PAT Cox has lambasted the “opaque procedure” used to select the candidate for the most powerful post in the EU, that of European Commission president. [more...]
Fischer and Straw at odds on citizens’ rights GERMAN Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has insisted that a strong charter on citizens’ rights is necessary to offer assurances that the fight against terrorism does not encroach on basic civil liberties.
UK dismay over Franco-German bid to grab top economics job GERMANY and the UK are engaged in a behind-the-scenes competition to land the top economic post in the future European Commission which will take office on 1 November, European Voice has learned.
Legal challenge to passenger data deal unlikely to be pursued LAWYERS at the European Parliament have advised that a legal challenge to the controversial EU-US deal on transferring airline passenger details is no longer tenable after the Union’s other main institutions decided to carry on regardless with finalizing the accord. No ‘anti-Polish’ tax action, says Commission THE European Commission has rebutted claims it is unfairly attacking Poland’s taxation, as the EU’s biggest new member tries to shed its bad-boy image. New scenarios mulled in voting weight talks MEMBER states are engaged in feverish negotiations over voting weights in the Council of Ministers, even though this highly contentious issue has not yet been officially tackled in a final round of negotiations on the EU constitution.
Priestley: ‘Another year-and-a-half for assembly extension’ [more...]
Croatian judges must serve citizens, says Europe minister [more...]
Top Putin aide dismisses concerns over aid-worker access to Chechnya [more...]
Ex-MEP pays back l11,000 after ‘oversight’ [more...]
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