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Transport ministers call for haulage crackdown

29. Sep 2016, 08:55

Eight EU transport ministers have called for tougher rules in the haulage industry. They wrote to EU transport commissioner Violetta Bulc asking complaining that firms, mainly from Eastern Europe, use small vehicles for international transport, operate through shell companies, and break rules on working hours and wages. France and Germany, two of the countries complaining, currently face a commission probe for requiring a minimum wage for all drivers.

Nato using extra funds to buy 'more armour'

Today, 17:57

EU states in Nato and Canada spent $46 billion more on defence in the past three years in money that is partly being used to buy more “armour”.

EU mulls post-Brexit budget options

Today, 17:56

EU seeks novel ways to plug a Brexit-based budget hole of up to €11 billion, but income from fines, such as the one on Google, cannot be relied on.

Slovenia and Croatia reignite border dispute

Today, 17:47

Croatia said it would not apply a ruling to be delivered by the international arbitration court on Thursday. Slovenia appeals to the EU to pressure its neighbour.

EU ringed by human trafficking offenders

Today, 09:28

The EU is encircled by a ring of the world’s worst offenders on human trafficking, a US state department report has said.

Column / Brexit Briefing

Taking back control at home, not from EU

Today, 08:53

A year after British voters chose to leave the EU, "taking back control" from the bloc is firmly on the back-burner, as May government’s main ambition is its immediate survival.

Luxembourg not a tax haven, claims PM

Today, 08:42

The prime minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, maintains that his country had broken no rules and committed no crime when issuing rulings that slashed global tax bills for the big firms.