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Speaker of parliament saves government from defeat in a vote of no-confidence. Lawrence Gonzi, Malta's prime minister, today survived a vote of no-confidence, thanks to the...

Romanian minister gets his marching orders. Teodor Baconschi, Romania's foreign minister, found himself out of a job in the middle of Monday's meeting of the EU's foreign...

Date confusion over the next European Council. When Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, announced in December that national leaders would meet again in...

Big problems for the Maltese government. In these times of austerity, scrapping a ministerial pay rise would appear to be a good idea guaranteed to win plaudits from a...

Italian PM's reshuffle causes problems for the EU. Not every decision from Mario Monti, Italy's technocratic prime minister, is helpful to the European Union. 

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.

Spying in Slovakia. Slovakia's defence minister, L'ubomír Galko, was sacked last week because a military intelligence unit had tapped the phone of three newspaper reporters...

Former British prime minister changes his opinion. Compare and contrast: Gordon Brown, UK finance minister, speaking to a conference organised by the

A major reshuffle of the Polish government. Poland might be in the midst of its presidency of the EU's Council of Ministers, but that has not stopped Prime Minister Donald...

Half the ministers in Donald Tusk's second, ‘continuity' government are new to the cabinet. The Polish parliament has today approved the second government of Donald Tusk,...

Italian prime minister coming under renewed pressure. Ensuring that Italy does not become the next country to require a bail-out has been a priority for eurozone leaders...

Another lame duck in the Council. The announcement on Tuesday (25 October) by Iveta Radicova, Slovakia's prime minister, that she will stay on until the general election in...

Finance ministers discussing Greek bail-out, stronger crisis response. Finance ministers from the 17 EU member states that use the euro have begun discussions in Brussels...

Middle East tops ministers' agenda in Luxembourg. National foreign ministers will on Monday (10 October) hold their first debate on the Middle East since France broke ranks...

EU leaders have their holidays cut short. August proved not to be as much of a holiday month as some European leaders might have hoped. It was not just David Cameron, the...

Italy becomes the focus of unwanted attention. Suddenly, Italy is in the spotlight. Bond yields, which indicate the confidence that investors have in a country's ability to...

The Czech prime minister seemed a good choice for many, but has lost a great deal of support. When Petr Necas became the Czech prime minister in June 2010, many rejoiced...

Plans for the new Council of Ministers building make David Cameron angry. Constructing the European Union is a long-term project, so why is Herman Van Rompuy, the European...

Finance ministers agree terms of enlarged European Financial Stability Facility and its permanent replacement. EU finance ministers have reached a deal to expand the...

Latest €12bn depends on Greece introducing austerity measures. Finance ministers of the 17 countries which use the euro have delayed a final decision on releasing a...