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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is pursuing a free trade agreement with the European Union that would grant corporations new political power to challenge an array of regulations both at home and abroad, according to an administration official involved in the negotiations. www.huffingtonpost.com

Cameron and Merkel set for EU talks

The two leaders will stay with their families at the German government's guesthouse near Berlin BBC

Cyprus bailout: Eurozone finance ministers discuss crisis BBC

Financial transactions tax: UK launches legal challenge

Only 11 out of the 27 EU states have signed up to the new tax
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EU lifts sanctions against Burma BBC

Edwy Plenel: is the journalist detested by politicians and colleagues alike the most hated man in France www.independent.co.uk

MARY DEJEVSKY www.independent.co.uk
As an old empire emerges from Europe's new alliances, Cameron will be left behind
If the PM thinks he can ally himself with the ‘new Europeans’ to reform the EU, he has another thing coming. These countries now have their own agenda

Jacqueline Minor: The EU's Woman In The UK On Referendums, Ukip, Immigration And Britain's Future In The Euro /www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Bee deaths: EU to ban neonicotinoid pesticides BBC

'Big Brother' software will find tax cheats, says Feehily www.independent.ie

'Nazi Town': The German village whose inhabitants are all expected to hold far-Right beliefs and live among murals depicting Aryan families
Jamel in east Germany is almost exclusively populated by neo-Nazis
Authorities fear the rise of extremists, especially in the nation's poorer areas
Issue is at front of national psyche as neo-Nazi woman faces murder trial
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EU warns Spain over hospitals' rejection of EU health card BBC

Eurozone unemployment reaches new record high in April BBC

The EU is demanding assurances that Europeans are not having their rights infringed by a massive US surveillance programme. BBC

EU summit in Brussels wrestles with youth unemployment BBC