Solidarity related content 

Is the European Commission doing enough to protect a favourite EU concept: solidarity? The term “solidarity” is hard to avoid just at the moment. The European Parliament...

Should ‘solidarity' have a role in the EU's future? The Finnish election suggests a debate and a definition of solidarity are needed. The astonishing success of the True...

The West's best representative to the emerging north Africa does not come from western or southern Europe. For veterans of 1989, watching the crisis in north Africa is a...

Parliament president calls on the EU to protect and safeguard freedom and solidarity between member states and citizens. Jerzy Buzek, the newly elected president of the...

The presidency of the European Parliament offers Jerzy Buzek a chance to eclipse what might seem his more important job: the premiership of Poland. Jerzy Buzek is, it seems,...

Polish government says Poland can already "give a sigh of relief"; Commission hopes for final decision before its summer break. The European Commission and the Polish...

EU leaders approve composition of group mandated to ponder the future of Europe. EU leaders today approved the addition of nine members to a group mandated to reflect...

European Commission grants Poland three months to revise restructuring plans for two shipyards.  

European Commission praises leading figure in Poland's communist-era opposition and in the European Parliament as a “European of exceptional greatness”. Bronisław...

Under strong pressure from the EU executive, Poland submits plans for the future of three shipyards. The Polish government on 26 June submitted a plan for the...

European Commission maintains pressure on Poland to restructure its shipyards. The European commissioner for competition, Neelie Kroes, has expressed “serious...

Three of Poland's struggling shipyards may be forced to repay state aid if government does not produce restructuring plans. The European Commission said on 29 May that...

EU member states hit by floods and forest fires could ask the European Commission for financial help to repair the damage this month. A €1 billion European solidarity...

European Parliament President Pat Cox gets an ‘Oscar' on Saturday (31 January) – from the Polish Business Club. The Irishman, who's collected his fair share of awards in...

AFTER Pope John Paul II, Lech Walesa is probably the most famous Pole on Earth. But just like his compatriot, the devout Walesa has never forgotten his roots. His office is...

THE EU ambassador revealed that he was still keeping “very much in touch” with the work of the Convention on the future of the EU. He was closely involved in the...

WASHINGTON anti-trust chief Charles James and Competition Commissioner Mario Monti put on a public show of solidarity in Brussels yesterday (15 May), despite their...

Representatives of the UK beef industry were pleased to welcome Belgian Farm Minister Jaak Gabriels to a lunch to celebrate the return of British beef to the continental...

Cash-strapped Danish campaigners for a 'no' in the country's forthcoming Amsterdam treaty referendum have turned to their closest allies: the British. UK-based...

As part of their strike action to complain at proposed changes toCommission staffing policy, the institution's huissiers - whose job it isto deliver internal mail - this week...