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EU votes in new commission after long delay

Today @ 14:16 CET

The European Parliament has given the green light to the new European Commission, ending an eight month hiatus in the governance of the union at the height of the economic crisis.

US blames Lisbon Treaty for EU summit fiasco

03.02.2010 @ 09:27 CET

The US State Department has said that President Barack Obama's decision not to come to an EU summit in Madrid in May is partly due to confusion arising from the Lisbon Treaty.

EU president to hold 'intimate' summit in old library

02.02.2010 @ 17:25 CET

The EU's new president, Herman Van Rompuy, has opted to hold his first EU summit in an old library in order to create an informal atmosphere.

Damning report hits out at EP expenditure

05.02.2010 @ 16:45 CET

A damning report by a member of the European Parliament's own budgetary control committee is set to question the very fundamentals of the institution's budgetary discharge procedure, with its author coming under considerable pressure from the institutions's bureau as a result.

MEPs clear 25 out of 26 commission nominees

21.01.2010 @ 15:15 CET

EU parliament president, Jerzy Buzek, has said that MEPs have approved 25 out of the 26 nominees for the next EU commission, with a plenary vote on the whole team scheduled for 9 February.

Member states set for tussle with parliament over 18 MEPs

21.01.2010 @ 09:27 CET

EU president Herman Van Rompuy has formally requested the European Parliament not to insist on calling a broad discussion on the best way of getting 18 extra MEPs into the Brussels assembly. Member states fear that other treaty issues will be opened.

EU mandarins drafting blueprint for diplomatic corps

22.01.2010 @ 09:11 CET

Senior figures in the European Commission and the EU Council have filled the majority of seats on a committee responsible for setting up the EU's diplomatic corps, as new member states fret about their future role in the service.

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Rumiana Jeleva's resignation letter

19.01.2010 @ 14:32 CET

The full text of the Rumiana Jeleva resignation letter, in an unofficial translation from Bulgarian into English by EUobserver.

MEPs to decide Bulgarian candidate's fate

19.01.2010 @ 09:24 CET

The fate of Bulgarian commission nominee Rumiana Jeleva is to be decided on Tuesday at a behind-closed-doors meeting of MEPs on the development committee, after parliament lawyers said her financial declaration is broadly in line with the rules.

Malmstrom pledges 'humane' asylum policies

19.01.2010 @ 17:34 CET

Sweden's EU affairs minister, Cecilia Malmstrom, has pledged to focus on migrants' rights to the same extent as border security and law enforcement, if approved by MEPs as home affairs commissioner.

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Socialists question competence of Lithuanian nominee

13.01.2010 @ 09:28 CET

The Socialist group in the European Parliament on Tuesday took aim at Lithuania's commissioner designate, raising "serious doubts" about his ability to deal with the tax and anti-fraud portfolio.

Future of Bulgarian nominee in doubt after hostile hearing

13.01.2010 @ 06:59 CET

The future of Bulgarian commission nominee Rumiana Jeleva hangs in the balance after MEPs opted to ask Jose Manuel Barroso if she lied about her ownership of a company.

Conservatives counter-attack in defence of Jeleva

14.01.2010 @ 09:43 CET

The Parliament's centre-right group mounted an attack on one of the left's commissioner candidates on Wednesday, while defending their own contested nominee from Bulgaria. The political scrap may delay plans to have the new European Commission up and running on 1 February.

Belgium to step up security at EU summits

07.01.2010 @ 09:19 CET

Belgian authorities on Wednesday said they will step up security at EU summits after being embarrassed by Greenpeace activists who breached the system in December to stage a surprise protest.

European parliament selling unused body scanners

06.01.2010 @ 20:46 CET

The European Parliament is putting its six unused full body scanners up for sale, just as several EU states are buying such devices for their airports in the aftermath of a failed bomb attack on a US flight departing from Amsterdam.

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