Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Jacques Santer" produced 1096 items.
| 1. Jacques is back | January 26, 2012 |
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Former Commission president on the comeback trail. !Jacques Santer is back. And this time he is going to save the euro (possibly). The former European Commission president... | |
| 2. Greece urged to reach deal with bondholders | January 24, 2012 |
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Latest private-sector involvement plan deemed unacceptable; former European Commission president to head up bail-out fund's investment arm. Finance ministers tonight (23... | |
| 3. An unlikely career move | November 17, 2011 |
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Mario Monti is not following a well-trodden path. The appointment of Mario Monti as Italy's prime minister is a departure from the norm not just for Italian politics, but... |
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| 4. Murdoch's long-ish shadow | July 14, 2011 |
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It is wrong to assume that what is bad for Rupert Murdoch's News International will be good for the EU. The storm that has broken out in London about journalism, the police... | |
| 5. Head of audit service says savings can be made | July 7, 2011 |
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Commission's auditing chief says 5% cut in staffing is possible. National governments looking to the European Commission to reduce the EU's spending on administration have... | |
| 6. Commission held to account | June 16, 2011 |
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The annual reports from the heads of European Commission departments give clues as to how well EU money is being spent. The history of the European Commission is strangely... |
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| 7. Public prosecutor would help OLAF enter a new era | April 8, 2010 |
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The Lisbon treaty offers a way to help clean up the EU's institutions and bolster the anti-fraud office. The European Parliament has over the short years of its existence... | |
| 8. The EU on your desktop | November 19, 2009 |
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Martine Reicherts on the quiet revolution she is overseeing at the EU Publications Office. Martine Reicherts used to work at the very top of the European Commission's tree.... |
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| 9. Council president: an ill-defined role | October 15, 2009 |
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Stephen Wall, a former adviser to Tony Blair, on why having a high-profile personality as European Council president is not necessarily a good idea. One of the architects of... |
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| 10. EU's top jobs are worthy of more thought | October 8, 2009 |
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A long and distinguished history of botching important appointments. The European Council has a long and distinguished history in botching appointments to the European... | |
| 11. A man for all seasons | July 23, 2009 |
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Klaus van der Pas has seen much change in the European Commission, but his view of the job is unwavering. Someone arriving today on the job market in Brussels might regard... |
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| 12. A ‘giant' of EU competition policy | June 25, 2009 |
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Commission pays tribute to Karel van Miert, a former Belgian European commissioner. Karel van Miert, who for ten years was Belgium's European commissioner, has died... | |
| 13. Former commissioner dies, aged 67 | June 23, 2009 |
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Karel van Miert has died after an accident at his home. Karel van Miert, who for ten years was Belgium's European commissioner, has died after an accident at his home, aged... | |
| 14. Juncker wins another five-year term in Luxembourg | June 7, 2009 |
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Christian Social Party wins 26 of 60 seats in the national parliament. Jean-Claude Juncker is on course to win another five-year term as Luxembourg's prime minister,... | |
| 15. External relations role for João Vale de Almeida | June 3, 2009 |
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Head of Barroso's private office to be next director-general of external relations. The European Commission has appointed João Vale de Almeida, currently head of the... |
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| 16. You know how to whistle, don't you? | May 7, 2009 |
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Where will whistleblower end up? Something of a dilemma for Siim Kallas, the European commissioner for accounting, administration and the fight against fraud. Or perhaps for... |
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| 17. Van Buitenen brings Olaf's flaws to the fore | December 11, 2008 |
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The charges and counter-charges about the EU's anti-fraud office suggest that Olaf is dysfunctional. The publication by Paul van Buitenen, the former European Commission... | |
| 18. Supervising the financial markets: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen MEP | September 4, 2008 |
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Pragmatism should guide the EU in enforcing transparency in financial services. We need better regulation. We cannot hope to avoid new financial turmoil without reform.... |
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| 19. The power of Parliament – a matter of chance | June 19, 2008 |
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The European Parliament has acquired new powers by accident as well as by design, according to its former secretary-general. |
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| 20. The dangers of a collective EU memory | May 29, 2008 |
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A memory-span like that of a goldfish is the modern European way and, of course, it makes things easier. But historians may recall a moment in the last century when Jacques... | |
