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London Telegraph May 7, 2013 The president of the European Commission has fanned the flames of British debate over EU membership by insisting that fiscal union in the eurozone will lead to ';intensified political union'; for...

trueeconomics.blogspot.com / By Dr. Constantin Gurdgiev / Monday, May 6, 2013 Trapped in their own failures, EU ‘leaders’ are no longer simply contradicting each other – they are now contradicting themselves. And, I must add,...

It could be that if the center-left parties in Europe and the US become enough like the conservative parties, that people will stop voting for the conservative party because they are so happy that now the once-center-left...

In recent weeks, debate has been raging in political circles and the media over the merits of implementing austerity measures in Europe. The background to the polemics is the rapidly worsening economic crisis in Europe and the... All similar articles: 49 »

The German Chancellor is not to blame for the eurozone austerity policies, the head of the European Commission has been quoted as saying - in an apparent attempt to mend fences with Berlin. European Commission president Jose... All similar articles: 150 »

The German Chancellor is not to blame for the eurozone austerity policies, the head of the European Commission has been quoted as saying - in an apparent attempt to mend fences with Berlin. European Commission president Jose...

The Pesticide Action Network has accused the German chemicals company BASF of buying credibility for industry views within academia, after one of its employee was offered a professorship at Wageningen University in the...

Leading EU officials meet later Monday to try and break a deadlock on the bloc's budget for the rest of the decade with a summit of feuding national leaders looming on May 22. Jose Manuel Barroso at a meeting at EU headquarters...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is not to blame for the austerity policies being imposed elsewhere, the head of the European Commission was quoted on Sunday as saying, in an apparent attempt to mend fences... All similar articles: 162 »

NEW YORK – Europe needs a new deal that trades less austerity for more structural reform. It can be done without costing Germany a euro cent. The contours of this shift are starting to emerge, with Spain leading the way. To...

President’s remarks on austerity reflect wider frustration, says visiting secretary general of Council of Europe First published: Sat, May 4, 2013, 06:00 The Council of Europe’s secretary general, Thorbjørn Jagland, has...

The June summit of European Union leaders must focus on cutting disastrously high levels of youth unemployment, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Thursday (May 2) after a meeting with European Commission President...

Budapest, Hungary (UPI) May 2, 2013 - Hungary is awaiting "concrete objections" from the European Commission over controversial changes to its constitution, Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi says. Martonyi said in an interview...

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso on Thursday urged Europe’s leaders to come up with an “ambitious” jobs plan for youth at a June summit, as he held talks with new Italian premier Enrico Letta. Winding up a tour...

By Martin Banks - 3rd May 2013 Nobody is fool enough to launch himself in this race one year before the elections The possibility of parliament's president Martin Schulz being nominated to succeed Jose Manuel Barroso is "not a...

The powerful employers’ group BusinessEurope has called on European Commission President José Manuel Barroso to radically shift the EU's energy policy away from climate change mitigation towards cost-competitiveness and...

FE Alpha Manager Jan Luthman explains why there are striking parallels between the social crises of today and yesteryear – including the lead-up to the Second World War. We appear to be seeing the beginnings of political...

Reuters © Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek addresses a news conference after meeting European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (unseen) at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels April 9, 2013....

TweetEuropean Commission President José Manuel Durão Barroso highlighted European Union contributions towards global health and polio eradication at the Global Vaccine Summit last Thursday in Abu Dhabi. “We all know that, every...

European Commission Brussels, Friday 3 May 2013 Top News Background notes from the Spokesperson’s service for journalists The European Commission reserves the right to make changes Monday 6 May: Commission proposes a modernised...

Brussels, 3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso will participate in the G8 summit on 17-18 June in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland,...

French President François Hollande's success or failure to reach consensus with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel—without alienating his leftist majority in Parliament—is likely to have profound repercussions on the euro...

To cut tax burden and stoke growth, mantaining fiscal discipline (By Denis Greenan) (ANSAmed) - Rome, May 2 - Premier Enrico Letta said Thursday his unprecedented right-left government was racing against time to cut Italy's... All similar articles: 1269 »

They got there in the end: Croatia's Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic, left, with president of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso Some 20 years ago, as Croats broke away from the former Yugoslavia in bloody fashion, it...

BRUSSELS, Belgium — "With nothing but austerity, Italy will die." Europe "is being battered by the selfish intransigence of Chancellor Merkel." It's time to fight unemployment caused by a "society that seeks selfish profit...

Secret arrests are an assault on Britain’s hard-won freedoms. In the interest of liberty and justice, the police should now admit that – in the post-Leveson frenzy – they have made a catastrophic mistake, and think again. All similar articles: 79 »

Despite many skeptics at home, Miloš Zeman cozies up to Brussels Walter Novak European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, left, had to face some anti-EU protesters April 25 on his way to meet with Prime Minister Petr Nečas,...

http://rt.com/business/austerity-reached-limit-growth-priority-199/ The President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso said on Monday the austerity policies of the EU in recent years have reached their limit in...