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Wallis's presidential bid could affect calculations, while Socialists eye chair of economic committee. The presidential candidacy of Diana Wallis, a British Liberal MEP, is...

Regional aid to be linked to jobs and growth but concern over possible suspensions of aid. The European Commission's blueprint for the EU's 2014-20 cohesion policy promises...

Commission seeks to impose sanctions, but poorer members states are likely to oppose move. The European Commission will today (6 October) recommend that the suspension of EU...

EU cohesion funds have brought economic growth to many of the Union's poorer regions, but much needs to be done to tackle east-west differences. The European Commission...

There are grand plans for the future of regional policy, but also divisions over what the priorities should be. As the European Union's regional policy is reviewed in...

The UK also wants the majority of the €250bn cuts to fall on cohesion policy The UK government has said that the EU's next multi-annual framework should be limited to...

Poland's EEAS candidate does not get universal backing. Mikolaj Dowgielewicz, Poland's minister for EU affairs, has been officially endorsed by Donald Tusk, the Polish prime...

Let's just merge the Commission and the Parliament? The revolving doors at the European Parliament are spinning furiously. Last week the Parliament went ahead and made...

Past and current commissioners meet in a gentle exploration of the direction of regional policy in the last months of the current Commission. Regional policy needs to be...

Paweł Samecki, Poland's new European commissioner, is an able man, but modest enough to accept that he will not survive into the next administration When the diminutive...

Paweł, meet your inquisitor. Paweł Samecki, Poland's new European commissioner, will next week go before the European Parliament's regional development committee for what...

Former Belgian foreign minister starts work on development and humanitarian aid portfolio. Karel De Gucht today stepped down as Belgium's foreign minister and began work...

First task is to decide on new Parliament president; ceremony to be held for departing MEPs. The new European Parliament will convene for the first time on Tuesday (14 July)...

Belgian foreign minister Karel De Gucht to take over European Commission's aid and development portfolio from Louis Michel. The Belgian government has confirmed that Karel...

Poland and Lithuania nominate their candidates to join the European Commission. The Polish government on Friday (26 June) nominated Pawel Samecki, a member of the board of...

Poland's European commissioner set to head to the Parliament. It seems that Danuta Hübner, Poland's European commissioner, will, like Louis Michel, Belgium's European...

Some of the new MEPs are political veterans. Others boast less orthodox backgrounds.

Baltic Sea Strategy to be launched in October in a bid to ease trade and tackle marine pollution. The EU's ‘Club Baltic' will take shape next week, when the European...