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<br /> Issue 299<br /> 14 December 2009<br /> From Lisbon to Madrid: Spanish EU presidency preview<br /> “I am sure<br /> the Spanish<br /> presidency<br /> will be truly<br /> transforming”<br /> Jerzy Buzek<br /> Presidential<br /> priorities:<br /> can José Luis<br /> Zapatero<br /> shape the<br /> EU’s future?<br /> “It’s the<br /> beginning of<br /> the dream<br /> of the united<br /> states of<br /> Europe”<br /> Gabriele<br /> Albertini<br /> Madrid must<br /> assume clear<br /> positions on<br /> institutional<br /> relations,<br /> argues Cristina<br /> Gutiérrez-<br /> Cortines<br /> Spanish presidency preview<br /> Priorities: Lisbon implementation,<br /> economic recovery,citizenship,<br /> external relations<br /> Plus:<br /> Spanish MEP comment,<br /> gender equality,environmental<br /> challenges,energy security<br /> Lisbon treaty<br /> LucVan den Brande on the role<br /> of regions under the new treaty<br /> G<a title="The Parliament Magazine Issue: 299, 14 December 2009 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5b18a328?page=1"> Issue 299 14 December 2009 F</a> <a title="The Parliament Magazine Issue: 299, 14 December 2009 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5b18a328?page=2"> PUERTOLLANOIGCC ELCOGAS ELCOGAS isaSpanishcompany</a> <a title="The Parliament Magazine Issue: 299, 14 December 2009 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5b18a328?page=3"> </a> <a title="The Parliament Magazine Issue: 299, 14 December 2009 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5b18a328?page=4"> Issue 299 14 December 2009 nEwSanalysis 6 Parli</a> <a title="The Parliament Magazine Issue: 299, 14 December 2009 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5b18a328?page=5"> editorialteam managing editor Brian Johnson Marti</a> <a title="The Parliament Magazine Issue: 299, 14 December 2009 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5b18a328?page=6"> parliament neWS eU facing potential heart dis</a> <a title="The Parliament Magazine Issue: 299, 14 December 2009 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5b18a328?page=7"> Cameron attacked over‘incoherent’approach to euro</a> <a title="The Parliament Magazine Issue: 299, 14 December 2009 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5b18a328?page=8"> parliament neWS rasmussen says peS must‘refor</a> <a title="The Parliament Magazine Issue: 299, 14 December 2009 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5b18a328?page=9"> Cypriot foreign minister‘regrets’turkish‘inaction</a> <a title="The Parliament Magazine Issue: 299, 14 December 2009 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5b18a328?page=10"> </a> <a title="The Parliament Magazine Issue: 299, 14 December 2009 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5b18a328?page=11"> </a> <a title="The Parliament Magazine Issue: 299, 14 December 2009 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5b18a328?page=12"> gHOST MEPS When is an MEP not an MEP? 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