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The British Prime Minister risked angering some of his fellow heads of state this month by coming out in vehement support of Turkey becoming a member of the EU. On his first official visit to Turkey, the (...)

The Figure

Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, reported in July that the population of the EU27 has now surpassed the 500 million mark, with a population increase of 1.4 million during 2009. This increase (...)

The Event

The beginning of July saw the Belgians take the baton from Spain for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which they will hold for this latter half of 2010 before Hungary concludes the trio (...)

The Document

The European Commission has released a Green Paper on European pension systems with a view to inviting comments from key stakeholders on how the EU could act to achieve ‘adequate, sustainable and safe’ pensions for EU (...)

The Good News

Following what has been a rather tumultuous period for the country after the collapse of their banking system, the volcano eruptions and the ensuing crises, the Icelandic government finally had reason to be pleased (...)

The Bad News

The average rate of inflation in the Eurozone reached 1.7% in July, the highest it has been in the last 20 months. Across the EU27 the figure stands even higher, at 2.1%. The figures, provided by Eurostat, are (...)

Website of the Month

The website of the Belgian Presidency of the European Union is aimed at both professionals and the general public and is designed to present ‘the European Union and Belgium in a dynamic light’. Available in French, (...)

The party is over

Results of UK elections

So the party has come to an end. No, not the Labour party, the election party.

On the 6th of May, British voters will go to the polls. A hung parliament seems ever more likely.

The European Parliament’s rejection of the SWIFT agreement on 11 February 2010 was a historic moment in two aspects: Not only was that the first time the Parliament could reject Council decisions in the area of Justice and Home Affairs, but the rejection of this EU-US agreement also influenced (...)

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Armenia’s ruling coalition is halting the ratification process of the normalization accords signed in October 2009, as Tukey’s Prime Minister Erdogan added the precondition of a peace deal over (...)

Alice Radzyner on Armenia and Turkey: Walking up the (...) | 22 April 2010, 15:53 (1)

You both raise very interesting points. I’d like to add some ideas to the debate. 1- Although the politicization of the Commission’s approval may be good for European democracy, the fact is that, (...)

Anna on Why were the Parliamentary hearings (...) | 7 February 2010, 22:00 (3)

Dear Siobhan, Thank your for your reaction. Just a few points : the question I pose is “How does the European Parliament always manage to involve politics in everything it touches?”, that’s (...)

Antoine on Why were the Parliamentary hearings (...) | 6 February 2010, 19:31 (3)

Antoinie, Marilia, I have several problems with this article, which I find to be largely sensationalist and lacking in concrete evidence to justify your claims. One of the first questions you (...)

Siobhán Gibney on Why were the Parliamentary hearings (...) | 6 February 2010, 14:47 (3)

Dear Alice, Currently we, the team of MEDIA CONSULTA – PR and advertising agency based in Berlin, Germany – are collecting the entries for the European Young Journalist Award 2010 on behalf of the (...)

Isabel Süß on Good morning Europe, this is your (...) | 3 February 2010, 11:23 (2)

To counter the prejudice that Brussels-based EU officials merely twiddle their thumbs or issue “bent cucumber rules”, the European Commission has published a guide presenting the EU’s achievements for its citizens in 2009. Decisions taken at a European level have numerous consequences on our daily lives: the EU enforced cheaper phone calls across Europe and standardised chargers for mobile phones, it increases costumers’ rights for online shopping and it brought in new rules to cut down harmful pollutants from petrol or pesticides. Still not convinced? More examples can be found in the guide, which can be downloaded as PDF.

What did the EU actually do in 2009?

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