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	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Brave Medvedev hits out at Russians who excuse Stalin</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/11/brave-medvedev-hits-out-at-russians-who-excuse-stalin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Barber</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[communism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dmitry Medvedev]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stalin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[October 30 saw one of the most important moments so far of Dmitry Medvedev&#8217;s presidency in Russia.  On a video blog posted on the presidential website, he squarely addressed the issue of the mass repressions carried out under Josef Stalin, the Soviet dictator from the mid-1920s to 1953.  I agree with Tomas Hirst, who wrote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europe not in the mood to thank Cameron for his EU speech</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/11/europe-not-in-the-mood-to-thank-cameron-for-his-eu-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/11/europe-not-in-the-mood-to-thank-cameron-for-his-eu-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Barber</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Britain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Czech Republic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lisbon treaty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Conservative Party]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vaclav Klaus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/?p=2131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The distance separating Britain&#8217;s perceptions of the European Union from those of its Continental partners is so vast that the English Channel might as well be the Pacific Ocean.  This was my first thought when I read not just David Cameron&#8217;s speech on what steps a future Conservative government would take to limit EU involvement in British [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Further reading: Brussels</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/11/further-reading-brussels-17/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/11/further-reading-brussels-17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stanley Pignal</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/?p=2121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anger of GM&#8217;s Opel U-turn (Daniel Schäfer, FT)
Oracle braced for EU objections on Sun deal (Nikki Tait, FT)
The end is nigh, we plan to do nothing about it (Charlemagne blog, The Economist)
I admired Thatcher, says Chirac in memoirs (Charles Bremner, The Times)
Even EU having trouble on climate agreement (Paul Taylor, IHT)
Where did Vaclav Havel&#8217;s anti-communist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Czech court&#8217;s OK to Lisbon treaty won&#8217;t solve EU&#8217;s real problems</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/11/czech-courts-ok-to-lisbon-treaty-wont-solve-eus-real-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/11/czech-courts-ok-to-lisbon-treaty-wont-solve-eus-real-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Barber</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Czech Republic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Foreign policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lisbon treaty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[EU energy policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Russian gas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/?p=2101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s striking that the Czech constitutional court announced its approval of the European Union&#8217;s Lisbon treaty on Tuesday morning just as the prospect of another Russian gas import crisis began to loom on the EU&#8217;s horizon.  For even though the news from Prague is welcome, a moment&#8217;s reflection is all you need to remind yourself that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summit-hungry Europeans flock to a bemused Washington</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/11/summit-hungry-europeans-flock-to-a-bemused-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/11/summit-hungry-europeans-flock-to-a-bemused-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Barber</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Foreign policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen summit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[EU foreign policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/?p=2091</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday a numerically impressive delegation of Europeans will be in Washington for the first formal US-European Union summit since Barack Obama&#8217;s presidential inauguration last January.  Fredrik Reinfeldt, Sweden&#8217;s prime minister, will be there in his capacity as leader of the country that holds the EU&#8217;s rotating presidency.  So will Carl Bildt, Sweden&#8217;s foreign minister.  So will Javier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Further reading: Brussels</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/11/further-reading-brussels-16/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/11/further-reading-brussels-16/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stanley Pignal</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Further reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We must not be too late with starting the Big Exit (Wolfgang Münchau, FT)
German industry warns on tax cuts (Ralph Atkins, FT)
&#8230; Remember the fall of the Berlin Wall (Boris Johnson, Sunday Telegraph)
Deciding Europe&#8217;s place in the world (Charlemagne, The Economist)
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		<title>Summit chatter lifts Miliband in race for EU foreign policy job</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/10/summit-chatter-lifts-miliband-in-race-for-eu-foreign-policy-job/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/10/summit-chatter-lifts-miliband-in-race-for-eu-foreign-policy-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Barber</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Britain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Foreign policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Miliband]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[EU foreign policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tony Blair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/?p=2071</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Tony Blair&#8217;s chances of becoming the European Union&#8217;s first full-time president fade, so the chances go up that David Miliband will be the EU&#8217;s next foreign policy supremo.  This is the picture emerging on the second day of the EU summit in Brussels.
The killer blow to Blair&#8217;s prospects was delivered by Angela Merkel, Germany&#8217;s chancellor, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blair&#8217;s EU presidency bid runs into trouble as summit starts</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/10/blairs-eu-presidency-bid-runs-into-trouble-as-summit-starts/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/10/blairs-eu-presidency-bid-runs-into-trouble-as-summit-starts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Barber</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Britain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sarkozy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[EU president]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[European Parliament]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Martin Schulz]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tony Blair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/?p=2061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As European Union leaders gather for their two-day summit in Brussels, the word is that the British government&#8217;s effort to have Tony Blair selected as the EU&#8217;s first full-time president is running into trouble.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has just finished a round of afternoon discussions with other European socialist leaders, trying to persuade them that Blair deserves the job.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the top economic jobs in Brussels that matter, stupid!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/10/its-the-top-economic-jobs-in-brussels-that-matter-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/10/its-the-top-economic-jobs-in-brussels-that-matter-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Barber</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Barroso]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Britain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brussels]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Commission]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lisbon treaty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Christine Lagarde]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Miliband]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[European Commission]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michel Barnier]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tony Blair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/?p=2041</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The fuss over who will be the European Union&#8217;s first full-time president is obscuring the less sexy but potentially more important question of who will get the two or three most powerful jobs in the next European Commission.  A good many governments would prefer to see one of their nationals in a truly influential economic policymaking role in the Commission than occupying the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Further reading: Brussels</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/10/further-reading-brussels-15/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/2009/10/further-reading-brussels-15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stanley Pignal</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Further reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Champion of a strong voice for Europe (George Parker and James Blitz, FT)
EU leaders to exchange picks for the presidency (Tony Barber, FT)
The EU is no presidency&#8230; (Timothy Garton Ash, Guardian Comment is Free)
All rise for president What&#8217;s-his-name (Wall Street Journal)
Klaus says he &#8216;will sign&#8217; the Lisbon treaty (Andrew Gardner, European Voice)


]]></description>
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