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Tue, 21 May 2013 22:35:47 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 23:19:56 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/world/europe/brussels http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/world/europe/brussels http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b768f872-c241-11e2-8992-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The European banking regulator said it had broadened the definition of staff affected by the incoming cap, which comes into effect next year Tue, 21 May 2013 22:35:47 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b768f872-c241-11e2-8992-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b768f872-c241-11e2-8992-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee6c1b64-c1f2-11e2-ab66-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Changes to Ireland’s tax code in 2010 were introduced as part of a suite of incentives to boost country’s attractiveness as a location for intellectual property Tue, 21 May 2013 17:50:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee6c1b64-c1f2-11e2-ab66-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ee6c1b64-c1f2-11e2-ab66-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4370d5c0-c22d-11e2-ab66-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct While there is broad agreement about the lack of competitiveness, there does not appear to be an obvious lever that politicians can pull to remedy it Tue, 21 May 2013 17:18:34 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4370d5c0-c22d-11e2-ab66-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4370d5c0-c22d-11e2-ab66-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/537dcad6-c214-11e2-ab66-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Move would curtail European activities of group’s military wing, but some states are concerned about practicalities and impact on Lebanon diplomacy Tue, 21 May 2013 16:16:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/537dcad6-c214-11e2-ab66-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 537dcad6-c214-11e2-ab66-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/882b080c-c151-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The parallels are compelling, but not exact. Both prime ministers have suffered at the hands of a party intent focusing on Europe but in different ways Mon, 20 May 2013 20:10:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/882b080c-c151-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 882b080c-c151-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed06ba3a-c162-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Campaign group accuses Italians of trying to cut gypsies off from society. Country’s highest appeal court has outlawed legal basis for camps Mon, 20 May 2013 19:10:37 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed06ba3a-c162-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ed06ba3a-c162-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b8cdc3e6-bef9-11e2-87ff-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct European plans for a financial transaction levy are facing such fierce opposition that they are unlikely to survive without being watered down Mon, 20 May 2013 17:46:11 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b8cdc3e6-bef9-11e2-87ff-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b8cdc3e6-bef9-11e2-87ff-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/48509516-c161-11e2-9767-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct German strategy would thwart UK premier’s plans to use eurozone reforms to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with bloc and repatriate powers Mon, 20 May 2013 17:46:05 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/48509516-c161-11e2-9767-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 48509516-c161-11e2-9767-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6678c244-c165-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Changes to EU treaties are intended to shore up the eurozone with moves towards fiscal and political integration. But the process is set to prove divisive Mon, 20 May 2013 17:37:34 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6678c244-c165-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6678c244-c165-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aed370dc-c153-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The European Commission has days sent requests for information to Swiss-based commodities traders Glencore, Vitol and Mercuria, and possibly others Mon, 20 May 2013 17:19:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aed370dc-c153-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct aed370dc-c153-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/18a0a1fa-c155-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Tackling criminality and dissident terrorism in the border area is at the heart of Irish concerns over UK moves to renegotiate its EU relationship Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/18a0a1fa-c155-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 18a0a1fa-c155-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9780ec70-c162-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct British-Irish chamber of commerce says Irish companies are concerned the possibility of a UK exit from the EU is having a negative impact Mon, 20 May 2013 16:57:50 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9780ec70-c162-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 9780ec70-c162-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5cfc2320-c154-11e2-9767-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Portugal could well be the next cause for alarm, and if the economic situation does worsen, its banks have no obvious route to fresh money Mon, 20 May 2013 16:51:05 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5cfc2320-c154-11e2-9767-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 5cfc2320-c154-11e2-9767-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/528b21aa-c138-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Believing that Britain should stay out of the euro but inside the EU now puts me on the other side of the battle lines to the eurosceptics Mon, 20 May 2013 14:42:48 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/528b21aa-c138-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 528b21aa-c138-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/44dbecc2-beec-11e2-a9d4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct After a long battle to safeguard its 80-year tradition of banking secrecy, Switzerland faces a new era as it begins negotiations on a new EU tax accord Sun, 19 May 2013 20:39:45 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/44dbecc2-beec-11e2-a9d4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 44dbecc2-beec-11e2-a9d4-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d55a93a-c071-11e2-8c63-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct With two years until the next election, the Tory party has reopened old divisions over Europe which helped destroy Margaret Thatcher and John Major Sun, 19 May 2013 20:19:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d55a93a-c071-11e2-8c63-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3d55a93a-c071-11e2-8c63-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/158e248a-be1f-11e2-bb35-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct If you want to make a rational case for the EU, it is better to make it on the basis of geopolitics rather than economic efficiency Sun, 19 May 2013 18:49:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/158e248a-be1f-11e2-bb35-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 158e248a-be1f-11e2-bb35-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/063fefec-c0a2-11e2-8c63-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Germany’s vice-chancellor and economy minister put Berlin on a collision course with Brussels after warning against anti-dumping duties Sun, 19 May 2013 17:36:38 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/063fefec-c0a2-11e2-8c63-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 063fefec-c0a2-11e2-8c63-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b0ad091c-be16-11e2-bb35-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Poland is gearing up for its biggest-ever increase in military equipment spending, splashing out $43bn on contracts over the next decade Sun, 19 May 2013 16:14:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b0ad091c-be16-11e2-bb35-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b0ad091c-be16-11e2-bb35-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/472d994e-bef6-11e2-a9d4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Official proposals say Bern will respond to international pressure by eliminating differential rates for foreign and domestic profits Fri, 17 May 2013 21:41:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/472d994e-bef6-11e2-a9d4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fworld_europe_brussels%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 472d994e-bef6-11e2-a9d4-00144feab7de