Sunday, 15 November 2009

European Union

All the latest and breaking EU news including results and analysis from the European parliamentary elections which took place on June 4.

LATEST ON THE EU

EU Commissioners have stayed in office illegally

The European Commissioners who make our law should have stood down at the end of October, says Christopher Booker.

14 Nov 2009

Italy bidding for EU seat on UN Security Council

Italy has launched a new bid for the European Union to have its own seat on the United Nations Security Council after the passing of the Lisbon Treaty.

14 Nov 2009

Expenses fraud MEP was given 'all clear' by European Parliament

Tom Wise, the former MEP sent to prison for stealing expenses, was given the 'all clear' in a cover up by the European Parliament's authorities before other fraud investigators called in the British police

Tom Wise, the former MEP sent to prison for stealing expenses, was given the 'all clear' in a cover up by the European Parliament's authorities before investigators called in the police.

13 Nov 2009

Latvian candidate for EU President says selection process is 'Soviet'

Vaira Vike-Freiberga :  Latvian candidate for EU President says selection process is 'Soviet'

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, a Latvian candidate to be the European Union's first President, claimed the appointment is being conducted with Soviet-style secrecy and contempt for the public.

13 Nov 2009

EU: regulate hedge fund pay, just like the banks

The European Union may try to extend the restrictions on bank pay and bonuses to hedge fund and private equity managers too.

11 Nov 2009

Miliband rules himself out as EU foreign minister

David Miliband: David Miliband defiant over 'neo-Nazi' claims about Tory ally

Foreign Secretary not in the running for High Representative and wants to "stay and fight" the general election.

11 Nov 2009

Overhaul the EU budget

Telegraph View: Fraud and mismanagement have long been endemic in the EU.

10 Nov 2009

Tory pledges on Europe just 'reassurance'

Shadow business suggests David Cameron’s promises to bring powers back from Brussels are nothing more than warm words.

10 Nov 2009

Miliband 'won't do EU job'

Foreign Secretary rules himself out of new EU post, supporters say.

10 Nov 2009

Europe could block Oracle's deal for Sun

Oracle's planned $7.4bn (£4.4bn) acquisition of Sun Microsystems is in danger of being thrown off course after the European Commission objected to the deal.

10 Nov 2009

Brown should say the unsayable: immigration has been a boon

Who else will staff hospitals and care homes, pick potatoes and sweep streets, asks Mary Riddell.

09 Nov 2009

Herman Van Rompuy could clinch EU presidency

David Miliband has fuelled speculation he is set to become the European Union’s first “foreign minister” by making a surprise appearance at a gathering of Europe’s leaders in Germany.

09 Nov 2009

The Berlin Wall fell and a new Europe rose

Telegraph View: Over the past 20 years, Europe has gained the freedom not just to elect or dismiss a government but also to have access to an incomparably wider range of goods and service.

09 Nov 2009

MORE ON THE EU

EU reform that sweeps British justice aside

Statue of the figure of justice, holding scales and a sword,

Unfathomable EU proposals point to a single jurisdiction across Europe, warns Philip Johnston.

09 Nov 2009

Cameron's plan to save Britain from the EU's clutches?

Conservative leader David Cameron has set out a six point plan to preserve British sovereignty within the European Union. What are his prospects of success?

08 Nov 2009

The end of the great deception

Prague protester

The EU has achieved the goal it has worked stealthily towards for so long - a supra-national government which is now beyond our recall, writesChristopher Booker.

07 Nov 2009

'Reggie Perrin' test for over 45's

Workers aged over 45 could be forced to take a 'Reggie Perrin' test under EU plans to identify those on the brink of a midlife crisis.

07 Nov 2009

EU's daft directive has been rightly dealt another blow

Let's face it, nice chaps though they are, our private equiteers and hedgies don't half go on about the European Union's Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) Directive.

07 Nov 2009

EU criticises 'inadequate' hedge fund directive

Euro symbol sculpture - EU report criticises its own 'vague and inadequate' hedge fund directive

European plans for regulations dealt a blow after report says proposals are 'vague, sweeping, and inadequate as a basis for justifying regulation'.

07 Nov 2009

'Lisbon Treaty should mean single EU seat on IMF board'

Britain should give up its place on the International Monetary Fund to make way for a single European Union seat on the fund’s board, a leading economist has said.

06 Nov 2009

Herman Van Rompuy could clinch EU presidency

Herman Van Rompuy, the Belgian prime minister, could be lined up as the first president of the EU at a dinner in Berlin on Monday, dashing Tony Blair’s hopes of taking the post.

06 Nov 2009

EU: it's not about Europe, it's about democracy

It's not chiefly about Europe – it’s about democracy.

05 Nov 2009

French minister: Cameron's EU plans 'autistic'

Conservative Party leader David Cameron: MPs' expenses

Europe minister Pierre Lellouche has warned Tories 'pathetic' pledge to reclaim EU power will leave Britain isolated.

05 Nov 2009

Daniel Hannan resigns from European Parliament post

Daniel Hannan, the Conservative MEP, has resigned from his party position only two months after taking up the post.

Daniel Hannan, the Conservative MEP, has resigned as European legal spokesman only two months after taking up the post in protest at his party's stance on the Lisbon Treaty.

05 Nov 2009

The economy not Europe is my priority, says Cameron

The economy not Europe is my priority, says David Cameron

David Cameron pleads his MPs and voters to allow him to concentrate on the economy rather than having “a massive bust up” over Lisbon Treaty.

04 Nov 2009