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…
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…