Brown to lobby EU on green VAT
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Gordon Brown says he will push for lower taxes on environmentally friendly products across the EU.
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British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown will notably be pressed over it at an informal meeting with his EU counterparts starting Friday in the Netherlands, which currently holds the rotating EU ...
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The European Union is ready to support Vietnam's bid for swift accession to the World Trade Organization, EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson announced.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to meet his French, German and Italian counterparts later this month to discuss the world economic situation, a government spokesman said Thursday.
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The European Union needs to develop a common policy to deal with illegal immigration, British European Affairs Minister Geoff Hoon said during a visit to Portugal.
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European Union officials this week will aim to reduce corporate influence and make polluting more expensive.
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The government is to produce an annual statement on EU spending in the UK in a bid to improve taxpayers' confidence.
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Gordon Brown, the chancellor, today launches an all-out onslaught on European commission proposals to axe Britain&#39;s EU rebate, claiming they will cost the exchequer an extra â¬5bn (Â£3.
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The European Union will try to cement its leadership role in the fight against climate change at a summit starting Thursday, with plans to set tough targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions.
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Britain said it planned to ask the European Commission for a somewhat larger share of the greenhouse gas emissions allowances that are to begin trading on an EU carbon market next year.
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Prime minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown predicts the UK "will get what we need"  from the EU summit.
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The EU is expected to tell the UK that 15% of energy needs must be met from renewable sources by 2020.
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The Tories urge Gordon Brown to "trust the people" by holding a referendum on a new EU treaty.
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Â· French, German and Italian leaders meet BrownÂ· Barroso urges 'targeted and proportionate' action
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Britain's Gordon Brown heads to China and India Thursday for his first visit as prime minister, looking notably to get the world's two most populous countries on board for a new deal on climate change.
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France and Britain will push for a U.N. resolution to dispatch African Union and United Nations peacekeepers to Darfur, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Friday for the World Bank to assume an environmental role capable of taking on the global challenges posed by climate change.