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On the home stretch with ups and downs 30 Oct 2010 | 02:59 am
The Japanese press – any in any case, the English-language press such as The Japan Times – has been giving massive coverage to the summit meeting. Among the stories published in The Japan Times there ...
All eyes on Japan and Harrison Ford 29 Oct 2010 | 04:54 am
Wednesday 27 October - Today everyone was keeping an eye out for the American actor Harrison Ford – who is very popular in Japan, just like Tom Cruise. He was here on behalf of the ngo Conservation I...
Minister Schauvliege - 'A day at the races' in Nagoya 28 Oct 2010 | 01:47 am
Tuesday – 26 10 2010 Tokyo with its 10 million inhabitants refers to Nagoya as “the countryside”. After all, only 2 million people live in Nagoya. The city is the fourth largest in Japan, after Tokyo...
Minister Schauvliege - In the nerve centre of the COP 27 Oct 2010 | 05:54 am
Monday - 25 October An eleven to twelve hour flight gives me time to examine several files and catch up on some overdue reading. I can’t sleep during the flight anyway. While we pass over several tim...
Minister Schauvliege - I'm leaving for Nagoya with confidence 25 Oct 2010 | 09:32 pm
Sunday 24th of October. Today is the day. I’m leaving for Nagoya, Japan where I will be attending the International Biodiversity Summit on behalf of the Belgian delegation, and within the framework of...
Plenary session of the European Parliament: big steps forward for the Belgian Presidency 26 Sep 2010 | 01:13 am
On 21 and 22 September, I attended the plenary session of the European Parliament where I represented the Presidency of the Council of the EU. There were important topics on the agenda for the plenary...
Report of a thrilling session at the European Parliament 11 Sep 2010 | 07:52 am
This week I went to Strasbourg to attend the plenary session of the European Parliament and represent the Council. This session was actually the first during which the Council occasionally had to take...
The citizen’s initiative : a project for all European citizens 21 Jul 2010 | 02:44 am
Did you know that the European citizens soon will be able to participate in the politics of the European Union? One of the innovations of the Lisbon Treaty is the citizen’s initiative : 1 million citi...
Preparation between friends 14 Jul 2010 | 04:10 am
The Presidency began 12 days ago. For me, those days have been very full, on various occasions, notably meetings with the European Parliament or the international press to present the key outlines of ...
Meeting with the President of the European Parliament and the signing of the first legislative acts under the Belgian Presidency 9 Jul 2010 | 09:10 pm
On 7 July, Prime Minister Yves Leterme, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Steven Vanackere and myself went to the European Parliament in Strasbourg for the presentation of the programme of the Belgian...
