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Each year, two cities in the European Union are designated ‘European capital of culture'. They are selected by their national governments, with member states taking turns...

There have been calls for Cyprus to copy the Irish model of dealing with a financial crisis. But the problems facing the two countries are very different. There has been...

Calls for ministers under investigation to resign. Romania is still failing to meet European standards in fighting corruption, more than six years after it joined the...

Concerns over effect on the job market. Spain has won authorisation from the European Commission to keep its labour market closed to workers from Romania until the end of...

Water needs to be given a value to discourage waste, but campaigners fear privatisation could harm vulnerable groups. Opponents of the European Union's austerity regime in...

Funding for global health campaigns is falling – and now the EU is proposing budget cuts that would fall disproportionately on the world's poor. European leaders will come...

The Dutch election results underline the need for a new lexicon of views on the EU Words are essential tools for understanding the world. But they become devalued when there...

The latest report on reform in Bulgaria marks the beginning of the end of the European Commission's post-accession monitoring of the Balkan country. Since it joined the...

Ministers allow countries with ‘isolated' freight-rail systems to receive funding for road projects. Member states with “isolated rail networks” would be able to get...

Failure to push through an austerity budget looked to have brought the Dutch government to its knees. Out of the blue, a new coalition was formed, but will the reprieve for...

One by one, electorates will demand alternatives to austerity measures. The European Union is not yet cowering with fear at the “revolt against austerity” recently thrown...

Governments are changing, and falling, across Europe, and that limits the room for manoeuvre in the European Council. Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European...

The French presidential campaign has re-opened an old theme of French politics: currency stability. Over the past two years, financial markets have turned the spotlight on a...

MEPs call on Dutch prime minister to speak out against website set up by Freedom Party. MEPs today called on the Dutch government to condemn a website that encourages people...

Who will be the next Eurogroup chairman? Jean-Claude Juncker, the prime minister of Luxembourg, steps down in June after seven years as chairman of the Eurogroup, the...

Rutte says Bulgaria and Romania are still not ready to join borderless-travel zone. Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, has maintained his government's position that...

Dutch government still to drop its veto against the two countries joining the Schengen area. Bulgaria and Romania have made progress in fighting corruption and organised...

The Danes are likely to have a frustrating six months dealing with justice and home affairs. Justice and home affairs was to have been a priority area for Denmark during its...

Germany had led opposition to Serbia's candidacy because of violent clashes at border with Kosovo. EU leaders have postponed a decision on granting Serbia the status of a...