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State-aid rules should become more ‘efficient' under plan. Joaquín Almunia, the European commissioner for competition, will today announce proposals to modernise the...

Almunia says deal would create ‘near-monopoly', while Deutsche Börse says it is a ‘black day' for Europe. What would have been the largest- ever merger between...

System would enable groups of consumers to bring compensation claims against companies. An EU-wide system to enable groups of consumers to bring compensation claims against...

Commission to reject stock exchange merger. The European Commission looks set to reject a proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext that would create the...

Barnier says fees are holding back growth and competition. The fees that banks charge each other for processing payments will be in the firing line as the European Commission...

Bank will stop offering banking services from June next year. One of Germany's biggest regional banks, Westdeutsche Landesbank, is to be sold off, and its banking activities...

Google's boss says that EU member states can improve data protection, patents and copyright if they work together. Policymakers in the European Union should “stop...

EU state-aid rules have changed rapidly over the past few years, and more change is on the way. In 2008, at the height of the financial crisis that was threatening banks...

The financial crisis has put great strain on the single market, but that has not stopped EU leaders pledging to push it towards completion. Next year is the 20th anniversary...

Policies dear to Europe's socialists are now being shaped overwhelmingly by the centre-right, both in national capitals and in the EU's institutions. The defeat of the...

Polls suggest biggest-ever win for People's Party, but Socialist leader attempts to narrow gap. The harsh economic climate is on the verge of ousting the government of yet...

Consumer groups say scheme will cut costs. MEPs and consumer groups are encouraging the European Commission to make proposals for an EU-wide collective redress system, amid...

SeaFrance needs money to stay in business but Almunia is set to request new restructuring plan. Joaquín Almunia, the European commissioner for competition, will announce on...

Companies operated cartel from 1999 to 2004. Three producers of glass for cathode-ray tubes used in television and computer screens have been fined by the European Commission...

Verhofstadt's ideas get short shrift from Barroso. So what did ALDE leader Guy Verhofstadt mean when he sent a letter to European Commission President José Manuel...

Warnings about the severity of the economic situation do not seem to be getting through to some senior EU officials. The mood music from the annual conference of the...

Extension in place because institutions continue to struggle with the financial crisis. The European Union's more relaxed rules on state aid to banks are to be extended past...

European commissioner for competition says more banks may need to be recapitalised. More European Union banks may need to be recapitalised than the nine that failed this...

In-depth probe of Deutsche Boerse/NYSE Euronext deal to focus on derivatives. The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the planned merger between...

Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext aim to become the world's largest stock and derivatives exchange. The European Commission is to examine the planned merger between two...