Norway, which is not an EU member, has had a 40% quota since 2003.
The UK MEP Andrew Duff spoke of "a critical year to save the EU".
Germany has made clear what kind of EU it envisions a bigger version of its own federalism.
Titled eCall, under EU plans all new cars will be fitted with it by 2015.
Spokeswoman Isabella Lovin said it would "finally put the EU's fisheries policy on a sustainable footing".
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The European Parliament has voted for sweeping reforms of the controversial EU Common Fisheries Policy.
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The EU's enlargement has also made consensus-building more difficult, multiplying the national rivalries and tensions.
But, she said, a balance needs to be struck between protecting EU patients and supporting innovation and research.
The reduced rebate was negotiated by former Prime Minister Tony Blair to help fund the EU's eastward enlargement.
"Youth unemployment, " he said, "that is the real nightmare of my country and the EU".
What will happen if there is no agreement within the coalition on the EU?
You can expect such requirements to be enacted in the U.S. and throughout the EU soon.
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"They are the backbone of the EU, " said the German Labour Minister, Ursula von der Leyen.
But he said this was not enough, otherwise, "we will lose the struggle for EU unity".
They sense their creditors at the EU and the IMF have a weak hand.
Greenland, a vast autonomous Danish territory, is not in the EU, even though Denmark is.
Their angry chants were directed at the troika, the EU and in particular Germany's Angela Merkel.
Spain will feel betrayed and will see the EU as inflexible, incompetent and vindictive.
So the EU is the most important project for peace in terms of transnational, supernational co-operation.
Relying on NATO or the EU would be correctly seen as mere American fig leafs.
The EU estimates the partnership could increase the 27-nation bloc's annual economic output by 0.5%.
Chinese students nowadays shuttle between China, EU, US like Canadians going to Tim Hortons for coffee.
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The census in the EU's most populous country was carried out on 9 May, 2011.
The EU debt crisis is a major underlying bullish factor for the gold market.
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"There is a certain tendency to explore a step-by-step approach, " one senior EU official said.
Vladimir Chizhov, Russia's clever and acerbic ambassador to the EU, wonders what European values really are.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the EU should concentrate on tightening up banks in other ways.
In 2011, it split the EU over its staunch opposition to military action in Libya.
The EU has also coordinated a growing number of military operations in recent years.
To its east, the prospect of joining the EU club has eased tensions across the Balkans.
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