More Funds for Surveillance, Border & Asylum
Civil liberties MEPs back funds for asylum, migration and internal security by Linda Sommerschütt Border crossing Poland-Ukraine EU countries will have to allocate…
yet another Smoke-Screen
The European Central Bank in December 2013 “Banking Union” once more provides loopholes bigger than in any Swiss cheese A Comment by Ralph…
Deal or not to deal
Swoboda on banking union negotiations: “Between a bad deal or no deal, we will choose the lesser evil: no deal” by Martha Devon Negotiations…
Link between Taxpayers & Banks
Launch of tough negotiations on final step to banking union by Richard Stahl Negotiators for Parliament and the Greek Presidency of the Council start…
EUkraine
A Comment by Ralph T. Niemeyer While mass protests in western EU member states are finding less and less media attention protests of right…
Nippon’s lost unity
Nuclear Capitalism seeks a revival despite Tenno’s warning It is still kind of a taboo that is not to be discussed in public and…
Syrian humanitarian crisis: children affected most
Priorities for humanitarian aid to contain the regional impact of the crisis in Syria and possible political solutions to the conflict there were discussed…
NSA inquiry: lead MEP presents preliminary conclusions
The European Parliament should consent to a trade deal with the US only if it makes no reference to data protection, says its Civil…
Draghi allies with MEPs against a bad banking union
by Linda Sommerschütt The EU member states’ current plans for a common system for winding down troubled banks risk being too complex to…
Deal reached on bank “bail-in directive”
Parliament and Council Presidency negotiators reached a political agreement Wednesday on the draft bank recovery and resolution directive, the first step towards…