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Different political aims and personal tastes have helped determine how often -- and where -- the EU's leaders and commissioners have travelled.

Former Lithuanian foreign minister is a favourite for post that combines EU and Commission roles. Vygaudas Ušackas, who was forced to resign as Lithuania's foreign minister...

MEPs vote to increase their staff allowances, pleading a heavier workload under the new treaty. The European Parliament's budgets committee voted yesterday (27 January) to...

Lisbon treaty increases number of MEPs by 18 amid growing opposition to French plan. The European Parliament is heading for a clash with the French government over how to...

Slovak commissioner emerges safely after tackling head-on accusations of anti-Roma attitudes. Maroš Šefčovič had been embattled for some days when he entered his...

The Lisbon Agenda failed to meet its targets, but the Commission has high hopes for its replacement. The European Commission will report in the coming weeks that the Lisbon...

The warm glow from ratification of the Lisbon treaty has been quickly dispelled by cold blasts of reality from Copenhagen and Athens. The icy winds that have been blowing...

The shocks of December and a new foreign-policy system should be used to establish a G77 alliance. The EU woke up this year to a new world – not just because it now has...

Czech nominee puts on strong performance, but brushes communist past aside. MEPs swiftly gave their support to Štefan Füle's appointment to the European Commission...

Could Spain again usher in a new period of enhanced EU-US co-operation? Mark Twain, the author of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, is credited with having said...

Council and Commission presidents strike softer note on economic co-ordination than the EU's presidency. The presidents of the European Council and European Commission said...

A look back on Sweden's six months at the helm of the Council of Ministers. Sweden's six-month presidency of the Council of Ministers in the second half of 2009 was...

The transatlantic relationship needs a new sense of purpose. A new year, a new European Commission and a US president who can no longer get by simply by not being George...

The leadership of the European Parliament is seeking to increase by 8.6% the allowance that MEPs are paid to employ office assistants. The increase is more than double the...

It has the potential to be a trial of strength for the European Parliament, but MEPs seem to lack the appetite for a confrontation with commissioners. Over the course of...

Six-month term is the first under Lisbon treaty rules. Spain takes over the six-month rotating presidency of the EU tomorrow, the first full term under the Lisbon treaty...

EU's incoming presidency intends to put economic reform at heart of its six-month programme. The incoming Spanish presidency of the EU said today that it will seek binding...

Laboratories that use animals in scientific experiments will be subject to new checks. Laboratories that use animals in scientific experiments will be subject to...

It's goodbye to finance ministers. The Swedish presidency was strict in following the Lisbon treaty for last week's European Council – the first under the new rules....

Spanish and French push to secure seats for 18 new members of the European Parliament. Spain is planning to secure agreement during its six-month presidency of the EU on...