Presidential Elections The political impasse surrounding the presidential elections in Turkey continues. Following the Constitutional Court ruling, the AK Party unexpectedly stepped back, saying that it wants the newly formed government to elect the next president. However, upon the proposal of the opposition leader Baykal that the new president should be someone outside the parliament, [...]

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At an international biofuels conference hosted in Brussels last week, the EU Commission announced that imports will be an important policy tool in order to reach the EU’s ambitious goal of a 10% biofuels share by 2020. This came at a point when serious doubts were raised, even within the Commission, about the feasibility of [...]

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French Prime Minister François Fillon gave his”policy declaration” in front of the National Assembly yesterday afternoon. This is a classical exercise in the French system: at the beginning of their mandate, French Prime Ministers have to expose their plans to the national representation and explain the main policy directions. Few highlights on major issues and [...]

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