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Eurogroup loses one of its strongest advocates of fiscal probity. Last week, the Eurogroup, the grouping of finance ministers from eurozone countries, lost one of its...

The Austrian commissioner never expected to be given such an important role. Johannes Hahn takes reflection seriously. Every night, he sets aside at least an hour to mull...

Summit on the financial crisis produces calls for co-ordination; national governments across Europe move to reassure depositors. An emergency gathering of the leaders...

Grand coalition of moderates suffers reverse; European Union learns lesson from 2000 debacle.

Far-right almost doubles its support, but it may struggle to win seats in government. Austria's two major far-right parties were the primary winners of the...

Although it was a row about the EU that led to the demise of Austria's grand coalition, the election campaign has been dominated by higher prices and immigration. In the...

The Faroes put a lock on coalition politics. Fun and games in the Faroe Islands, where the government coalition has broken up after Jóannes Eidesgaard, the prime...

Wilhelm Molterer has just ended Austria's grand coalition, but its likely restoration could end his career. Wilhelm Molterer, Austria's deputy federal chancellor, is an...

While for Austrians the EU is an irritant, Belgians might be more inclined to sing Ode to Joy than Te Deum on their national holiday. Belgium's national holiday on 21 July...

Differences over the EU among the points of difference in Austria's grand coalition. Austria's People's Party has pulled out of the country's coalition government,...

Less than a year ago, Alfred Gusenbauer, as the leader of Austria's Socialist Party (SPÖ), had a secure place among the also-rans of European politics. Clumsy, unlucky, how...

Maria Berger, the leader of the Austrian Socialist MEPs in the European Parliament, is leaving the assembly to become justice minister in the Austrian government that was...

PRESSURE is mounting on the European Commission to introduce an EU-wide ban on the use of a potentially toxic chemical in babies' nappies. Austria is leading the campaign...

EU FARM ministers agreed a negotiating strategy to defend the Union's agricultural policies in the forthcoming round of world trade liberalisation talks. Ministers agreed on...

EU FARM ministers are stepping up the pressure for Union-wide rules which would make it compulsory to label animal feed made from genetically modified organisms (GMOs)....

EU AGRICULTURE ministers will commit themselves irrevocably to the principle of cutting guaranteed EU prices for beef and cereals when they meet next week. They will also...

THE EU agriculture ministers' monthly meeting, although primarily devoted to a further discussion of the Agenda 2000 farm reforms, was overshadowed by recent suggestions from...

THE EU agriculture ministers' biannual informal meeting in St Wolfgang, Austria, which was intended to focus on rural development and forestry issues, was in the event...

THE European Parliament is threatening to invoke a rarely used clause in the Treaty of Rome in an attempt to force farm ministers to take notice of MEPs' views on the reform...

ALL EU national governments except Denmark, Sweden and the UK oppose or have serious reservations over plans to launch free trade negotiations between the Union and the...