A NEW political group in the European Parliament will be launched next week, in a move that could change the balance of power in the assembly and influence the appointment of the Union’s new generation of leaders. [more...]
Bolkestein accuses Greeks of playing Olympic contract games THE European Commission is to take Greece to the European Court of Justice over a €55 million transport tender, adding to Greece’s mounting Olympic Games woes.
Consumer groups boycott summit CONSUMER representatives are boycotting the EU-US summit starting tomorrow (25 June) because they feel snubbed by Washington.
Commission’s ‘savage’ cuts infuriate language teachers THE European Commission has axed a 43-strong team of language teachers at less than two weeks’ notice.
Budget deficit offenders get formal warning THE European Commission will today (24 June) launch formal warning procedures against six of the ten new member states for exceeding the EU’s limits on budget deficits. Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Cyprus and Malta have all run budget deficits in 2003 greater than the limit set by the Stability and Growth Pact of 3% of gross domestic product (GDP).
Latvian MEP to get E20,000 over electoral ban THE European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Latvian government should pay €20,000 to the newly elected MEP Tatjana Zdanoka for banning her from participating in local elections because of her communist past.
Terror, AIDS and Galileo accord to dominate summit [more...]
CoR hit by exclusion from Parliament [more...]
Eurosceptics form new bloc in Parliament [more...]
High-profile ‘withdrawals’ leave president’s post open [more...]
