I have always been an animal lover. I had a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddled with - dogs and cats, for example - from the animals on my plate, and I never really cared for the taste of meat. I always loved my Brussels sprouts.
Quotes about brussels (16 Quotes)
There is still no agreement between Russia and the European Union on Kaliningrad cargo transit. That is why we sent the document on cargo transit to Brussels.
Should we continue to run our economic affairs or be managed by people in Brussels
Given the mood music flying around, I suspect people in Brussels will find it irresistible to get involved (in these deals) in some fashion.
The (EU) member states agreed in March at the European summit in Brussels that this should be part of our foreign policy and (EU foreign policy chief Javier) Solana was asked to prepare a concept for this.
Transparency is vitally important in what can be a very opaque process in Brussels. We've decided to open this up so people can understand the issues.
At that point, the Brussels bureaucrats decided to perpetuate the FSCETI dispute in an ill-conceived effort to gain some sort of leverage in the civil aircraft dispute. Their blatant linkage of WTO disputes serves as a dangerous precedent,
But many of its offices - in Jakarta, Stockholm, Melbourne, St. Petersburg, Brussels, Bangkok, Sydney and dozens of other cities - were not particularly profitable. Some lost money. It's very hard to run an organization if you have too many satellite offices, ... We had a lot of profitable ones, but it didn't add up to a good total.
If people are caught up for 36 hours in a soulless building in Brussels, tempers are going to fray... It is in many ways a sad day for Europe. But out of this sad day there is an opportunity to reconnect.
We have to make it clear that one, two or even three BNP MEPs elected to Brussels will have very little effect on the workings of the Parliament and the Commission.
Economic and fiscal decisions should be for the benefit of the country, and not simply determined by some bureaucrat in Brussels. The parameters we operate in shouldnt be a straitjacket we need room to manoeuvre for today and tomorrow.
If national members of parliament are to hold ministers to account they need to know what those ministers decide in Brussels in the name of their country.
I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.
The EU will face problems similar to the US: an increasing gap between the citizens and decision makers in Brussels and a perceived or even real lack of democracy.
As I travel to Brussels, my daughter, who our family welcomed into our hearts in October of 2002, is my priority. It has now been over three years that Natasha has not been able to join us. I will appeal to the EU and Romanian officials to help find the support Romania needs to resume international adoptions so that Natasha and hundreds of other children can finally come home.
Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn't make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does, or what the World Trade Organization does.