February 08, 2011 | Romania requests "precautionary" loan

Romania is about to sign a second, "precautionary" agreement with the EU and the International Monetary Fund worth €5 billion, with a first aid package agreed in 2009 set to run out in May, the country's president said on Sunday (6 February).

February 07, 2011 | Blog: Sony Kapoor

An examination of fiscal missteps at the EU.

February 04, 2011 | Blog: Res publica, royalty and the EU

Bruno Waterfield on the EU's high and mighty.

February 04, 2011 | EP chief demands increased funding

Arguing that competition from the Chinese and risk from dependence on Russia are too much for the private sector, European Parliament chief Jerzy Buzek called for further increases in EU funding.

February 02, 2011 | EU moves to decrease transparency

Legislation set to appear before the European Parliament will tightly restrict its freedom-of-information rules just seven years after they were introduced, says an alliance of some 180 human rights organisations, transparency pressure groups and journalist unions which oppose the proposed changes.

February 01, 2011 | The crisis of the euro

An article by Swedish economist Stefan de Vylder.

February 01, 2011 | EU costs cut by ceiling collapse

According to documents published this month, travel and accommodation savings of nearly €2 million were made in 2008 when MEPs were forced to relocate to Brussels due to a collapsed ceiling in the European Parliament's Strasbourg plenary chamber.

January 31, 2011 | EU aid to Egypt's Mubarak continues

Concerns are mounting over the Egyptian military's repression of pro-democracy protestors, but American and European aid will continue to buoy the government of Hosni Mubarak.

January 28, 2011 | Sarkozy defends euro

In a keynote speech to some of the most powerful businessmen and politicians on the planet at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday (27 January), French President Nicolas Sarkozy attempted to kill off suggestions that the euro could splinter.

January 27, 2011 | The ALDE: Impressive in one way

Blog: The ALDE position paper on the 2013 EU budget has several commendable suggestions, and one big failure.

January 27, 2011 | ECR leader resigns

In a move that threatens the stability of the eurosceptic European Conservatives and Reformist (ECR) group in the European Parliament, Polish leader Mical Kaminski has announced his resignation.

January 26, 2011 | MEPs call for democratization of Schegen enlargement process

With access to documents still being restricted for the European Parliament, whose role remains purely consultative on the Schengen enlargement issue despite beefed up powers in police matters, MEPs say the moment has come to reform the whole system.

January 25, 2011 | German foreign minister condemns expansion of EU bail-out fund

In an interview with the German newspaper Handelsblatt released on Monday, German Foreign Minister Guido Wersterwelle denounced EU leaders who “practically impose their demands for a top-up of the rescue fund.”

January 24, 2011 | Pan-Eurpean Party Hearing

On Wednesday, MEPs will investigate the question of pan-European political parties with the presentation of a new study, How to create a Transnational Party System,and a discussion of rule changes designed to boost the idea of European-level partisanship.

January 21, 2011 | Alleged nepotism by MEPs continues

The European Parliament's top official has admitted that around 20 MEPs continue the practice of employing family members as parliamentary assistants, in spite of a vote in 2008 to ban the practice.

January 19, 2011 | Euro to remain unstable

On Tuesday, the Hungarian EU presidency enjoyed renewed opprobrium from other member states when the country's finance minister made the gaffe of publicly saying the eurozone debt crisis could last another ten years.

January 18, 2011 | Euronews: Channel of Propoganda

Since 1998, Euronews can be watched in nearly every household that has cable TV. To get the channel started, the European Commission put in around 10 million euro over three years.

January 18, 2011 | Satelite project a waste of money

Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system is "stupid", "doomed to failure", and a "waste of EU taxpayers' money", Mr. Berry Smutny, the CEO of a large German company involved in the project, has claimed.

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