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ITALY: Berlusconi gains on Prodi's opinion poll lead
The gap in electoral support between the centre-left and the centre-right has narrowed slightly,...
ItalyFRANCE: Villepin polls slump as unions gather strength
The country's main trade unions and student organisations yesterday called for a further day of...
FranceEUROPEAN UNION: Commission attacks protectionism
EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes and her Internal Market colleague Charlie McCreevy...
GERMANY: Industrial production tumbles
Industrial production in Germany fell unexpectedly in January, according to data published by the...
GermanyWESTERN EUROPE: EADS profits soar
The European aeronautics, defence and space consortium EADS yesterday posted record profits.
EUROPEAN UNION: Nationalist response to liberalisation
EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson yesterday condemned the "simplistic solutions of economic...
EU/MIDDLE EAST: PNA funding will not cease under Hamas
The new Hamas-dominated parliament of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) yesterday voted to...
EuFRANCE: Demonstrations a blow to Villepin premiership
Universities are on strike and public transport is disrupted today, in a day of strike action and...
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