Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Günter Verheugen" produced 88 items.
| 1. A weaker Commission? | January 19, 2012 |
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Whose fault it is that the European commissioners in Barroso II are performing below both hope and expectation? Could it be that our expectations of the European Commission... | |
| 2. Brussel, hin und zuruck | July 29, 2010 |
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Major change in Germany's permanent representation. Peter Tempel, the head of the Europe department in the German foreign ministry, will return to Brussels in August as... |
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| 3. McCreevy cleared to join Ryanair | May 4, 2010 |
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Former European commissioner barred from advising on cases he dealt with. The European Commission has cleared Charlie McCreevy, its former commissioner for the internal... |
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| 4. In good odour? | March 11, 2010 |
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Moving from the Commission to Germany. Entre Nous has long taken an unhealthy interest in the career of Petra Erler, sometime member of the private office of Günter... |
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| 5. Commission ‘in breach of duty', says ombudsman | March 4, 2010 |
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The ombudsman slams the Commission for disrespect for him and for freedom of information. The European ombudsman has condemned the European Commission for failing to comply... |
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| 6. New team takes office | February 11, 2010 |
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MEPs and member states approve line-up as newcomers get some of the weightiest portfolios. The second European Commission headed by José Manuel Barroso took up its... |
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| 7. MEPs set to change late payment plans | January 21, 2010 |
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Commission's intention to impose a flat-rate penalty on authorities that pay late is deemed 'excessive'. The European Parliament is expected to make major changes to ... | |
| 8. Room for a little one? | December 17, 2009 |
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Commissioners new and old will have to share office space. There are times when the European Parliament's palace in Strasbourg is just not big enough. Both the European... | |
| 9. Setting the right tone at the top? | October 29, 2009 |
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The office of Simm Kallas comes under close scrutiny. The practice of parachutage – from the private offices of European commissioners into other jobs around the... | |
| 10. Arrests at climate protest | October 28, 2009 |
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Activists disrupt business conference on climate change. Police arrested 24 climate activists this morning after they disrupted a business conference on climate change being... |
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| 11. How to make friends | October 22, 2009 |
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Commissioner's none-too-subtle pitch for a new job. There was plenty to treasure in a speech that Viviane Reding, Luxembourg's European commissioner, gave to the European... |
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| 12. Rail industry hits out at ‘unfair' promotion of car-scrapping | May 20, 2009 |
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Bosses complain to Commission president and claim that car schemes ‘subsidise a polluting industry'. The European rail industry has attacked government schemes that... | |
| 13. EU scores higher on innovation | January 22, 2009 |
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European Commission finds that the EU remains less innovative than Japan and the US. The EU is becoming more innovative but it continues to perform less strongly than its... | |
| 14. Commission scales down eco-design revisions | July 10, 2008 |
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Plan to subject all manufactured goods to green-design standards radically cut. The European Commission is to propose a modest expansion of the European Union's laws on... | |
| 15. A defence market bogged down by red tape | July 10, 2008 |
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Despite advanced military technologies, the European defence market is held back by fragmented regulations and slow legislation. Europe boasts some of the most advanced... |
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| 16. How to get promoted with Wikipedia | July 3, 2008 |
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Press officers: the secret route to success in the European Parliament. My new boyfriend Bohuslaw – the one I found on Place Lux – has a philosophy PhD. He is helping... | |
| 17. Verheugen's mission is out of this world | March 19, 2008 |
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Another tale of the lost constitution. Vladimír Remek, the first astronaut in space who was neither Soviet nor American, now sits slightly closer to the ground, in the... |
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| 18. Cosmetic make-up | February 7, 2008 |
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More than 3,500 pages of legal rules could be scrapped if the European Commission gets agreement for its proposal for a regulation on cosmetics which was published on Tuesday... | |
| 19. Eco-driving, or eco-posturing? | January 10, 2008 |
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Hans-Gert Pöttering, president of the European Parliament, is to get a hydrogen-powered BMW car to ‘test drive' from March. “Well, we beat them to it – ha,” said... | |
| 20. Bridging Europe's digital divide | November 15, 2007 |
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Bridging the divide between the digital haves and have-nots is an essential component of the EU's Lisbon Agenda for growth and jobs. Digital illiteracy still stands at... | |
