Trichet indicates that ECB may change its approach to dealing with Portuguese debt. 
Thursday, 7 July 2011

UN chief says Greek and Turkish Cypriots understand the need to tackle core issues.

Resolution seeks to protect Schengen area of border-free travel.

 

 

Ministers to meet on Monday in a bid to prevent the eurozone crisis from escalating.

Commission to unveil plans for fisheries reform; transferable fishing rights would be extended.

Refund to be deducted from 2011 contributions in move seen as an overture to member states.

Paper says Eufor unable to deal with serious problems as number of troops set to drop to 1,200 in the autumn.

 
 

 

Commission sets out ‘ambitious' budget plan as spending areas are moved out of main EU budget.
Adding value to funding debate
The spirit of Fontainebleau?
What they said...

Hungary's presidency was unexpectedly low-key and notched up significant achievements.
Small steps fail to leave mark on financial reforms
Containing an EU-wide fall-out over north African migrants
Controversial media law overshadows hard work
Transport will get cleaner, but EU member states remain divided over climate change

Working group outlines new code-of-conduct rules aimed at removing conflict-of-interest doubts.

Read also: OLAF investigation ‘falls within scope' of powers

 
  
 

 

Diplomats say deal is near on EU-wide asylum rules.

Member states back fishing deal, despite no proof of benefits for occupied Western Sahara.

Šefcovic proposes staff cuts and longer hours, as unions warn of threat to ‘unity' of civil service.

 

 

Schemes to rank universities are being reviewed in a bid to achieve greater transparency.

 

 
 
 

The EU faces an uphill battle to meet its energy-efficiency ambitions.

The European Commission wants energy savings to form a major part of EU energy policy.

Consumers need to know that changes in behaviour result in actual energy savings.

Turning waste into energy could result in big efficiency savings.

The European Commission is having a tough time persuading member states to invest in energy efficiency.

 
  

 
 

 
     
 

Ways to make a European Endowment for Democracy an effective tool.

Eniko Gyori takes stock of Hungary's presidency of the EU's Council of Ministers.
By Eniko Gyori
Thursday, 7 July 2011

Otto von Habsburg, an improbable doyen of the European Parliament, dies at 98.
By Andrew Gardner
Thursday, 7 July 2011

 

 
Editorial                                               
 
 

In law enforcement, the EU is still tentatively feeling its way

 

 
 

Members of the eurozone must learn to share responsibilities as well as a currency, no matter how uncomfortable this may be.

Poland's prime minister and foreign minister should not spend time denouncing Radio Maryja.
Thursday, 7 July 2011

The central bankers' bank is worried about the state of global finance. It is right be concerned.
By Stewart Fleming
Thursday, 7 July 2011

 

 
 

Sometimes the stakes are too high for the value of transparency to be left to the judgement of WikiLeaks.

Europe's women, as much as Asia's and Africa's, may become the best and most determined ‘agents of change'.
By Dominique Moïsi
Friday, 1 July 2011

Remembering one of the leading lights of Poland's links with the EU.
By Jan Truszcynski
Thursday, 30 June 2011

 
 
 

Jens Weidmann, as seen by Marco Villard.

The president of the Deutsche Bundesbank faces a delicate balancing act.

Thursday, 7 July 2011

Poland puts food back on the menu at the Council of Ministers.

Three new finance ministers prepare for their first meeting in Brussels.

Malta's new bus service causes problems.

Another commemorative euro coin.

Maltese 'phantom' MEP gets impatient.

Sarkozy's unusual gift for Barroso.

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