Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Culture" produced 227 items.
| 1. The decline of the West revisited | February 6, 2012 |
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The West can no longer dictate the agenda, but its decline is not irreversible. Since the publication in 1918 of the first volume of Oswald Spengler's “The decline of the... | |
| 2. Movers & Shakers | February 2, 2012 |
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The European Parliament, the | |
| 3. Matolcsy on the defensive | January 18, 2012 |
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The unity of Hungary's governing party appears to be fracturing. Viktor Orbán's first 18 months in office was characterised by an extraordinary level of party discipline.... |
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| 4. Hungary taken to task | January 18, 2012 |
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Commission challenges three Hungarian laws; Barroso and Orbán to meet next week. The European Commission launched a legal challenge against three Hungarian laws on Tuesday... | |
| 5. Mid-Atlantic law? | January 12, 2012 |
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European law is encouraging the spread of a European variant of US-style adversarial legalism. Alfred Denning, one of Britain's most famous jurists, once stated “when we... |
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| 6. Candidates tested in head-to-head debate | January 12, 2012 |
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Schulz softens line on Parliament's two seats; fears over Parliament being sidelined on treaty.
Editorial: Presidency must be freed from grip of party interests With days... |
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| 7. Rehn cautious on Eurobond success | January 12, 2012 |
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Commissioner says introduction of Eurobonds will not be easy. Olli Rehn, the European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, has acknowledged that the introduction... |
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| 8. Hungary could pay the penalty for failing to cut budget deficit | January 12, 2012 |
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Fines cannot be imposed as Hungary is not in eurozone. Hungary stands to lose access to European Union cohesion funds as a penalty for fiscal laxity. |
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| 9. France to push ahead with plans for a financial transaction tax | January 12, 2012 |
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Sarkozy hopes others will follow suit. Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, said on Monday (9 January) that he would present plans for a financial transaction tax for France... |
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| 10. Unrealised potential is proving costly | January 12, 2012 |
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Billions are being wasted because of problems with legislation. Each year, €72 billion is wasted as a result of improper implementation of EU waste legislation,... | |
| 11. Passengers to lose out as airlines plan to spread the cost | January 5, 2012 |
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Luthansa says how it will pass on the cost. Amid wide-ranging estimates of the impact on passengers of the inclusion of airlines in the EU's emissions trading scheme (ETS),... |
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| 12. Member states start work on inter-governmental treaty | January 5, 2012 |
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MEPs, Commission seek limited lifespan for treaty; while Van Rompuy wants draft finalised by 30 January.
Merkel and Sarkozy to hold talks on eurozone crisis
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| 13. ECB appoints Belgian as chief economist | January 5, 2012 |
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Peter Praet to take over from Jürgen Stark. The Belgian economist Peter Praet has been given the influential economics portfolio on the executive board of the European... | |
| 14. Failure at the border | December 21, 2011 |
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Schengen dominates in the justice and home affairs field. Poland's failure to steer Bulgaria and Romania into the EU's Schengen area of borderless travel overshadowed... |
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| 15. Clashes with Green groups | December 21, 2011 |
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Poland accused of hampering Durban talks. The Polish presidency made some limited progress on environmental issues, but Greens have accused them of working against the EU's... |
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| 16. Poland left on the outside as eurozone undergoes a transformation | December 21, 2011 |
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Poland suffered from not being in the eurozone club. As with Hungary's six months at the helm of the Council of Ministers before it, Poland's non-membership of the single... | |
| 17. Good relations with MEPs | December 21, 2011 |
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Success in a number of areas. MEPs and officials agree that the Polish presidency worked hard to improve relations between the Council of Ministers and the European... | |
| 18. Movers & Shakers | November 24, 2011 |
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María Rosa Aldea Busquets, head of the unit for treasury management in the European Commission's budget department, has been appointed director for budget execution in the... | |
| 19. Tough choices for Cameron | November 17, 2011 |
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British prime minister faces rebellion in his own party. If there is a two-speed European Union, few doubt that the UK will be in the slower lane. | |
| 20. A multi-layered argument | November 17, 2011 |
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Sarkozy wants a fast lane and a slow lane in Europe. For France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, the future of the EU is a two-speed Europe. |
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