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Despite EU leaders' efforts to present a united front, last week's European Council exposed some disagreements on how best to handle the economic and financial crisis....

EU leaders agree to call on the G20 to introduce a bank levy and transaction tax, but remain divided on acting alone. EU leaders today agreed to push for a global agreement...

It's the last European Council for some leaders. Today's European Council, shortened as it is to a one-day affair, may be something of a farewell fest. For several of those...

Socialists win but its leader resigns; two new parties may enter government. A coalition government led by the centre-right looks likely to emerge from parliamentary...

When Czechs go to the polls next week, the result may be an unlikely coalition of the left. When Jan Fischer winds up the Czech Republic's caretaker government after...

Former Czech premier is on his way out, or not. Mirek Topolánek, sometime Czech premier, may be bowing out of politics altogether, after leaving before the halfway mark of...

How the Czechs and Hungarians chose their nominees. The Czech government's approach to choosing a European commissioner, on the face of it, was commendably thorough and...

Draft Nice laws need to be included in new treaty and role of EU diplomatic corps has to be defined. Jan Fischer, the prime minister of the Czech Republic,  will go to...

Czechs nominate their Europe minister for Commission post. The Czech government has nominated its serving minister for European affairs, Štefan Füle, to be the...

EU leaders to discuss top EU jobs on the sidelines of celebrations to mark the end of communism in Germany. World leaders have gathered in Berlin to commemorate the fall of...

Czech president's deal at the summit. The summit cleared the way for the Czech President Václav Klaus to sign the Lisbon treaty by granting his country an opt-out from the...

EU leaders will focus on resolving response to Czech president's demands before talking about implementation of Lisbon treaty. EU leaders will over the next two days seek to...

Czech president has given the Czech prime minister a conditional assurance that he will sign the Lisbon treaty. The Czech Republic's prime minister today (28 October) said...

Can Klaus's opposition to Lisbon be overcome? By the time that leaders of the EU's national governments gather in Brussels on 29 October, it is just possible that the last...

Summit set to focus on saving Lisbon treaty, but there will be no time for consultations over new EU post. Discussions on who should get the EU's new top jobs have been...

The Czech president has found the one political way in which he could domestically justify his continued refusal to sign the Lisbon treaty. When a Czech politician finds...

Commission president says there is no reason for the Czech Republic not to complete Lisbon treaty ratification. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has...

Czech premier to tell EU tomorrow how government intends to respond to president's call for an opt-out to the Lisbon treaty. The Czech government is meeting today to discuss...

Czech president wants a footnote added to the treaty before he will sign it. Czech President Václav Klaus has asked for a footnote to be added to the Lisbon treaty before...

Swedes pessimistic about agreement at EU summit, but Czech court ‘has speeded up its procedures. The Swedish government is increasingly pessimistic about wrapping up an...