic growth prospects this year, with the
EU warning of ‘lingering tensions’ in Ireland and elsewhere.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/eurozone-finance.63g

5. EU regulators crack down on concert, sports tickets sites
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Regulators attacked European web concert and sports ticket
retailers on Thursday, the latest online sector to fall
foul of consumer rules.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/consumer-sports-it.66m

6. Europe still distant dream for Turkey despite referendum
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Turkey won pats on the back from Europe and the U.S. for
passing key constitutional reforms, but its bid to join the
EU failed to convince doubters among EU states on Monday.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/turkey-politics-us.63k

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Inside the EU Institutions
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Council Watch
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Africa energy: African ministers and EU representatives
kicked off a new energy partnership on Tuesday, with the aim
to secure renewable energy supplies for Africa by 2020.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/austria-africa.649
Merkel: Germany not giving up on financial market tax
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/germany-politics.64w
Canada defends vote abstention on EU’s UN status
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/canada-un-diplomacy.64q
France opposed to Mercosur farm trade talks
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/mercosur-wto-trade.64c
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Commission Watch
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Foreign service: Europe’s power nations have won the lion’s
share of new EU ambassadorial postings in the EU’s new
diplomatic corps.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/diplomacy.65g
EU threatens France with legal action over Roma ‘disgrace’
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/france-immigration.642
Trade chief backs Mercosur pact in Brazil visit
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/latam-trade.64i
Agriculture Commissioner promises action on bio farming
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/agriculture-organic.631
http://www.eubusiness.com/Commission

Euro-Parliament Watch
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Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs welcomed
Commissioner Olli Rehn’s efforts to “fast-track” the EU
economic governance package. The aim is to have the
legislation, which should reinforce fiscal surveillance
and management of macro-economic imbalances across the
EU, approved before the next summer break.

Parliament’s political groups devoted most of the week to
preparing for the 20-23 September plenary session. The
agenda includes a final vote on setting up a new system of
financial market supervision, legislation on securing
Europe’s gas supplies, ensuring proper monitoring of the
adverse effects of medicines, setting minimum standards for
air accident investigations and restricting use of biocides.
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EU diary
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19-21 Sep, Informal Meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers
20-23 Sep, European Parliament Plenary Session
23-24 Sep, Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers
27 Sep, Agriculture and Fisheries Council

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Other news on EUbusiness this week
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Greece rules out debt restructuring 16-Sep
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/germany-greece-imf.66n
Euro trade surplus up in July, trade falls concern 16-Sep
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/eurozone-economy.66d
Car sales plummet in Europe 16-Sep
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/sector-auto-sales.664
Italy confident Croatia to join EU in 2012 15-Sep
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/enlarge-croatia.65d
EBRD approves EUR 100m loan for Serbia railways 15-Sep
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/serbia-economy-ebrd.65c
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania sign gas transit deal 14-Sep
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/azerbaijan-georgia.640
‘Health gain’ would help meet cost of EU carbon goals 14-Sep
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/climate-warming.63w
Logging danger for Europe’s last primeval forest 12-Sep
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/poland-environment.636

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