Economic and Monetary Committee starts work on rules
Rapporteur for rules on dealing with struggling banks Elisa Ferreira (S&D, PT), backed the key tenets of the Commission’s proposal on Monday, including…
European Council
Women on company boards: go for 40% of non-executive posts by 2020, urge MEPs
By Martha Devon EU-listed companies should aim to ensure, by 2020, that at least 40% of their non-executive board members are women, so…
Could France under Mitterrand pose as Economic Model?
by Ralph T. Niemeyer ‘Could Greece’s next rescue payout go straight into the pockets of London hedge funds?’ asked the International Herald Tribune (IHT)…
Surface waters: 12 new controlled chemicals, three pharmaceuticals on watch list
Twelve new substances will be added to the EU priority list of those known to pose a pollution risk to surface waters under rules…
Investment Protection becomes “Human Right”
by Ralph T. Niemeyer Just when Greece is expecting to be handed the next lifeline of €30 billion from the European Union and International…
Internal market and consumer protection/Public health and food safety
MEPs quiz Commissioner-designate Neven Mimica on key consumer priorities by Martha Devon MEPs quizzed Croatian Commissioner-designate Neven Mimica on EU…
The Great Depression – this time in technicolor
by Ralph T. Niemeyer American banks prepare for the state bankruptcy of the United States of America, the Financial Times writes and suggests…
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