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Slovenian presidential election

isabelle.merillet — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:25:06 +0000

Borut Pahor, the left-wing former Prime Minister of Slovenia, has won the country’s presidential election. Mr Pahor took more than double the number of votes of his rival, the outgoing independent President, Danilo Türk, in the run-off on Sunday 2 December. The campaign had been marked by demonstrations and increasing public dissatisfaction with the current right-wing government and politics in general.

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The 2010-2014 European Commission Mid-Term Review

paul.schuchhard — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:03:20 +0000

To mark the mid–term of the Barroso II Commission, we asked actors from across the world of EU policy-making to tell us how they thought they did. More than 811 respondents from all corners of the EU policy making world took part in our online survey, which asked questions about achievements of the European Commission as a body, as well as for each of the 27 individual Commissioners.

The results are presented on 13 November in Brussels by a panel composed of John Wyles (Senior Advisor, EPC), David Harley (Chairman, Burson-Marsteller Brussels), David Earnshaw (CEO, Burson-Marsteller) and moderated by Daniela Vincenti (Editor-in-Chief,EurActiv).

The full report

Full Results – Commission as a Whole (pdf)

Full Results – 27 Commissioners (pdf)

Commissioners Overall Results Table (pdf)

Methodology

Comments from Respondents

Poster Commitments Barroso II

The Environment and the Military – 30th October 2012

isabelle.merillet — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:37:36 +0000

Spain’s regional and local elections

rebecca.jarvis — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:46:02 +0000

Spaniards take to the streets… and turn to the Right

In the last major elections before the general election (scheduled for March 2012), the people of Spain have delivered a damning verdict on the Socialist (PSOE) government’s handling of the economic crisis and decisively handed control of regional government to the centre-right Popular Party (PP). Click here to read the insight

Place your bets: an end to barriers for gaming services?

rebecca.jarvis — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:13:06 +0000

Games of chance are an increasingly important part of the service economy in the EU. However, national rules on gambling and lotteries, and varying levels of concern about the economic and social impact of gambling, means that this sector is regulated in different ways in the EU’s 27 member states. (To read the article, please click here)

Barroso II Survey: good, bad or indifferent?

rebecca.jarvis — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:05:34 +0000

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