Copernicus approved
by Richard Stahl Industry MEPs approved Copernicus, the EU’s new Earth Observation System, on Thursday, thus endorsing an informal deal reached with the Council…
New frontiers for the “war on drugs”
By Richard Stahl The European Union is failing to respond effectively to the problem of illegal drug use and the spread of ‘new psychoactive…
Pest or Cholera? Crash or Hyper-Inflation?
EU Economic & Currency Affairs Commissioner Rehn by Ralph T. Niemeyer The Eurogroup finance ministers are evidently completely in the hands of private…
Germany looses momentum
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) with President José Manuel Barroso by Ralph T. Niemeyer For quite a while Germany appeared to stand tall…
Economic governance: pressing need for legitimacy and social dimension
by Raulano Nagao MEPs and national parliamentarians concluded their conference on economic governance on Wednesday by calling for much better dialogue, ownership and…
Tobacco Directive: Public Health Committee backs agreement with EU Ministers
by Richard Stahl Draft legislation agreed with the Council of Ministers to make tobacco products less attractive to young people was endorsed by Public…
Reforming EU audit services to restore investors’ confidence
by Richard Stahl A draft agreement between Parliament and Council on legislation to open up the EU audit services market beyond the dominant “Big…
Goldman Sucks
Greek Prime Minister Samaras and European Parliament President Schulz Samaras: no pressure by banks to privatise. Schulz: shadow banks can’t be regulated, only the…
German style “martial law” to prevent EU-wide “terrorism”
By Ralph T. Niemeyer Following the civil unrest and violent clashes in the German city of Hamburg that are used by the city…
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…