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UMP members describe Reding's attack on France on Roma expulsions as ‘scandalous' and ‘grotesque'. ● Reding slams France on Roma expulsions ● French...

Commission under fire for slow response. The European Commission came under  heavy fire from MEPs over its response to France's expulsions of Roma.

Commission under fire for not taking action against France. The European Commission today came under heavy criticism from MEPs over its handling of the Roma...

Eva Joly is in trouble Eva Joly, the Norwegian who has become a French Green MEP, is in

Spanish and French push to secure seats for 18 new members of the European Parliament. Spain is planning to secure agreement during its six-month presidency of the EU on...

Plans to amend existing EU legislation are set to face opposition from some member states. The European Commission confirmed today that it would be proposing an EU-wide levy...

Low turnout raises questions of legitimacy for all mainstream parties As the remainder of the European Parliament election results trickled in on Monday, they confirmed the...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy wins 30 seats in the next European Parliament. France's governing party, the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) of President Nicolas...

The centre-right European People's Party triumphs. Smaller parties fare well. Parliament more fractured. The centre-right European People's Party was celebrating tonight...

There were many culprits for the financial crisis. The Parliament elections in June are a good opportunity to get back on track. As the global economic crisis continues to...

Could French president's penchant for summitry resolve the conundrum? Who is Nicolas Sarkozy lining up to replace Jean-Pierre Jouyet, France's minister for Europe, who next...

EU's reform treaty wins Spain's approval; France's president calls for a second referendum in Ireland. The upper house of the Spanish parliament has ratified the Treaty of...

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy plans to create an elite defence group of the EU's six biggest member states once the Lisbon treaty comes into force next year. The...

Michel Barnier, France's farm minister, brought his entire cabinet to Brussels for a week-long schmooze to get to know important MEPs (is there any other kind?) and...

The new president of the European Council might not take up office until the second half of 2009, depending on when and if ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon is completed,...

Former UK prime minister Tony Blair's speech at the conference of President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party on 12 January left little doubt that Blair is now a candidate (albeit...

European Voice is right to doubt that Nicolas Sarkozy will put France back in Europe, as he claims he would, if at the same time he takes a protectionist line on the economy...

David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party and aspirant to become UK prime minister, continues to play hard-to-get with his counterparts who head centre-right parties...

The French government is gearing up to do battle in Paris and in Brussels as the debate on the further privatisation of Gaz de France, a pre-condition for a merger with...

The two leading candidates in the French presidential race have set out their visions for the future of Europe, both calling on the EU to do more to boost economic growth and...