There is, of course, much more to the EU-Brazil relationship than economic interests: historical links, strong cultural and linguistic affinities, co-operation between universities, sporting links, tourism in both directions, business-to-business relationships, common interest in health and much more.

Of course we do not know how many jobs are created: economies are simply much more complex than if there were a causal relation between how much money you put in one programme and how much you supported.

In disputes arising in the context of the relationships between the institutions and their officials, a right to compensation is recognised if three conditions are satisfied, namely the unlawfulness of the conduct of the institutions, the reality of the harm and the existence of a causal link between the conduct and the alleged harm.

It is nevertheless hard to accept the direct causal connection made between life problems affecting many people and the fact of being a women.

4. In determining whether a given computer-implemented invention makes a technical contribution, the following test shall be used: whether it constitutes a new teaching on cause-effect relations in the use of controllable forces of nature and has an industrial application in the strict sense of the expression, in terms of both method and result.

to promote the interests of European citizens i) by ensuring that all citizens have access to a universal service; ii) by ensuring a high level of protection for consumers in their dealings with suppliers, particularly by ensuring the availability of simple and inexpensive dispute resolution procedures; iii) by helping to ensure a high level of protection of personal data and privacy; iv) by encouraging the provision of clear information, particularly by requiring transparency of tariffs and of the conditions of using publicly available electronic communications services; ...[+++] v) by addressing the needs of specific social groups, in particular disabled users; and vi) by ensuring the security of communications networks.