Checks on EU laws 'insufficient'
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British politicians overseeing legislation from Brussels are "asleep on the job," says head of the CBI Digby Jones.
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Â· Watchdog asks officials to rethink use of statistics Â· Document obscures policy failures, say campaigners
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Dissidents condemn EU inaction over regime after law is flouted as leader prolongs rule yet again
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China has failed to respond adequately when asked to act on complaints from European nations about unsafe Chinese exports, the EU&#39;s consumer watchdog chief said here Tuesday.
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Prosecutors say there is insufficient evidence to bring charges in the cash-for-honours inquiry.
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Proposed legislation in some European nations has been accused of expanding too far beyond an EU directive and threatening citizens' privacy.
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Could be open season for fraudsters Gordon Brown has been warned that plans to simplify VAT rules will severely impair the European Union's ongoing battle against tax fraud.â¦
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EU countries are accused of failing to pursue policies that would make Europe the world's most dynamic market.
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European Union officials have expressed concern that international sanctions targetting Iran's nuclear programme might not be enough to curb its atomic ambitions, in a document obtained by AFP.
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Britain will be "weak and marginalized" within Europe if it fails to ratify the EU constitution in an expected 2006 referendum, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.
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Critics say new rules to standardise funding of continuing care in England do not go far enough.
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The European Union launched an agency  on Monday to monitor human rights across the bloc, but civil  rights groups criticized a move by some member states to ensure  it had no say on police and criminal justice matters.
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Immigration is a time bomb for the  European Union and members must work far more closely with each  other if the bloc is to control the flood of refugees, the EU's  incoming Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner said.
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The BBC's coverage of Europe must be "more demonstrably impartial", an inquiry commissioned by its governors says.
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Paul Binder, TARGET International Executive Search director for central Europe (PB): Most of the fears of a mass migration from the new EU member states were not justified and I think they will not be fulfilled ...
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EC chief Jose Manuel Barroso says Europe "is not full of hidden plots" and urges swift ratification of the EU treaty.
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'Something must be done,' MEPs thunder Carousel and VAT fraud is far outstripping Europeans' traditional financial fiddles on EU funds, prompting MEPs to call on the European Commission to overhaul its anti-fraud operation to combat the problem.â¦