EU has survived economic crisis, Barroso says in first State of Union address

Today @ 11:03 CET

European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso in a major speech on Tuesday morning said the EU has survived the economic crisis but must continue reforms, while hitting out at France and Iran on human rights issues.

EU parliament abandons attendance fine idea for Barroso speech

Today @ 09:15 CET

European parliament authorities have bid a hasty retreat from a tentative proposal to fine for non-attendance of today's State of the Union speech after the idea was met with derision and anger by MEPs. The small kerfuffle has increased the sense of build-up before the European Commission President's speech.

Paris avoids Roma issue at interior ministers' meeting

Today @ 10:11 CET

A controversial 'immigration' meeting called by Paris amid growing criticism over its deportation of Roma ethnics carefully avoided the isssue, while focusing on accelerating procedures for expulsing rejected asylum-seekers from non-EU countries.

EU finance ministers to discuss bank-levy co-ordination

Today @ 10:14 CET

A levy on banks across the EU bloc to produce funds to cover the costs of any future banking sector bail-out is set to be the lead topic when EU finance ministers meet in Brussels on Tuesday, aiming to ensure that never again should such economic disasters weigh so heavily on the public sector and taxpayers.

EU banks throw their weight behind Nabucco pipeline

06.09.2010 @ 19:54 CET

The EU's Nabucco gas pipeline received a boost on Monday as the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank made a first written commitment that may lend the project up to €4 billion, half of its total cost.

London hits back at Brussels, as budget wars get under way

Today @ 09:20 CET

The UK has hit back at the European Commission in a public discussion over its EU rebate. Meanwhile, the largest new EU members, the Visegrad countries, have formed a bloc for the upcoming budget talks.

Ireland insists not on same road as Greece despite ballooning bank debt

06.09.2010 @ 17:47 CET

Ireland's finance minister, Brian Lenihan, in Brussels for discussions with the European Commission over the bail-out of nationalised Anglo Irish Bank, whose costs are ballooning, insisted the debt black hole at the heart of the company will not bankrupt the government.

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EU economic task force reconvenes as disquiet returns to markets

06.09.2010 @ 10:40 CET

As EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy's economic governance task force reconvenes on Monday, the fiscal situation of many in the bloc remains parlous.

Belgian coalition talks collapse

06.09.2010 @ 09:28 CET

Talks on forming a new government in Belgium collapsed on Sunday leading a series of French-speaking politicians to raise the normally-taboo subject of a possible break-up of the country. Their Dutch-speaking counterparts suggest such talk is a tactic, however.

UK rebate 'no longer justified,' Brussels says

06.09.2010 @ 09:23 CET

Britain's €3 billion rebate from the EU budget is "no longer justified," EU budget commissioner Janusz Lewandowski has said in an interview with a leading German newspaper.

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Tory MEP to co-chair EU parliament group

06.09.2010 @ 09:28 CET

The anti-federalist ECR group in the EU parliament is preparing to elect a British co-leader to share power with its Polish chief.

MEPs risk fine for skipping Barroso's big speech

03.09.2010 @ 16:21 CET

With MEPs having something of a reputation for a patchy appearance rate in the EU chamber, moves are afoot to make sure that European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is not humiliated during a first ever State of the Union speech.

Belarus opposition sends SOS after suspicious death

06.09.2010 @ 09:24 CET

Belarus opposition leader Jaroslav Romanchuk has called for EU support in the run-up to presidential elections following the death of a reporter in suspicious circumstances.

Deal reached on pan-European financial supervisors

03.09.2010 @ 07:27 CET

After months of tough negotiations, the three sides of the EU triangle came to agreement on Thursday on the creation of financial supervisors intended to put an end to economic crises such as those of the last three years before they appear.

EU questions legality of French Roma expulsions

02.09.2010 @ 17:26 CET

The European Commission has in an internal report called into question the legality of France's recent dismantling of Roma camps and 'voluntary' repatriations of roughly one thousand Romanian and Bulgarian citizens.

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