
Your search for "Labour Party" produced 264 items.
| 1. Bid to topple Maltese government fails | January 26, 2012 |
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Speaker of parliament saves government from defeat in a vote of no-confidence. Lawrence Gonzi, Malta's prime minister, today survived a vote of no-confidence, thanks to the... | |
| 2. Liberal loner | January 26, 2012 |
The UK's business secretary is not afraid to take on the City. Late on 10 May 2010, Liberal Democrat members of the UK's parliament and party officials met to decide whether... |
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| 3. Unwanted austerity | January 12, 2012 |
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Big problems for the Maltese government. In these times of austerity, scrapping a ministerial pay rise would appear to be a good idea guaranteed to win plaudits from a... | |
| 4. Did I really run to be president? | November 3, 2011 |
Bad news for presidential candidates with EU experience. Centre-right MEP Gay Mitchell scored poorly in the electoral contest for the presidency of Ireland on Sunday (30... |
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| 5. Uncertainty ahead of EU summit | October 26, 2011 |
National leaders scramble to secure domestic backing ahead of momentous decisions on eurozone crisis. Just hours before national leaders from the European Union's 27 member... |
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| 6. The stayer | October 20, 2011 |
Ireland's prime minister has had to hit the ground running. He is the prime minister Ireland never wanted, but now he is riding high in approval ratings. He survived savage... |
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| 7. An attack on democracy and freedom | July 29, 2011 |
Norway must continue to promote tolerance and openness if it is to successfully recover from the terrible attacks of a week ago. A week ago (Friday 22 July), I was off work... |
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| 8. Net neutrality is not about human rights | July 14, 2011 |
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What Europeans need to understand about a landmark internet decision in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is set to become the first European country to enshrine net... | |
| 9. Driven northerner | May 5, 2011 |
British MEP stays true to his roots. When Brian Simpson says of himself “You can take the lad out of Wigan, but you can't take Wigan out of the lad”, it is a proud... |
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| 10. Fine Gael set to form new Irish government | February 27, 2011 |
Fine Gael, Labour win record number of seats while voters punish Fianna Fail. The opposition Fine Gael is set to lead the next Irish government, most likely in coalition... |
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| 11. Fine Gael set to win Irish elections | February 26, 2011 |
Centre-right party predicted to win 36% of vote, form coalition government. The centre-right Fine Gael party looks likely to win Ireland's general elections, according to... |
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| 12. The strife of Brian | February 17, 2011 |
The meeting of EU finance ministers on Tuesday (15 February) was a chance for Brian Lenihan, Ireland's finance minister, to bid farewell to his counterparts. Lenihan has... |
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| 13. Merkel and Sarkozy push reform pact | February 3, 2011 |
Merkel and Sarkozy plan to include ‘debt brakes', but Barroso warns against incoherence. Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, and Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, will... |
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| 14. Ashton's main Mann | February 3, 2011 |
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A new chief spokesman for EU's foreign policy chief. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, is something of a public-relations challenge and last week Le Monde... | |
| 15. Date set for Irish election | February 1, 2011 |
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Prime Minister Brian Cowen asks for parliament to be dissolved. The general election in Ireland will be held on 25 February, Prime Minister Brian Cowen today announced. | |
| 16. Cowen under pressure to call general election | November 22, 2010 |
Junior coalition partner says 'Irish people need political certainty'. Political turmoil gripped Ireland today after government partners broke ranks and opposition... |
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| 17. Is less really more? | October 7, 2010 |
Searching for the roots of trans-atlantic economic policy divergences. In the early 1980s, the infamous Laffer curve, named after Arthur Laffer, a professor of economics at... |
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| 18. Tightrope walker | September 2, 2010 |
Malta's prime minister had a quick rise to the top, but may be about to lose his grip on power. On the day in September 1996 that veteran Maltese Prime Minister Eddie Fenech... |
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| 19. Wilders backs Dutch minority government | August 2, 2010 |
Talks begin to form a minority liberal-conservative administration with the informal backing of the anti-immigrant party of Geert Wilders. The Netherlands is moving closer... |
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| 20. A restful August? Not for some | July 29, 2010 |
For many Europeans, August is a period of rest from politics. But in certain parts of the European Union, the political merry-go-round will continue to spin. The Netherlands |
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