MEPs accuse commission of foul play on EU TV money
16.05.12 @ 09:29
MEPs and the European Commission are embroiled in a nasty dispute over what happened to €8.7 million originally intended for an EU-wide TV station.
Merkel and Hollande want Greece to stay in euro
16.05.12 @ 09:29
France's newly elected president and the German Chancellor have said they want Greece to remain in the eurozone. But the IMF says an "orderly exit" is a real option.
Hollande makes low-key debut on EU stage
10.05.12 @ 09:28
France's president-elect has made a low-key debut on the EU stage in talks with EU Council chief Herman Van Rompuy and Irish leader Enda Kenny.
Greece urged to uphold austerity as coalition talks begin
07.05.12 @ 18:47
EU leaders have said Greece must stick to pre-agreed spending cuts after two thirds of the population voted for anti-austerity parties in Sunday's election.
Merkel suffers major defeat in German state vote
14.05.12 @ 09:29
A bitter defeat in key regional elections for Chancellor Merkel's party is likely to make it harder for Berlin to keep pushing pro-austerity measures at EU level.
Corruption report highlights EU political party funding
09.05.12 @ 18:15
European nations are not doing enough to fight corruption and bribery, according to an annual report released on Wednesday by the Council of Europe.
Radical left and neo-Nazis score well in Greek elections
06.05.12 @ 21:46
Greek voters have punished the two ruling parties responsible for the last EU bail-out by giving the radical left the second highest number of votes and allowing a neo-Nazi party into the legislature for the first time.
Blogs
Hollande elected next president of France
06.05.12 @ 20:08
Francois Hollande is to be the next president of France after initial results showed that around 52 percent of voters cast their ballot for the socialist and self-styled Monsieur Normal.
French election debate: nasty but inconclusive
03.05.12 @ 10:21
Around twenty million French people watched Sarkozy and Hollande hurl insults at each other in a three-hour-long debate with no clear winner.
Day in the life of an EU affairs consultant
02.05.12 @ 09:36
From drinks receptions to work meetings abroad, there is no average day for Kerstin Duhme, managing director of FTI Consulting.
Think-tanks: The 'grey zone' between journalism and policy-makers
01.05.12 @ 07:50
There are about 200 people working for think-tanks in Brussels. They occupy a middle ground between policy-makers and journalists, says Hugo Brady, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform.
Greek elections to usher in anti-bail-out parties
04.05.12 @ 09:29
Greece's two main parties are set for heavy losses in Sunday's elections, with anti-bail-out groups on the extreme left and right to enter parliament for the first time.
Poland: Euro2012 boycott based on ulterior motives
03.05.12 @ 09:24
Polish President Komorowski has accused EU boycotteers of the Euro2012 games in Ukraine of ulterior motives.
Sarkozy and Hollande gear up for minutely-planned TV duel
01.05.12 @ 09:28
French voters are set for some highly charged political viewing on Wednesday as Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande have their one and only TV debate during what has become dirty campaign for the presidency.
Cyprus gets set to referee EU budget talks
25.04.12 @ 17:58
The incoming Cypriot presidency is getting ready to tackle the biggest and ugliest dossier in the EU - the money - amid problems in its own backyard.
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