Hints and tips:
...It seemed grossly unfair,” he told journalist Connie Bruck in 1987....
...But unlike other institutionalised dining nations, such as France or Italy, many countries are still pathetically snobby about those in “catering” jobs. No surprise, then, to find our waiters vanished....
...At the East Fork ceramic factory, I met Connie Matisse, energetic and charismatic in a fire-orange jumpsuit....
...“But the same could be said of Connie Hedegaard when she was commissioner of environment.”...
...France will reimburse households that continue to pay their cleaners despite the lockdown....
...The place is New York, the mood nocturnal and nervy, Pattinson playing Connie, a small-time Queens crook who pulls a bank job with his learning-disabled brother that goes awry....
...Connie Hedegaard, Denmark’s energy minister who hosted the talks, allowed heads of state to delay flying to Copenhagen until near the end of the conference, which left negotiators wrangling until their bosses...
...The Paris meeting stems from a 2011 UN climate conference in Durban, South Africa, that might have collapsed if not for the dogged diplomacy of then EU climate chief, Connie Hedegaard....
...This process would be closely monitored to ensure that France would open its border to transmission lines from Iberia....
...By contrast, Germany, France and Italy are seeking a robust 2030 target for renewables....
...Connie Hedegaard, the EU climate change commissioner, announced substantial policy changes that would limit food-based biofuels to just 5 per cent of the renewable energy used by the transport sector....
...As a consequence, some large farms in France, Italy and other wealthier member states stand to lose as much as 30 per cent of their payments, according to farm lobby groups....
...Among those opposing the proposal are leading female commissioners, including Catherine Ashton, Neelie Kroes, Connie Hedegaard, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn and Cecilia Malmström – respectively the bloc’s chief...
...As we reported yesterday, France became the first big country to come to the support of the proposal’s author, EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding, after a group of nine UK-led countries, which now includes...
...Leading female commissioners, including Catherine Ashton, Neelie Kroes, Connie Hedegaard, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn and Cecilia Malmström, – respectively the bloc’s chief foreign policy, telecoms, environment...
...Under the new proposals being drafted by Gunther Oettinger and Connie Hedegaard, respectively the energy and climate commissioners, member states will only be allowed to meet half the 10 per cent target...
...only half the 10 per cent target – a level already achieved in France and Germany....
...Olli Rehn, Finland: 45%John Dalli, Malta: 41%Antonio Tajani, Italy: 40%Siim Kallas, Estonia: 40%Laszlo Andor, Hungary: 34%Vivian Reding, Luxembourg: 33%Connie Hedegaard, Denmark: 33%Janusz...
...A spokesman for Connie Hedegaard, Europe’s climate commissioner, reiterated the bloc’s determination to press ahead with the scheme next year, but added the EU was “keen on exploring the different possibilities...
...“To which his reply was, ‘Well the French did it all right’,” Lord Prescott said, meaning when France held the presidency it spoke for France....
...Ms Hedegaard said: “I would just remind the members that they, including France, backed this legislation.”...
...A wall of resistance from European Union governments and industry stands in the way of the efforts of Connie Hedegaard, the EU’s climate action commissioner, to secure a pledge from the 27-nation bloc to...
...France, in particular, has championed such initiatives. Ms Hedegaard argued that such measures were impractical to implement and could lead to retaliation....
...Ipes conducts 90 per cent of its business in Europe, half in the UK with some in France, Germany and parts of eastern Europe....
...Pierre Gadonneix, the former chief executive of EDF of France and chairman of the World Energy Council, suggested that it would be more realistic to focus on a deadline of 2030, not 2020....
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