Concealed conviction starts new EU rumpus
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THE incoming president of the European commission is facing the wrath of the European parliament for the second time in a row over a criminal conviction of Jacques Barrot, his French commissioner.
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The BBC's Angus Roxburgh describes how the new EU commissioners coped with cross-examination by MEPs.
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BRUSSELS The decision by Rocco Buttiglione to relinquish his claim on the European Commission&#39;s justice and security portfolio means JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, the incoming president, will be able to get Parliament&#39;s approval for a new college of commissioners
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Jolted by the carnage of the Madrid train bombings and the cross-border rape and killing spree of a French pedophile, EU states are coming together on an ambitious new vision for policing Europe. It involves joint investigation teams and the sharing of hitherto jealously guarded criminal records and crime-fighting technology.
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A fresh row is threatening to mar the first day in office of the new European Commission on Monday. France&#39;s commissioner Jacques Barrot is under fire for failing to disclose a previous conviction for embezzlement.
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Newer EU members are struggling to promote a more traditional morality.
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The European Union condemned on Friday  the detention of terrorism suspects by the United States in  secret overseas prisons, whose existence U.S. President George  Bush first acknowledged last week.
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No need to change laws Terrorism and organised crime should not be used as excuses for passing laws which undermine people's privacy and data protection rights, according to the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). Existing laws do not need changed, he said.â¦
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The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a controversial report accusing Britain, Germany, Italy and other European nations of turning a blind eye to CIA flights transporting terrorism suspects to secret prisons in an apparent breach of EU human rights standards.
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Following the hearings of the three new candidates for Jose Manuel Barroso&#39;s European Commission, the European Parliament seems set to give the new ensemble the green light to get to work.
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The European Parliament has approved the new European Commission, the European Union&#39;s executive body, after an unprecedented dispute during which the assembly managed to increase its institutional clout.
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STRASBOURG, France  - European governments have built a "wall of silence" in response to charges they were complicit in a CIA program that included holding terrorist suspects in secret jails, a Swiss investigator said on Wednesday.
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Europeans enjoy greater privacy rights than U.S. citizens under Homeland Security's Automated Targeting System. In 27B Stroke 6.
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The European Commission was abuzz over a new commissioner on its first day in office Monday after learning he was convicted of embezzlement, the BBC reported.
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Europe's papers look ahead to today's signing of the new EU constitution in Rome
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An MEP for South East England convicted of 21 charges of benefit fraud is imprisoned for nine months.
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The European Union sees two ways for settling Ukraine - legal and political. The first is when the case is taken to the court and a constitutional mechanism is set to work.