EU fails on Lisbon strategy, says report
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BRUSSELS, 11/04 - The aim of the European Union (EU) to become the world`s most competitive economy by 2010 amounts to a series of &quot;missed objectives&quot;, according to a high level report released on Wednesday.
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STRASBOURG, France -- The president-elect of the European Commission withdrew his proposed EU executive team yesterday to avoid an unprecedented European Parliament defeat, plunging the 25-nation bloc into political turmoil.
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BRUSSELS : Europeans accustomed to sneering at China as a producer of cheap shoddy goods must realise the world&#39;s most populous country is taking a great leap forward in the technology stakes, according to a new report that urges the EU to innovate or
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Europe's efforts to catch up to and then outpace the US economy have been &quot;a big failure,&quot; the outgoing head of the European Union executive commission, Romano Prodi, told the Financial Times in an interview.
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European Parliament leaders fail to agree on the fate of Italy's nominee for justice commissioner, Rocco Buttiglione.
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European Union finance ministers wrestled with a proposal to overhaul an ineffective set of budget rules, but faced with lingering differences they postponed concrete action until January at the earliest.
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European Union foreign ministers failed to agree on Monday whether to set binding targets for the use of green renewable energy sources, setting up a potential clash when the bloc's leaders meet this week.Comment
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European governments failed to agree Friday on how to salvage their troubled satellite navigation system, Galileo.
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BRUSSELS - European Union leaders got a wake up call this week as a high-level report warned the bloc must run just to stand still in global competitiveness rankings.
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EU laws are being imposed without proper debate, say peers behind a bid to hold an inquiry into withdrawing from the EU.
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The European Union's all-encompassing approach to the problem of climate change will not work, a Bush administration official says.
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European Parliament members today criticized the European Commission for proceeding with an "action plan" for closer cooperation with Ukraine that was negotiated with the country's outgoing government.
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Four European Parliament members warned the European Commission that its actions toward Microsoft could hurt the competitiveness of European businesses by delaying the release of Vista, Microsoft's next operating system.
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Green groups accuse the EU of planning for failure in international negotiations to tackle climate change.
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Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso withdrew his proposed 24-member executive team from consideration by the European Parliament on Wednesday, realizing he faced an unprecedented ...
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BRUSSELS, Feb 14 (IPS) - Some of the richest states European Union are doing  little to contribute to the Millennium Development Goals, says a  new report by three leading development groups.
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JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, the incoming European commission president, today failed in a bid to appease key European parties demanding that the justice minister designate, Rocco Buttiglione, be removed.