EU questions French GM study A French study linking a genetically modified maize crop to cancer is being questioned by the EFSA. European Voice By Dave Keating 10/5/12, 9:26 AM CET Updated 5/21/14, 3:09 PM CET The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has cast doubt on a headline-grabbing French study that linked a genetically modified…
Month: March 2020
Plans to rotate credit rating agencies to be revised
Plans to rotate credit rating agencies to be revised UK and Germany lead opposition to forcing issuers to change agencies regularly. European Voice By Ian Wishart 3/31/12, 8:07 AM CET Updated 4/12/14, 11:02 PM CET A major part of the European Commission’s plan to clamp down on credit rating agencies could be scrapped after several…
The single market needs to go digital
The single market needs to go digital The EU was once ahead of the US in telecommunications, but is now behind European Voice By Alexander Stubb and Íñigo Méndez de Vigo 6/7/12, 6:26 AM CET Updated 4/12/14, 11:20 PM CET The EU needs three things: stability, growth and competitiveness. There is a wide consensus that…
Del Piero picks out where Dybala should play as Argentine battles Ronaldo & Higuain for minutes
Click:best chlorine tablets The Juventus legend feels the Argentine forward should be used by Maurizio Sarri as a deep-lying attacker, rather than as a central striker Alessandro Del Piero feels Juventus should be using Paulo Dybala in a similar role to Cristiano Ronaldo, with both men at their best when operating off a central striker….
National leaders emphasise growth
National leaders emphasise growth Summit agrees on need to complete single market, but differences persist between EU’s largest economies. European Voice By Simon Taylor 3/2/12, 7:37 AM CET Updated 4/12/14, 10:52 PM CET The EU’s national leaders vowed today to take action further to get their economies growing again at a two-day summit. But there…
Laurent Ruquier passe à table avec ses chroniqueurs
De haut en bas: Isabelle Alonso, Annie Lemoine, Claude Sarraute, Caroline Diament, Gérard Miller, Philippe Geluck, Christophe Alévêque, Jérémy Michalak, Maureen Dor, Laurent Ruquier, Elsa Fayer et Steevy. Les équipes ne sont pas encore constituées que déjà, des duos se forment… Le 29 décembre, sur France 2, dans un prime-time baptisé «On a tout révisé»,…
Invictus: la réconciliation d’un peuple par le rugby
offre à le rôle de Nelson Mandela, dont il rêvait. Dans Invictus, il incarne un président qui trouva dans l’équipe nationale de rugby de son pays, les Springboks, un excellent moyen d’endiguer l’apartheid. Invaincus. En 1995, les Springboks ont remporté la coupe du monde de rugby, soutenus par l’ensemble de la population sud-africaine comme s’en…
Qui es-tu Tahar Rahim?
Heureux Prophète. Sacré sur La Croisette et en route pour l’Oscar, le film de Jacques Audiard a triomphé aux César. Tahar Rahim, son personnage principal, est sur un nuage. Portrait «Vous avez déjà vu un Beur fondu?», voilà comment Tahar Rahim, abasourdi, fou de joie, s’est présenté aux journalistes réunis dans la salle de presse…
“Hunger Games 2” : au tour de Philip Seymour Hoffman ?
A en croire le site Deadline, Lionsgate aurait proposé à Philip Seymour Hoffman l’un des rôles clés de “Hunger Games 2” : celui de Plutarch Heavensbee, nouvel organisateur des jeux. On se doutait que Lionsgate comptait attirer des gros noms au casting d’Hunger Games 2, vu la façon dont ceux de Robert Pattinson, Armie Hammer,…
EFSA chair resigns over conflict of interest
EFSA chair resigns over conflict of interest Diána Bánáti leaves EFSA to rejoin International Life Sciences Institute Europe. European Voice By Dave Keating 5/9/12, 5:47 AM CET Updated 4/12/14, 11:10 PM CET The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has demanded that Diána Bánáti resign as chairwoman of its management board because she is rejoining the…