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Hyundai Motor Company is looking to strengthen its team in Brussels and seeks applications from suitably qualified candidates. The intention is that the successful...

The trade dispute between Airbus and Boeing has been inconclusive and very costly. “It's time for Europe to let the aircraft maker leave the nest,” the Wall Street...

The ‘hissing cousins' – Europe and the US – find an admirably lucid and fair referee for their sparring. The blow-back of disappointment when US President Barack Obama...

Merkel and Sarkozy call on EU to consider banning trading in one financial derivative and to tighten regulation of all derivatives trading. The leaders of France, Germany,...

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German chancellor insists that the EU must become deeper before it becomes larger and focus on political needs, rather than aims. German Chancellor Angela Merkel today set...

There are moderate Islamist groups that are increasingly open to Europe; Europe should explore the possibilities. If the war in Gaza pushed the Palestinian and Israeli...

A transatlantic commission is needed to review EU-US strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan. The story of failure in Afghanistan is now all too familiar, painfully illustrated...

EU foreign ministers' threats to reinstate the visa ban on Uzbek officials are empty. EU foreign ministers extended the temporary suspension of a visa ban against Uzbek...

Barring a last-minute change of heart, European government leaders will this month sign off a new agreement to beef up the EU's foreign policy machinery by strengthening the...

Barclays has appointed Sacha Polverini as its new European public policy director, working mainly out of its Brussels office. He is currently managing director of European...

After the admission of Romania and Bulgaria to the EU, the Council of Ministers has appointed Camelia Toader (Romania) and Alexander Arabadjiev (Bulgaria) as judges at the...

The German presidency will be in a particularly strong position to ensure that energy efficiency remains the “number one priority” that Energy Commissioner Andris...

The European Commission is being urged to remove restrictions on the European government bond markets which are allegedly blocking innovation and costing investors millions...

Susan Carroll Schwab seems to have slipped under the radar in her ascent to the position of US trade representative (USTR). Until she was confirmed by the US Senate earlier...

The UK presidency's decision to change the timetable of its Hampton Court summit hardly smacked of the strong hand of European government. ther it seemed as if, faced with...

The European Commission has given to French financial investigators the names of seven of its anti-trust officials who knew of Canadian aluminium producer Alcan's proposed...

In most areas of policy, a European government official told to expect “more of the same” from the second Bush administration would grit his teeth and prepare for the...

EUROPE'S renewable energy sector is warily eyeing plans in France for an ambitious new national energy package it claims could favour nuclear power and centralized...