Article | May 18, 2012 - 1:52pm
‘France will continue supporting Bulgaria towards accession to Schengen’ stated Simon Suture, chairman of the committee on European affairs of the French Senate.
‘France will continue supporting Bulgaria towards accession to Schengen’ stated Simon Suture, chairman of the committee on European affairs of the French Senate.
Suture was on an official visit to Bulgaria on 18 May. He also said that ‘it was necessary that the assistance of the Cohesion funds of the Union remains unchanged and does not decrease’. In addition, Suture mentioned that a more accurate balance in the allocation of funds across regions was needed.
Article | May 10, 2012 - 5:45pm
European lawmakers urged the EU must to promote democracy and stability the southern Mediterranean. However, the tools proposed should be subject to scrutiny.
Article | May 9, 2012 - 10:00am
The ideas behind the European Union were put forward on 9 May 1950 by the French foreign minister, Robert Schuman. This date is now celebrated as a key moment in the creation of the EU.
Europe Day, as it is known, is the anniversary of the Schuman declaration. Speaking in Paris in 1950, then French foreign minister Robert Schuman proposed a new form of political co-operation for Europe, which would make war between Europe’s nations unthinkable.
Article | May 9, 2012 - 10:31am
On 9 May, Europe Day, we celebrate the founding father of Europe, Robert Schuman. But many who are affected from what derives from Brussels do not know anything about who this man really was, except that the main European Commission building is named after him.
Schuman was born in Luxembourg in 1886. He moved to France and in 1919 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. A moderate conservative he joined the more liberal Popular Republican Movement in 1940. During the Second World War he was a member of the French Resistance.
Blog entry | May 2, 2012 - 11:41am
The month of May is usually among the best time of the year with the beauty and vitality of the nature. On 3 May, the Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang is going to pay his first official visit to the EU in Brussels, marking another important high-level exchange in China-EU relations of this year.
Article | April 27, 2012 - 12:09pm
The European Commission proposed a new law in July 2010 as part of a series of fair trial rights to be applied throughout the EU. EU Justice Ministers adopted this law which the European Commission had proposed to ensure defendants' right to information during criminal proceedings. It is the second measure, initiated by EU Justice Commissioner Reding, designed to set common EU minimum standards in criminal cases.
Article | April 26, 2012 - 6:50pm
The EU budget should be more targeted towards the green economy, the European Commissioner for Climate Action told a gathering of business leaders in Brussels.
Speaking at the European Business Summit, the commissioner said that according to a recent study, the green sector proved to be the most resilient in times of crisis, and also the one which created one of the highest numbers of job positions.
Article | April 19, 2012 - 12:07pm
Article | April 18, 2012 - 9:45am
Vital Moreira MEP speaks about the consequences to Europe of introducing a waiver that will allow the EU to give additional unilateral trade preferences to Pakistan.
Vital Moreira, Member of the European Parliament and rapporteur ex officio of the International Trade Committee, speaks about the consequences to Europe of introducing a waiver that will allow the EU to give additional unilateral trade preferences to Pakistan.
Blog entry | April 15, 2012 - 8:58pm
Amartya Sen, the Nobel Prize winning Indian economists, has said that the European Union is a democratic failure. In an interview with the German business newspaper, Handelsblatt, Sen said that a huge democratic deficit in the Eurozone, and also criticised European economic models.
Article | April 11, 2012 - 11:08am
The United States and the European Union announced an agreement on Shared Principles for International Investment.
The United States and the European Union, under the auspices of the Transatlantic Economic Council, announced an agreement on Shared Principles for International Investment on 11 April, which reaffirms each side's commitment to open, transparent, and non-discriminatory international investment policies.
Article | March 26, 2012 - 2:31pm
On 26 March, the Council of the EU authorised the conclusion of the regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin, replacing the current system of cumulation of origin based on individual bilateral protocols.
On 26 March, the Council of the EU authorised the conclusion of the regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin, replacing the current system of cumulation of origin based on individual bilateral protocols.
