Politics Of The European Union related content 

Thankfully, Angela Merkel – Europe's most determined and powerful politician – is at last listening to others. Vladimir Lenin was reportedly fond of quoting Karl Marx on...

Split emerges over how to handle requests for public hearings brought under the European Citizen's Initiative. MEPs are at odds over how the European Parliament should handle...

Europeans may not view Europe as a homeland, but the notion of a common identity emerging should not yet be dismissed. For at least 40 years, journalists, politicians and...

Has Martin Schulz dropped a clanger as European Parliament president? Martin Schulz obviously wanted to make a big noise when he became president of the European Parliament...

Former Commission president on the comeback trail. !Jacques Santer is back. And this time he is going to save the euro (possibly). The former European Commission president...

Barroso has warm words for Schulz. The image-makers of the centre-left S&D group in the European Parliament were clearly delighted when the group's former leader, Martin...

European Voice host public debate between candidates for the European Parliament presidency. European Voice will next week be putting on a public debate between candidates...

Economic recovery is main priority of new presidency Denmark takes over the presidency of the European Union's Council of Ministers on 1 January with the declared intention...

Deep divisions emerged during Polish presidency. Failure at the border Poland left on the outside as eurozone undergoes a transformation Clashes with Green...

Denmark has negotiated four opt-outs, yet still strives not to be excluded from decision-making. Denmark has invaluable experience to help it deal with the increasingly...

Prime ministers say no to tax harmonisation bid as part of fiscal compact treaty. The prime ministers of Hungary and the Czech Republic said today that their countries would...

As a seven-time holder of the presidency of the EU's Council of Ministers, Denmark will bring with it invaluable knowledge of running the EU. But there are plenty of...

Who will say 'Yes' to the inter-governmental treaty? Questions remain over how many non-eurozone countries will sign up to the ‘fiscal compact' deal reached at the summit.

European Commission president says EU leaders must come up with measures to protect the eurozone. José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European...

EU's presidency believes Germany will accept central-bank role in exchange for changes to the EU treaty. The Polish presidency of the EU's Council of Ministers believes...

Informal dinner planned for 8 December; timing of eurozone summit still uncertain. EU leaders will hold an informal meeting on 8 December, the evening before the formal...

The British prime minister fears that a two-tier EU could damage the single market. As the eurozone debt crisis rumbles on, there has been much talk about the possibility of...

Single Market Act essential for regaining markets' trust, while Parliament and Council are urged to speed up work. Short-term measures to resolve Europe's economic crisis...

Deep divisions are emerging among the member states of the European Union in response to calls from Germany for greater political and economic integration. Angela Merkel,...

It is the ‘old' member states, not the ‘new', who are to blame for the EU's current problems. In the annals of silliness about Europe's history and geography, the op-ed...