"EU 'wasting' cash on lobby groups
EU 'wasting' cash on lobby groups
MEPs criticise the "incredible" way the EU pays campaigners to lobby its own institutions.
'Communication dimension' needed for European research
The Commission wants to strengthen the culture of science communication in Europe in order to avoid misperceptions that could lead to public opposition to scientific advances and thus lost innovation opportunities.
The Blonde Map of Europe by strangemaps
Iran a threat, say Europe allies
The German and French leaders say Iran continues to pose a threat as the US urges further pressure on Tehran.
Summit to launch EU group of 'wise men'
A controversial committee to reflect on the EU's future will be officially launched at the European Council next week. However, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's original proposal has been substantially watered down.Europe isn't Working Another day, another EU ambush on employment law
Political Islam and European Foreign Policy: Perspectives from Muslim Democrats of the Mediterranean
Source: The Centre for European Policy Studies
EU bid to ease Bosnia tensions
Simmering ethnic tensions in Bosnia fuel concerns about Balkan stability, the BBC's Helen Fawkes reports.
Poverty and exclusion hit Roma
Despite integration efforts, many of Europe's Roma (Gypsies) are mired in poverty, Oana Lungescu reports.
Professor: Unhealthy food 'heavily subsidised by EU'
Low income households are increasingly turning to cheap packaged and fatty food, warns Jaap C. Seidel, a nutrition and health professor, inisisting that EU agricultural subsidies should to be turned round to make fruit and vegetables more affordable.
Sotheby's Sells JMW Turner's Watercolour, Bamborough Castle For GBP 2.9 Million; J.M.W. Turner, Bamborough Castle,
Moscow Diary: Putin power
The Kremlin's ability to mobilise voters impresses the BBC's James Rodgers - but President Putin keeps his future plans to himself.
Kosovo countdown: A blueprint for transition
As the day the Troika is due to present its final report on the failed talks between Belgrade and Pristina draws closer (10 December) and a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo is likely to become a reality, the EU should prepare to make its 'conditional' independence operational, a new International Crisis Group (ICG) paper suggests.Guardian The best answer for Kosovo is EU membership - and for Serbia too Timothy Garton Ash: If Russia won't play ball, a coordinated declaration of independence for the disputed territory is the next best thing
Debate heats up over Europe's 'carbon competitiveness'
While delegates from over 190 nations meet in Bali to set a negotiating framework for a post-2012 global regime to reduce CO2 emissions, Europe's energy intensive industries have expressed concerns about how they will fare in a new world order with a potentially high carbon price tag.
Climate change, energy policy top French EU presidency's list
Government and civil society organisations have both identified energy policy and fighting climate change as priorities of the country's upcoming EU presidency next year. But civil society groups fear that government officials may not share their growth and job creation goals, a conference hosted by EurActiv France heard.
US states eye EU-style measures for curbing plane emissions
The Bush administration's staunch opposition to an EU plan to cap emissions from planes flying to and from Europe has come under attack as a number of American states called for US airlines to be included in a similar scheme.
EU's new defence procurement initiative broadly welcomed
The Commission has presented its new defence package, saying it would bring the EU closer to its long-term goal of setting up a 'genuine European defence market' for military equipment, in a move applauded by politicians and the defence industry.
Simon Bulmer | Roderick Parkes
The Berlin-London Connection: From "No Frills" to "Full Service"?
Prospects for a New Bilateralism in EU Affairs
SWP Comments 2007/C 21, December 2007, 8 pagesAlexander Bitter
NATO and Missile Defence
Implications for Germany before the Bucharest summit in 2008
SWP Research Paper 2007/RP 13, December 2007, 29 pages
50 Myths About Money; A list of 50 useful advices on misconceptions of personal finance and how we could avoid them to make us wealthier. Click to start reading the article @ Telegraph.
DOSSIER: The EU and Africa meet in Lisbon | 06/12/2007
The summit of European Union and African Union heads of state will be taking place on December 8th and 9th in Lisbon. Will this summit enable the reinforcement of cooperation and relations between the two continents ?
The Middle East and the Politics of Oil
by Henning Meyer
Click below to watch the Global Policy Institute seminar on “The Energy Conundrum”. Speakers were Professor Paul Stevens from Dundee University and Professor George Joffe from the GPI. The seminar took place at Tower Hill, London, on 3rd December 2007 and was part of the GPI’s seminar series on the Middle East.
EU work permit 'blue card' faces opposition
[Comment] The EU has not done too badly in its 50th anniversary year
MU takes on more critics
by Boz
Sarkozy's Mediterranean Union has taken a beating in recent days, despite his recent sales tour in Algeria. Yesterday German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that an MU could cause "a corrosion of the EU in its core area" and "could release explosive powers in the EU." Just today the Egyptian Foreign Minister voiced his doubts:
