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Commission warned about its plans to regulate the derivatives market. Major European companies have warned the European Commission that its plans to regulate the derivatives...

Less-than flattering mini-biographies of new commissioners. If any of the newly nominated European commissioners was under any illusions about the quality of staff that he...

Europe risks being left behind in the digital age. In recent months, coverage of the European Commission's proposed telecoms package has waned – understandably, since...

The next group of MEPs will need cool heads and clear strategies. The European Union stands at a crossroads. But which way to proceed is not so clear. The terrain to be...

A European Voice Health-check debate

Europe's top watchdog flags up persistence of far-right violence, police abuse and language-based discrimination. The activities of neo-Nazi groups in Belgium are...

Two recent graduates in EU studies tell European Voice how they are using their academic training in their developing careers. Maria Staszkiewicz, 27, and Nicolas Jammes,...

EU finance ministers support easing of rules to enable banks to use capital reserves to boost loans. EU finance ministers have agreed to adjust rules on the use of capital...

The EU has many tools to ensure Russia does not knock Georgia off-track. The EU's reaction to Russia's invasion and occupation of its small neighbour – my country,...

Second phase of liberalisation talks focuses on mergers and aligning rules governing the US and EU aviation markets. The European Commission and the United States...

The US wants to ‘even up' its cargo carriers' access to the EU. The ‘open skies' treaty between the EU and US came into force on 30 March, replacing old bilateral deals...

Biodiversity must be linked both with climate change and the need for a global farm policy to tackle food demand, writes Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, while Marie-Anne...

Back in 1995, Jacques Santer made “doing less, doing it better” the slogan of the European Commission that he headed. Thirteen years later a report* from the Centre for...

It is proving harder than many experts expected to put Humpty Dumpty together again. From Tampa in Florida to Narvik in Norway, from the City of London to Astana in...

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, finalises his schedule only a week ahead. Last week, the filmstar-turned-Republican-politician disappointed young bloods...

Judith Crosbie examines EU efforts to improve co-operation in the face of common security risks. Criminals, terrorists, diseases or forest fires do not respect national...

The European Commission has unveiled the third energy liberalisation package on schedule, urging governments to sign up quickly to the proposed measures to create a truly...

The European Commission has appointed Martine Reicherts as director-general of the publications office. She is currently director of the Commission's office for...

Halfway to the deadline for meeting the UN's Millennium Development Goals, the EU stands accused of promoting its own interests instead of eradicating poverty. Judith Crosbie...