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…
Keep trade talks multilateral, MEPs and MPs urge WTO
The multilateral approach of world trade talks must “maintain its focal role”, and not give way to bilateral or regional deals, said European Parliament…
Aid to the most deprived: EP and Council agree to €3.5 billion
The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) in 2014-2020 will be maintained at €3.5 billion, the same figure as in…
non-EU public procurement markets to EU firms
A draft law that could bar non-EU firms from bidding for public procurement contracts in the EU unless their home countries allow EU…
Candidate for boss of EU bank supervisor quizzed by MEPs
Danièle Nouy, the ECB’s nominee for the new post of EU bank supervisor, was vetted by MEPs on Wednesday at a hearing in which…