Articles > Newspapers > U.S. Newspapers, Local Markets A-Dh > Daily Breeze articles > June 2005

Article: Swiss voters give EU a major lift

Article from:
Daily Breeze
Article date:
June 6, 2005
Author:
Copyright

GENEVA -- Independent-minded Swiss voters gave the shaken European Union a vote of confidence Sunday, approving participation in an EU passport-free zone even though Switzerland has never joined the 25- nation bloc.

Same-sex couples also were granted more rights in the two-issue referendum, marking the first time the issue has been put to a national vote in Europe.

Signaling Swiss desire for closer integration with the EU, about 55 percent of voters, or 1.47 million people, supported joining Europe's passport-free "Schengen" zone by 2007.

Swiss President Samuel Schmid hailed the result as backing for the coalition government's policy of developing closer links with the rest of Europe.

The ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: What does future hold for EU? 'Europe has to change ...
International Herald Tribune;  June 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... They feel European but Europe and the European Union ... now get the two-speed Europe people have been talking about for a while. The EU is not about to be dismantled ... is not the end of the EU.**Werner WeidenfeldDirector ... The gigantic success of Europe no longer produces the ...

Article: EU: Europe stumbles in drive to be world's most ...
AP Worldstream;  January 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... done. But unless Europe acts now, there won ... which holds the EU's rotating presidency ... necessary to increase Europe's growth potential." It said the EU's productivity growth ... capita between the EU. and the USA ... report. It said that Europe's per capita economic ...

Article: The skeptics could push Britain out of the EU ...
International Herald Tribune;  February 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... want more, not less, Europe would probably strike ... for Britain than for the EU. Many in the EU in politics ... either in or out of the EU, will win the day. The ... public aren't too keen on Europe, but they're even less ... special partnership with the EU by 2007 no longer a member ...

Article: Liberalise? Regulate? Both; The European Union; The pro-market, ...
The Economist (US);  March 10, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... with building a "social Europe" in which workers' rights ... to make it easier for EU citizens moving country ... economic flexibility that EU governments claim to be ... for. Among the larger EU countries, the Netherlands ... of agency workers. But Europe's trade unions have ...

Article: EU: Europe doesn't need bank bailout
AP Worldstream;  September 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Europe doesn't need a U ... financial supervision, EU officials said Wednesday. The EU's economy commissioner ... situation we face here in Europe is less acute and ... he said. Both said Europe's best hopes lie ... speaking on behalf of EU governments because ...

Article: RIGHTS-EU: EUROPE MOVES TO TOUGHEN ASYLUM LAWS
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  June 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... to seek refuge in Europe, human rights groups ... the European Union (EU), sets common basic ... Robinson has urged EU leaders to bring a ... asylum applications in Europe are already seven ... through Zambia to Europe. Since Zambia is considered safe, the EU state could send the ...

Article: INTERVIEW WITH MAHAMAT SALEH ANNADIF, AMBASSADOR OF THE AFRICAN ...
European Report;  December 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Europolitics that it is in Europe's interest to seize ... be redefined. The EU is historically Africa ... Africans flocking to Europe en masse? Because ... noble standing. The EU has confirmed that ... best service that the EU can offer the African ... for this lie with Europe? Without a ...

Article: French leader foists vision of 'Sarkonomics' on wary EU ; ...
The Independent - London;  July 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... styled "saviour" of Europe, will face a barrage ... he attends a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels ... agreement on a slimmed down EU "reform" treaty at the ... credit for "saving" Europe. He has also said that ... economy managed jointly by EU governments. In a speech ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives