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27-04-2010 • Interviews
Diana Wallis, Vice President of the European Parliament, speaks to journalists from Bulgaria. This special interview
is given to Radio Bulgaria, PROBG and Europe Gateway on April 14 2010 on the occasion of the public presentation in
Brussels of the book "Europe 2020 - Civic Vision", edited by experts of the European Institute Foundation and its
partnering organizations within...
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10-02-2010 • Interviews
During his official visit to Paris on Tuesday, 2 February, Touteleurope.fr interveiwed Jerzy Buzek, President of the
European Parliament. Former Polish Prime Minister and member of Solidarnosc, he explains the new reforms contained in
the Lisbon Treaty and presents his priorities for his mandate.
To see the video recording and to read the whole text of the interview,...
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10-02-2010 • Interviews
With just a few days to go until the likely investiture of the second Barroso Commission, Touteleurope.fr, in
partnership with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with French Commissioner designate for Internal Market and
Services, Michel Barnier. Barnier went through the priorities of his new mandate, the strategic aspect of this portfolio
and the need for intelligent...
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10-02-2010 • Interviews
In its new series Wide Angle, Touteleurope.fr will interview each month a different expert, politician, historian or
artist about a topical european issue. For the first interview in the series Touteleurope.fr spoke to Loukas Tsoukalis,
a greek politicial scientist about his country's economic woes and about the future of European social and economic
policy.
Loukas...
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04-02-2010 • Interviews
Europe Gateway's blitz interview with Mr. João Sant'Anna – Head of the Legal Department of the
European Ombudsman.
Mr. Sant`Anna was special guest to the International conference “Europe 2020 – Civic Visions”, held
in Sofia on January 29-30, 2010, within the “Interacting with the European Parliament” project,...
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04-02-2010 • Interviews
Europe Gateway's blitz interview with German MEP Doris Pack (EPP), Chairwoman of the Committee on Culture and
Education in the European Parliament.
Mrs. Pack was special guest to the International conference “Europe 2020 – Civic Visions”, held in
Sofia on January 29-30, 2010, within the “Interacting with the European Parliament” project,...
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09-11-2009 • Interviews
Ryszard Czarnecki is a Polish MEP from the European Conservatives and Reformists. He was born in London, UK, in 1963.
Czarnecki is a Vice-Chairman of the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and a member of the Committee on
Budgetary Control, Committee on Transport and Tourism. Mr. Czarnecki graduated as a Master of History, University of
Wrocław. He worked as an...
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07-08-2009 • Interviews
Iceland benefits from having it‘s own seat at the negotiating table instead of being a member of the EU block,
having to adopt the common policy instead of pursuing the country‘s own interest, Birgir T. Petursson, partner at
GHP Legal in Reykjavik, says in an interview for Europe Gateway.
Birgir T. Petursson is an Attorney at Law, a partner at GHP Legal in...
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23-12-2008 • Interviews
A special “Progress Watch” interview with Minister of Justice Miglena Tacheva, December 2008. The full text
in the original is available on Europe.bg’s Bulgarian-language section.
Are you satisfied with the accomplishments in the field of justice and home affairs since July 2008 when the EC
announced its country progress report?
After the publishing of the...
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29-05-2008 • Interviews
The European integration is a long process. What Slovenia has achieved? What is the next step?
When we were leaving Yugoslavia at the end of the 80-es and in the beginning of the 90-es, we had this big dream of
becoming the integral part of Europe, members of the EU and NATO, area of prosperity. We did not even dare to think
about having the Presidency of the EU one day. Most...
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28-05-2008 • Interviews
MILAN PREDAN is a professional diplomat with journalistic background. Before entering the Slovenian foreign service he
was for 10 years chief editor of the second largest Slovenian daily newspaper Večer. After serving as diplomat in Italy
he returned to the newspaper and took over the position of the general manager of the company. As of the begining of
this year he is heading...
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05-02-2008 • Interviews
Ms. Gergana Gruncharova, Minister on European affairs, comments for Gateway EUROPE, that the Lisbon Treaty allows the
EU to function effectively with the new 12 member states.
Minister Grancharova takes part in the conference "Lisbon Treaty - European perspectives".
Ms. Gruncharova, soon, the Lisbon Treaty t will be put forward to the Parliament for ratification. What...
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16-01-2008 • Interviews
Europe Gateway presents an interview with the European Ombudsman Nikoforos Diamandouros concerning the public access
to MEPs' expenses and public policies.
Have you received complaints about the current expenses of MEPs? Could you give an example?
I received a complaint from a Maltese journalist who asked the European Parliament (EP) to give him access to...
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06-07-2007 • Interviews
MEP Ari Vatanen EPP-ED, Chairman of Mobility for Prosperity in Europe, organised the event "The Integrated Approach to
Road Safety" on Monday 14 May in the European Parliament in Brussels. In his speech Ari Vatanen brought to the attention
of the public the drastic differences between EU Member States in deaths on roads: whereas in the Netherlands, UK or
Sweden there are...
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15-06-2007 • Interviews
The EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament has voted unanimously in favour of the membership of five newly-elected
Bulgarian MEPs from the political party GERB. Gateway EUROPE interviewed EPP-ED Group Chairman Joseph Daul on his
expectations of the new MEPs.
Note: Mr. Daul chose to answer the questions of Gateway Europe in written form.
Did you already have the chance to...
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04-04-2007 • Interviews
Multilingualism European commissioner Leonard Orban in an interview for Europe Gateway.
Mid-April, European Central Bank representatives are visiting Bulgaria to confer with officials in Sofia about the
official name of the EU currency in Bulgarian language, Sega daily reported this week. The official spelling has to be
"euro" as in all 23 official EU-languages. Bulgaria,...
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