August 26, 2008 | EU governments face blame for weakening economy

With increasing signs of a worsening European economy, a survey has found that citizens in large EU countries are mainly blaming their own governments, but more and more, the European Central Bank is also a target for discontent.

August 11, 2008 | EU under pressure to shed light on expert panels

A transparency campaign group has written to seven European commissioners to pressure them to make good on a promise to reveal the names of the people who sit on the expert groups that influence EU legislation in key areas.

August 08, 2008 | Think tank claims the EU can survive without the Lisbon Treaty

Europe continues to work without the Lisbon treaty and the demise of the document would not be a catastrophe for the bloc, an influential think tank has said.

July 31, 2008 | Concessions on the Lisbon Treaty might bring 2009 revote in Ireland

The Irish government is considering calling a second Lisbon treaty referendum in autumn 2009 after securing concessions on the number of commissioners, abortion, taxation and military neutrality, a major Irish daily reports.

July 24, 2008 | Italian Lisbon vote builds pressure on Ireland

The Italian senate's unanimous support for the Lisbon treaty on Wednesday (23 July) should help force Ireland into a revote, Italian politicians have said, with Ireland looking increasingly likely to stand out as the only EU country not to ratify the text.

July 24, 2008 | Four years in jail for illegal migrants in Italy

EU home affairs ministers are gathering in Brussels to discuss a number of proposals on immigration, attempting to set a common approach across member states. Eyes will also be on Italy after the country passed a controversial law on Wednesday (23 July) that would make undocumented migration a crime punishable by up to four years in jail.

July 22, 2008 | Bonde calls for Referendum in 2009

French President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested today that the Irish revote on the Lisbon Treaty in June 2009. The French president's strategy for holding a second poll will be unveiled at the December Summit in Brussels.

July 22, 2008 | June 2009: date for Irish revote

French President Nicholas Sarkozy has proposed to the Irish prime minister that a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty be held on the same day as elections to the European Parliament next June.

July 22, 2008 | Ukraine making steps towards EU association

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed French proposals for the EU to sign an "association" pact with Ukraine in September, amid uncertainty over what the move could mean for Ukraine's EU membership aspirations.

July 18, 2008 | Bulgarian corruption draws sanctions from Brussels

The European Commission is next week to release a report harshly criticising Bulgaria for the way it has been handling EU funds, and suspend payments to two of the country's agencies charged with managing EU projects.

July 16, 2008 | Sarkozy calls for new Irish vote

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that Ireland will have to vote once more on the EU treaty, in a move bound to ruffle feathers in Dublin, which has yet to say publicly how it plans to react to last month's treaty rejection.

July 14, 2008 | Union for the Mediterranean launched

France officially announced the launch of the Union for the Mediterranean on Sunday (13 July). The brainchild of its president Nicolas Sarkozy, who did not hide his pride in seeing the project's official birth.

July 08, 2008 | France imposes its hard line immigration proposal

EU interior ministers have thrown their weight behind French-drafted proposals that aim to give the 27-nation bloc new tools to crack down on clandestine migrants, rejecting concerns that they are erecting a wall around Europe.

July 04, 2008 | Unspent €1 billion from the EU farm budget will go to poor countries

The European Commission will next week offer €1 billion from the EU's unspent agriculture funds to help farmers from poorest countries boost their food production.

July 03, 2008 | The EUDemocrats support the Irish vote

This week we bring you a series of news about the EUD activity around Europe concerning the events in Ireland of last month. Members of the EUD showed support and enthusiasm in the results of the Irish Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, all stressing the need to respect the voice of the voters. This article gives you a sample of this EU wide support.

July 02, 2008 | Polish President softens on the Lisbon Treaty

Polish President Lech Kaczynski on Tuesday (1 July) toned down his rhetoric against the Lisbon treaty, with the French EU presidency also downplaying the mini crisis and analysts saying Mr Kaczynski's stance is a bargaining tool for foreign policy concessions.

June 30, 2008 | French EU Presidency starts tomorrow

On Tuesday 1 July, France takes over the EU presidency armed with a big country's sense of the natural order of things, a hyperactive president and a lengthy list of priorities.

June 25, 2008 | MEP report might slow enlargement

MEPs in the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee on Tuesday (24 June) approved an enlargement report stressing that the EU's own capacity to absorb new states should be taken into account when considering membership applications in the future.

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