Socialists: We may scupper EU team
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The EU&#39;s new team of Commissioners has voiced confidence that it will scrape through an approval vote in the European Parliament, but the Socialists said they almost had enough support to bring it down.
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SCOTLAND and Ireland will face competition from Scandinavia if the Austria-Switzerland joint hosting of Euro 2008 runs aground. It emerged at the weekend that leading UEFA officials are unhappy at Switzerland
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By Stephen Castle in Brussels and Andrew Buncombe in Washington. Moves to improve the EU&#39;s fractious and often testy relations with Washington were undermined yesterday by a fresh Anglo-French clash over Iraq
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"This direction of Ukrainian politics has no alternatives"  Yushchenko and Yanukovych will co-host the summit The European Union is holding a summit in Ukraine on Friday but it is likely to be overshadowed by political uncertainty in the country. via BBC
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A panel of international experts counseled the Spanish Socialists on key electoral issues. Will the prime pinister pay attention?
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot has been trying to defuse a row over a European Union statement on Russia&#39;s handling of the Beslan hostage crisis.
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European Union leaders headed for a showdown on Thursday over the latest bid to overhaul the bloc's creaking institutions, but chances of agreement may be rising after chief critic Poland softened its tone.
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Comment is free: Jonathan Steele: The EU must not relent to the siren voices who oppose the territory's path to independence.
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The incoming EU Commission president is to call for a delay in a crucial vote on his new team, reports say.
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PARIS Hopes for a quick resolution to the crisis in the European Union receded Thursday as the incoming commission president, JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, acknowledged that he would have to make several changes to his team before seeking the blessing of
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If Tony Blair is considering running for EU president, he may find the going tough if his weekend sojourn in France is anything to go by
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STRASBOURG: Centre-left MEPs will reject JosÃ© Manuel Barrosoâs new commission in a crucial vote, insist Socialist leaders. Leader of the European Parliamentâs second largest political bloc, Martin Schulz
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Â· PM steps up pressure ahead of EU/Africa summit Â· Portugal scrambles to salvage key meetings
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Â· Portugal sees EU-African Union meeting as priority Â· Britain and most members fiercely opposed to move
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, tipped to succeed Tony Blair as prime minister next year, could be as tough towards his EU counterparts as &quot;Iron Lady&quot; Margaret Thatcher was.
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TDN- Erdogan stressed in his post `yes` remarks that Turkey and the EU were now in the same team, not adversaries. We hope that will be the conviction of EU leaders, particularly when they meet on Dec.
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The European Parliament challenges conservative appointee Rocco Buttiglione.