EU hopefuls face further tests
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The European Commission will recommend Romania and Bulgaria join the EU in January - but with tough terms.
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European leaders will seek to reassure sceptical voters at a summit starting on Thursday by toughening policy on enlargement of the European Union, without though slamming the door on a queue of aspiring nations.
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Papers judge the aftermath of the EU Commission wrangle, examine football racism and French mobile phones
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MEPs call on EU member states to hold simultaneous referendums on the new European Constitution.
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Hungaryâs Laszlo Kovacs, Italyâs Franco Frattini and Latviaâs Andris Piebalgs were interviewed on Monday and yesterday. Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso had to change his proposed team after it became
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The 24 EU commissioners-designate face confirmation hearings in the European Parliament.
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The incoming European Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, is in a race against time to revamp his team of Commissioners, amid warnings that his own job could be on the line if he fails to pull off a swift deal.
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European Union leaders headed for a showdown on Thursday over efforts to overhaul the bloc's creaking institutions, but chances of agreement appeared to be rising after chief critic Poland softened its tone.
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Some EU Parliament members fear Europe won't get Vista OS on time.
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The European Commission&#39;s (EC) president-elect, Jose Manuel Barroso, on Tuesday defended his team of commissioners in the European Parliament (EP) in a bid to secure
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The incoming president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, is to meet party leaders in the European Parliament. This morning&#39;s meeting is a bid to avert a crisis over the nomination of Italian Rocco Buttiglione as Justice Commissioner.
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Illegal immigration continues to be a sore spot in relations between EU member states as ministers from southern Europe prepare to meet for a brainstorming session on the topic Friday in Madrid.Comment
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Â· French, German and Italian leaders meet BrownÂ· Barroso urges 'targeted and proportionate' action
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European Union leaders struggled to narrow their differences on Thursday on a reform treaty for the 27-nation bloc and said it was too soon to tell whether they could reach a deal at a two-day summit.
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The European Parliament, in its specialised committees here, on Monday begins to hear candidates for membership in the European Commission (EC), the executive body of the European Union.
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and EU executives, when they meet in Brussels tomorrow, will test each other&#39;s limits in a row over Turkey&#39;s delay in reforming its penal code prompted by the premier&#39;s insistence on criminalizing adultery.
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EU farm commissioner Franz Fischler on Friday became the latest Brussels critic to raise doubts over Turkey&#39;s hopes of joining the bloc, as wrangling over Ankara&#39;s EU bid heats up.