Word: frattini
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini said the electronic register scheme - which could be in place by 2015 - was needed to protect the E.U.'s external borders now that travelers can cross national boundaries without checks between the 25 E.U. countries that are part of the border-free 'Schengen' zone. (E.U. members Ireland and the U.K. aren't in the zone, which does include non-members Iceland, Norway and Switzerland...
...Justice commissioner Franco Frattini, who is behind the proposals, said that 85% of global unskilled labor goes to the E.U. and only 5% to the U.S., whereas 55% of qualified migrants head for the U.S. and only 5% to Europe...
...Europe's high education sectors are growing at 3% per year, compared to 1% in other sectors. However, the percentage of foreign skilled workers in the E.U.'s overall market is just 1.74%, far behind other rich economies like Australia (9.9%), Canada (7.3%), the U.S. (3.2%) and Switzerland (5.3%). Frattini said the Blue Card could help build a channel of targeted, legal migration, making Europe more attractive, and more welcoming, to migrants with sought-after skills...
...didn't have to do much to convince them. Near the end of the meeting Franco Frattini, vice president of the European Commission on Liberty, Justice and Security, mapped out the enhanced practical measures that E.U. leaders will announce in a formal plan over the next few days. They include extending existing research on explosives (particularly liquid explosives), a tougher crackdown on inflammatory websites or those that detail bomb-making expertise, and encouraging security officials to share biometric data of suspected persons more often and more rapidly...
...Stablity Pact EUROPEAN UNION The crisis over the incoming European Commission appeared resolved, as leaders in the European Parliament indicated they would endorse Commission President José Manuel Barroso's new lineup in a vote set for this week. Italy's Silvio Berlusconi nominated Foreign Minister Franco Frattini to replace Rocco Buttiglione, who had angered parliamentarians with his comments on gays and women. The Latvian government replaced its much-criticized nominee, Ingrida Udre, with diplomat Andris Piebalgs. Amid a minor reshuffle that saw Hungarian Laszlo Kovacs moved from energy to tax, Neelie Kroes - the embattled Dutch candidate for Competition Commissioner...