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Nine member states call for FTT to be introduced as soon as possible. The finance ministers of nine eurozone governments have called for a tax on financial transactions to be...

There are limits to the notion, held particularly by Germans, that protection from market pressure would only impede adjustment and reform. For the third year in a row, the...

The decision by BASF to close down its production of GM crops operations in Europe prompts questions over whether Europe can afford to be a ‘GM-free continent'. Crop...

The EU's Special Representative to the southern Mediterranean has won praise throughout his career. Within his inner circle, Bernardino León is likened to Mr Wolf, an...

Measures announced after deficit target for 2011 missed; package welcomed by European Commission. The Spanish government announced a package of spending cuts and tax...

Rajoy turns to European Parliament for ministers for foreign affairs, farming and EU affairs. Mariano Rajoy, Spain's prime minister, has appointed two current members and...

Since the summer, smart consolidation of public finances has given way to growth-impairing cuts. In June, it was Greece. In August, it was France, Italy, Portugal and Spain....

Only the European Central Bank has the unlimited wherewithal to save Europe from the abyss now. Panic is beginning to overwhelm the eurozone. Italy and Spain are caught in...

Policies dear to Europe's socialists are now being shaped overwhelmingly by the centre-right, both in national capitals and in the EU's institutions. The defeat of the...

Maria Echevarria on her career switch from Spanish agricultural issues to co-ordination at the European Economic and Social Committee. Looking back at her career to date,...

Mariano Rajoy, future prime minister, warns of tough times ahead. Spain's centre-right Popular Party, out of power for seven years, has won a landslide victory in an early...

Polls suggest biggest-ever win for People's Party, but Socialist leader attempts to narrow gap. The harsh economic climate is on the verge of ousting the government of yet...

Stung by criticism from the European Union's auditors, the European Commission has named the Czech Republic, Italy and Spain as the worst managers of EU money.

It is the duty of Europe's intellectuals to ask the questions about the future of the European Union that the politicians dare not ask. Over the past few years, the European...

Finance ministers come up with €100 billion bank recapitalisation plan. The leaders of the EU's national governments are meeting in Brussels this...

The wind industry sets out its view of the European Commission's ‘energy infrastructure package'. In 1986, Europe opened up its borders to the free movement of goods,...

The eurozone's problems might soon become too big for the eurozone's members to address. Enter the IMF. How will the eurozone crisis play out in the next few weeks? With...

The ECB should not take the lead in tackling the sovereign-debt crisis; there is another option. The challenge is formidable. How do you keep up – in Italy's case, step up...