[pp.int.general] IPR support and wiki leaks from EUObserver WAS Fwd: Weapons makers, multinationals among top beneficiaries of EU regional funds

[Amelia Andersdotter]

well you can check who they're supporting with our taxes in europe.

fkin idiots.

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From: "News from EUobserver.com" <news-twice-daily at list.euobserver.com>
Date: Wed,  1 Dec 2010 09:31:01 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Weapons makers, multinationals among top beneficiaries of EU
regional funds
To: teirdes at gmail.com

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1. Weapons makers, multinationals among top beneficiaries of EU
regional funds - 01.12.2010 - 07:47
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The EU commission has tried to defend the rationale of its regional policy
after a new data revealed that big corporations such as IBM and Coca-Cola
are on the recipient list, together with weapons makers Honeywell, EADS and
Dassault and big pharma.

http://euobserver.com/9/31387/?rk=1


2. ECB chief: 'Europe needs budgetary federation' - 01.12.2010 - 09:23
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European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet has called on European
states to fuse together their budgetary processes in order to save the
euro.

http://euobserver.com/9/31395/?rk=1


3. EU officials envy quality of US diplomatic cables - 01.12.2010 - 09:28
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As the US State Department contorts itself in embarrassment over the
WikiLeaks affair, its diplomats may at least be cheered to learn that some
EU officials are green with envy over the quality of its reports.

http://euobserver.com/9/31394/?rk=1


4. EU turns to small-scale peace building in Middle East - 30.11.2010 - 17:51
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Israel does not see a meaningful role for the EU in the big diplomacy of
the Middle East Peace Process, but EU support for Palestinian Prime
Minister Salaam Fayyad's state-building is contributing to one of the few
good news stories in the region.

http://euobserver.com/9/31389/?rk=1

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