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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:37:30 +0000Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:23:26 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/europe/brussels(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4444d986-d601-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4444d986-d601-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe surprise announcement of tougher standards for asset-backed securities used as collateral highlights how far the bank is planning its 'exit strategy' to dismantle measures taken after last year's collapse of Lehman BrothersFri, 20 Nov 2009 23:37:30 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/748a59a4-d601-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/748a59a4-d601-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlNobody was more surprised to discover that Lady Ashton was Europe's new foreign policy chief than the baroness herselfFri, 20 Nov 2009 23:36:16 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2db0f876-d610-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2db0f876-d610-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlMichel Barnier, former French foreign minister, is set to be put in charge of the EU's single market, in a contentious move that followed a night of political horse-trading over top jobs in BrusselsFri, 20 Nov 2009 23:30:52 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ac1ce120-d601-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ac1ce120-d601-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlValéry Giscard d'Estaing had no doubt that the president would be a towering figure on the world stage. But on Thursday Europe's leaders turned their back decisively on Mr Giscard d'Estaing's visionFri, 20 Nov 2009 22:37:49 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f97ea29e-d5fe-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f97ea29e-d5fe-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe European Commission has warned that it will be months before it decides whether to support a radical overhaul of accounting rules on how banks and other financial institutions value their assetsFri, 20 Nov 2009 18:42:51 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ae1e1da-d5f4-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ae1e1da-d5f4-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe race to secure senior jobs in the next European Commission has intensified with the big member states keen to secure the most important economic dossiers Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:15:27 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb1e264c-d5e9-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb1e264c-d5e9-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html Herman Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton may have won the contest to determine the EU's first full-time president and foreign affairs chief, but the real winner may have been the Commission presidentFri, 20 Nov 2009 15:43:33 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/49c554fc-d5cb-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49c554fc-d5cb-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlJean-Claude Trichet, ECB president, has issued his strongest warning yet that banks must keep pay and bonuses 'contained' and prepare for withdrawal of emergency supportFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:27:22 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1a081faa-d531-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1a081faa-d531-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlHerman Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton were welcomed by world leaders as Europe's first full-time president and foreign policy chief, even as a chorus of critics questioned their relatively low profiles Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:59:43 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/308596b2-d54b-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/308596b2-d54b-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlChoice of two relative unknowns for the roles of EU president and foreign policy supremo dismayed those who wanted to give Europe more clout on the world stageThu, 19 Nov 2009 22:23:34 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e03b667a-d534-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e03b667a-d534-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlScottish fishermen are offering to change the way they fish to persuade the European Union to relax rules that require them to throw large amounts of high-quality fish back in the sea if their catchincludes species not allowed under quotasThu, 19 Nov 2009 18:08:54 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/11c93616-d4fb-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/11c93616-d4fb-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.htmlHerman Van Rompuy, the Belgian prime minister and frontrunner to be the EUs first full-time president, is a firm opponent of Turkey's EU membership bid, according to a speech he made in 2004Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:18:42 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9dda4e50-d51a-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9dda4e50-d51a-11de-8ec4-00144feabdc0.htmlBerlin has forced Emirates to raise the prices of business class tickets on flights out Germany as concerns about the Middle East's largest airline grow as it expands into continental EuropeThu, 19 Nov 2009 15:57:49 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/22db96d0-d60c-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/22db96d0-d60c-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html By lasering in on the lowest common denominator in this way, leaders of the big member-states are united in their unwillingness to be overshadowed by figures of calibre and cloutFri, 20 Nov 2009 23:18:34 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c10d082-d546-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fbrusselshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c10d082-d546-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlEuropean Union leaders awarded two of its highest-level jobs to newcomers on the international stage, marking the culmination of a decade-long modernisation effortFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:09:13 +0000