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Commission backs Greek call for decision on aid plan

Call for decision at next week's summit, but Germany does not rule out calling in the IMF to help Greece.

Friday, 19 March 2010

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Ashton in difficult Middle East talks

Rocket fire hits Israel as EU's foreign policy chief visits Gaza.

Friday, 19 March 2010

 

Bid to ban trade in bluefin tuna defeated

EU fails to win enough support for ban at international conference.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Greek PM wants summit to agree aid package

Papandreou says Greece may be forced to turn to the IMF for help.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Reding presses ahead with divorce rules for ten states

Commission to propose that ten EU member states go ahead with so-called enhanced co-operation on divorce rules.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Direction of EU growth strategy causes concern

EU leaders set to approve 'Europe 2020' at summit next week, but there are growing pressure for greater emphasis on agriculture.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Showdown over criticism of Parliament's spending

MEPs to vote on toning down censure, while centre-right MEP files 74 amendments to draft.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

MEPs want harsher penalties for file-sharing

Report says industry loses €10bn each year and internet piracy ‘equal' to counterfeiting of goods.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Ashton and Blair to brief on Middle East tensions

Ministers to discuss prospects of peace talks in the Middle East and long-term economic support for Haiti.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Commission issues deficit warnings

Member states warned over too optimistic economic forecast.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

‘Open skies' deal could be grounded

US investment restriction pose threat to the liberalisation of the transatlantic aviation.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

EEAS chart sparks row

Some member states fear that Catherine Ashton is seeking to diminish their role in policymaking.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Military mission to Somalia

EU personnel to train Somali security forces.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

EU sends observers to Sudan

Monitoring mission to observe elections in Sudan.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Broadcasters seek changes to copyright clearance

State broadcasters want changes to how content can be aired via the internet.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Parliament postpones debate on paid maternity leave

Concerns about costs hamper efforts to raise mothers' minimum rights.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Greece 'will remain' in eurozone

Greek premier says “zero possibility” of abandoning the euro; Germany's leader calls expulsion from the eurzone a “last resort”.

Wednesday, 17 March 2010

MEPs back a visible calorie count on food packs

Parliament committee supports nutritiion facts but rejects 'traffic light' warnings.

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

EU's human rights talks could take two years

Officials say meeting commitments to join the European Convention on Human Rights will be a long process.

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Compensation for football clubs that lose talented youngsters

European Court of Justice rules that football clubs must be compensated if they train players who then get snapped up by bigger teams.

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Commission set to end EdF antitrust probe

French firm was accused of restricting competition.

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Talks on new hedge fund rules postponed

Member states still divided on the text of alternative investment fund managers directive.

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

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Energy: urban power

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Editorial

Hedge funds: go slowly but surely

Cool heads are required if the right decision is to be made.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

People

Neapolitan crime-buster

Luigi die Magistri's Mafia-hunting takes him to Brussels.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

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Is the Parliament too politicised?

Staff move between the groups and secretariat; Parliament's Secretariat accused of seeking to delay report

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Citizens deserve greater openness from the EU

At the start of his second five-year term as European ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros says that he will push forward the frontiers of more transparency in the EU.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Getting the EU back on track, again

Barroso warns of urgency for economic recovery as he launches new growth strategy to replace Lisbon Agenda.

Thursday, 11 March 2010

Paying a heavy price

The people of Iceland have had their say on the Icesave deal, and their votes may have wider implications for the country.

Thursday, 11 March 2010

Fear of information overload ahead of food labelling vote

MEPs divided over food labelling rules as industry calls for a harmonised system.

Thursday, 11 March 2010

Cutting hedge funds down to size

Proposed legislation to regulate funds is causing concern in the financial services sector.

Thursday, 11 March 2010

Row leaves Swiss feeling isolated

Libya visa row highlights government weaknesses but problems have not led to talk of EU membership.

Thursday, 4 March 2010

MEPs get to spend their way, for now

Reports find the Parliament is lacking control systems.

Thursday, 4 March 2010

Radical reforms to European lending

A proposal to create a European rival to the World Bank is ambitious, but could cause problems for the Commission.

Thursday, 4 March 2010

A gloomy outlook for renewables?

The prospects for the EU's latest targets for energy.

Thursday, 4 March 2010

Who controls foreign affairs?

Rifts emerge over new diplomatic corps and member states are upset by pre-emptive strike by Barroso.

Thursday, 25 February 2010

A vision in line with EU member states

The EU's foreign policy chief's visions for the EEAS is more in line with member states than the Commission.

Thursday, 25 February 2010

Lithuanian appointed EUSR to Afghanistan

Catherine Ashton makes her first special representative nomination.

Thursday, 25 February 2010

Commission appoints Vale de Almeida for Washington post

Commission announces several top-level changes and says former head of Barroso's office is ‘best man' for job.

Thursday, 18 February 2010

Unity, but no consensus over euro governance

Last week's informal European Council points towards stronger economic governance, despite uncertainty about what shape this will take and opposition from some EU leaders.

Thursday, 18 February 2010

Van Rompuy seeks new working methods

President of the European Council shows a readiness to improvise.

Thursday, 18 February 2010

Aiming at more than the Taliban

Defence reviews seek to define new threats, while Afghanistan forces EU and NATO military rethink.

Thursday, 11 February 2010

Dark clouds loom over piracy talks

Trade agreement championed by the Commission is being criticised by internet providers as well as civil liberties groups.

Thursday, 11 February 2010

Travelling in style?

Different political aims and personal tastes have helped determine how often -- and where -- the EU's leaders and commissioners have travelled.

Thursday, 4 February 2010

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