"Enlargement in Perspective: The EU's Quest for Identity
Enlargement in Perspective: The EU's Quest for Identity

Enlargement in Perspective: The EU's Quest for Identity
ARENA Working Paper Series
05/2008 / Helene Sjursen (ed.)
Centre for European Studies
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Italian police swoop on migrants
Italian police arrest hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants in raids across the country.Euro growth better than expected
Economic growth in Europe during the first three months of 2008 was better than expected, official data shows.EU funds refocused on competitiveness and social cohesion
Member-state governments are re-focusing the EU's cohesion policy to boost workers' qualifications, education and employability, the Commission said at the conclusion of negotiations on funds allocated for the 2007-2013 period.Belgium under scrutiny over linguistic feud
The country hosting the EU institutions may soon face a monitoring procedure by the Council of Europe, according to human rights envoys from the oldest European organisation speaking in Brussels yesterday at the end of a fact-finding mission.The Guardian.co.uk: Poland is overtaking Britain on the road to Europe - and to the euro - Timothy Garton Ash
MAIN FOCUS: Anti-Roma riots in Italy | 15/05/2008
Violent anti-Roma riots have taken place in Naples in recent days, triggered when a 16 year old Roma girl was charged with intent to kidnap.
More about the EU flood aid payments
Things have moved on a bit in the argument about EU money to the UK to help regions hit by floods last summer, the subject of this post.