NewsBudget reform debateAugust 10, 2010 - The first shots have been fired in what is likely to be a bitter debate over reforming the EU's budget, with Germany and the UK already coming out strongly against tentative plans by Brussels on an EU tax. EU budget commission Janusz Lewandowski is towards the end of September due to table proposals for overhauling the way the EU finances itself and how the money is spent. [more] Brussels plans EU TaxAugust 09, 2010 - As the economic downturn sees many member states seek ways of cutting back on public spending, the European Commission believes the time is right to put the thorny idea of the EU raising its own taxes back on the table. EU budget commissioner Janusz Lewandowski told German daily Financial Times Deutschland that the feelings on the idea of an EU tax had changed in national capitals. [more] Brussels worried about falling support for EU in IcelandJuly 28, 2010 - The European Union formally launched negotiations with Iceland on Tuesday over the north Atlantic island's accession to the bloc even as negative opinion towards the EU mounts, a development that has not gone unnoticed in Brussels and other national capitals. [more] Critics slams Europe's rescue mechanisms as a threat to social peaceJuly 12, 2010 - A member of a German quintet of professors that is currently challenging the legality of Europe's recently-devised support measures has said they threaten to create enormous tensions between EU citizens if allowed to stand. In a telephone interview with EUobserver on Thursday (22 July), Wilhelm Nolling, professor of economics at the University of Hamburg, said the idea that Greece would be able to pay back its loans to EU states was simply "ridiculous," given the country's level of indebtedness and lack of competitiveness. As a result, EU citizens in lender countries would increasingly begin to question the merits of this implicit system of wealth redistribution, he predicted. "A transfer union will destroy the social peace in Europe," he said. "Do you think the Germans will be able to keep quiet?" [more] France and Germany to coordinate defence spending cutsJuly 22, 2010 - France and Germany are intending to co-ordinate defence spending cuts in a bid to ensure that joint programmes are not endangered by unilateral moves to rein in monies spent on military issues. [more] June List and EUDemocrats debate the EuroJuly 15, 2010 - June List & EU Democrats in Almedalen Theme of the Seminar: "What is happening with the euro?" Thursday 8th of July 10.00-12.00 Hedbergs Music and Book Cafe, Visby, Sweden [more] |
EU i din hverdag, nr. 3Video Archiveeud blogDavid Heathcoat-Amory on LisbonIn 2001, the EU heads of government issued the Laeken Declaration, calling for a reformed Europe, 'closer to its citizens'. That reform has never been carried out. Look at the EU budget - now rejected by the auditors for the 14th year. [» more]Sighs of relief as EU parliament approves 'Swift' dealJuly 13, 2010 - Top EU and US officials have breathed a collective sigh of relief after the European Parliament approved a new "Swift" deal on terrorism and bank data, closing a six-month "security gap" after it struck down an initial agreement in February. [more] Breakthrough in IcelandJuly 06, 2010 - The biggest party in Iceland demands the withdrawal of the country’s EU application. [more] Belgian presidency sets parliament in its sightsJuly 01, 2010 - Belgium formally takes over the EU's six-month rotating presidency from Spain today (1 July), promising a slimmed-down but professional performance under the bloc's new Lisbon Treaty rules. [more] |
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