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Carl Bildt drew on all his diplomatic experience as a foreign minister and ex-prime minister when he observed about the Eurovision Song Contest that “regional patterns...

Ministers to discuss proposed biofuel limits. Energy ministers meeting in Brussels on Friday (22 February) are expected  to clash over a European Commission proposal to...

First-ever cut to EU's long-term budget. Commitments and payments Was everyone a winner? Energy, telecoms and transport take a hit The CAP gets leaner,...

In the run-up to the summit, much of the political rhetoric about rebates for some net contributors to the European Union's budget had focused on the long-standing...

The Czech Republic is the only EU state to join Israel in voting against Palestine's bid for ‘observer state' status in the UN. A majority of the European Union's 27 member...

The after-effects of Denmark's shock rejection of the Maastricht treaty still resonate The ghost of the Maastricht treaty haunts much of what the European Union is now...

Greece rates as the EU's worst manager of waste; Commission is drafting special plans for ten countries. European Union member states are showing “startling differences”...

Six months at the helm was a partial success. The start of Denmark's presidency was arguably not 1 January, the official launch-date, but 8-9 December, the occasion of a...

Denmark's business minister has journeyed from leader of the Danish Communist Party to prominent member of the Socialist People's Party. There is no more zealous adherent to...

Danes call off talks on revising access rules.

MEPs agreed to member states' demands. The tension was palpable last Wednesday (13 June) in a sideroom of the European Parliament building in Strasbourg. MEPs and member...

General Affairs Council in Luxembourg will be the last ministerial meeting to be chaired by Denmark. The structure of the European Union's next multi-annual financial...

Member states want to be able to impose checks at internal Schengen borders in an emergency, without the need to consult MEPs and the European Commission. The idea has not...

Justice minister to explain in Strasbourg next week why member states cut MEPs out of Schengen decisions. Morten Bødskov, Denmark's justice minister, will face MEPs in...

MEPs threaten legal action over move by home-affairs ministers.

Seasonal workers could get greater protection if MEPs and member states can agree. Seasonal workers from outside the European Union could gain new rights under legislation...

Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen is the man steering Denmark's EU presidency. In a city like Brussels, it takes something special for someone to stand out as an EU obsessive. But a...

Talks will now begin with European Parliament on regulation of agencies. Officials from Denmark, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union's Council of...

UK blocks compromise agreement on new bank capital requirements at meeting of EU finance ministers. A 16-hour meeting of European Union finance ministers that ended this...

Danish opt-outs mean Morten Bødskov is settling issues abroad. Over the next two days (26-27 April), Morten Bødskov, the Danish justice minister, has the tough task of...