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Commission and Greece reach cohesion funds deal

Agreement aims to help job creation and economic recovery.

Friday, 15 July 2011

Ireland's economic reforms 'on track'

Positive report on bail-out targets from EU, IMF and ECB.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

 

Eurozone's leadership in more debt disarray

Disunity and uncertainty mar bid rein in eurozone crisis.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

EU remains divided over recognition of Palestine

Last chance for ministers to agree before September, while five EU states champion non-recognition.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Committee in disarray as Chatzimarkakis loses degree

Decicion to strip liberal MEP of doctor's title cast doubt over budgetary control committee.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

MEPs seek specific data on side-effects from biofuel

Commission to propose emissions calculation, but MEPs want different values for each crop.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Damanaki calls for support for fisheries reform plans

The Commission presents its proposals for restraint that may save the fishing industry – and fish – from destructio

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Clash over plans for EU anti-terrorism system

MEPs criticise plans to track terrorist finance, while setting up system could cost as much as €47m.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Split over emissions from tar sands

The European Commission is divided over the impact of oil from tar sands on the EU's efforts to cut greenhouse gases.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Bank stress tests ‘could cause market instability'

Commission to set out banking capital rules.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Betting firms in search of clarity

Commission to rule on German state monopolies.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Concern over big firms' plans for digital agenda

Smaller firms have competition concerns.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Chatzimarkakis stripped of doctor's title

University of Bonn says it found that liberal MEP had copied parts of doctoral thesis.

Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Irish debt cut to 'junk' status

Moody's says Ireland will need another international bail-out.

Wednesday, 13 July 2011

MEPs adopt rules on web-blocking

Parliament committee also endorses compromises with member states on Frontex, asylum.

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

'Majority of MEPs' want to axe trips to Strasbourg

Group says Strasbourg should be given a university and the European Court of Justice instead of the Parliament.

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

MEP's immunity lifted

Legal affairs committee votes to lift the immunity from prosecution of Austrian MEP.

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Eurozone considers buying back Greek debt

Loan interest rate could be lowered to ease pressure on Greece.

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Cyprus to request EU help after blast

Explosion at naval base kills at least ten and damages island's main power plant.

Monday, 11 July 2011

Van Rompuy calls eurozone debt crisis meeting

Fears that Italy will be the next country affected by financial problems.

Monday, 11 July 2011

ECB raises main interest rate to 1.5%

Trichet indicates that ECB may change its approach to dealing with Portuguese debt.

Thursday, 7 July 2011

UN wants Cyprus solution by October

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

Thursday, 7 July 2011

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Special report

Energy efficiency

Thursday, 30 June 2011

Editorial

EU is bringing global economy to the brink

EU governments must display collective responsibility and leadership.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

People

Polish enforcer

The fast-moving career of Mikolaj Dowgielewicz, Poland's EU affairs minister.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

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Analysis

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Winning votes with discipline and preparation

Ensuring that members vote with the party line has made ALDE and the EPP group ‘winners' in roll-call votes in the European Parliament, but national and internal splits remain in the political [...]

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Contagion fear raises the temperature

Concerns over Italy give crisis new urgency; ministers ignore credit-rating agencies.
Investors lose confidence in Italian economy

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Liberals try not to lose their way

Controversies and problems in national politics have made this a particularly tough year for the Liberal group in the European Parliament.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Birth of a nation with many problems

EU has laid the ground-work to help South Sudan.

Thursday, 14 July 2011

Let the budget battle commence

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...

Thursday, 7 July 2011

Strong progress after a bad start

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

Thursday, 7 July 2011

Buzek presents anti-sleaze plan

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

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

Thursday, 7 July 2011

A show of strength from Poland

The eurozone may be in crisis, but Poland starts its presidency of the Council of Ministers in good financial health.

Thursday, 7 July 2011

Cold case: EU spending in Kosovo

Despite allegations of UN mismanagement of EU funds in Kosovo, investigations into fraud are barely making progress.

Thursday, 7 July 2011

Ruling casts doubt over peacekeeping missions

Court says Dutch state is responsible for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslims in 1995.

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Checks at the border 'as a last resort'

EU leaders debate Schengen controls.
Løkke Rasmussen claims border-control victory
Leaders forced to wait as Greek crisis unfolds
Member states condemn Syria
Croatia welcomed, but being watched

Thursday, 30 June 2011

Pay and perks under pressure

Commission to propose review of EU staff pay as eight member states call for spending cut.

Thursday, 30 June 2011

An inside angle on how MEPs abused allowances

The decision to release an internal audit report on MEPs' expenses comes at a bad time for the European Parliament.

Thursday, 30 June 2011

Midsummer feasts in Croatia

Croatia on the verge of completing EU talks, but others' bids are likely to prove trickier.

Thursday, 23 June 2011

European Schools system ‘at stake'

Parents and pupils protest against budget freezes, while officials worry that budget cuts lie ahead.

Thursday, 23 June 2011

Debt and divisions in the eurozone

ECB and Germany at odds over debt restructuring.

Thursday, 16 June 2011

On the trail of ‘disappearing' aid

Austerity measures force fresh look at aid projects.

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Commission held to account

The annual reports from the heads of European Commission departments give clues as to how well EU money is being spent.

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Erdogan sets his sights on a third term

AK party on course to win 12 June election and will seek to change the constitution.
? Opposition leader hopes to exert greater control
? EU membership losing its appeal

Thursday, 9 June 2011

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