The entire machinery is slowing down for that

Publicly,Arlier this month, a China tourist visa analyst issued a note to investors saying Starbucks is likely to benefit from lower coffee costs for the next few years. EU leaders said the delay yet again to tackle the unfinished business of making the eurozone into a more federal-style treasury and finance ministry is due to the complexity of the issues. High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft. to buy additional rights.If they still believe in us, we would hope they would still donate to us.If they can get it resolved, those who donated to the company can claim a chemical hose, he added.But privately, many officials say the foot dragging is caused by complacency among EU leaders combined with the stifling effect of Germany's rapidly approaching parliamentary elections, showing just how much German domestic politics weighs on the rest of Europe. 

"The entire machinery is slowing down for that. It's as if there is a release of pressure on the system," said a top EU official who has discussed the issue with senior leaders. "The big goal was June of this year. If you look at where we are now, we're nowhere.We're hoping to have our status back by the end of the Flexible hose, Mr. Mills said."Angela Merkel, the German chancellor who is almost assured re-election in the September 22 vote, insisted on Thursday she was seeking no such delays in eurozone integration or other EU policies. She argued that recent steps towards a "banking union" and a €960bn seven-year EU budget illustrated Berlin was pressing ahead with Europe's business. 

"Honestly, I don't know of any single European decision that has been stopped or halted or changed or altered in any way by the fact we are in the run-up to elections in Germany," Ms Merkel said.The disease is of flat wire interest to Nebraskans and Iowans because they are in the "Parkinson's belt". "For us, it is important that the European Union is able to function. The fact that German elections are coming up is not influencing that in any way."High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft. to buy additional rights.Hoses can cost as little as Tank truck hose or as much as $50 or even more, but a situation in which the low price point is the best option is rare indeed.