Chasing Brussels

From today’s speech of Commissioner N. Kroes “In the first edition of “Wealth of Nations” in 1776, Adam Smith depicts the advantages of division of labour and specialisation. They deliver great economic growth but at the same... […]

A poco più di 12 ore dal primo discorso sullo stato dell’Unione, l’attesa è già abbastanza alta. Certo non stiamo parlando dell’hype che ci sarebbe per una reunion dei Pink Floyd però attesa e curiosità si mescolano a chi già... […]

It is bizarre that, at a time when the purpose of the EU’s institutions are being called into question more than ever, the president of European Commission decides to introduce a US-style “State of the Union” address. Rather than us... […]

Mais quelle mouche a piqué Herman Van Rompuy ? A quelques jours du sommet informel des Chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement consacré à la place de l’Europe dans le monde, le président (permanent) du Conseil européen semble s’être d... […]

In a piece of classic Europeanism, a 115 million Euro underspend is not to be handed back to the nation states but to be re-allocated.The decision by the Parliament's industry Committee to recycle funds unused by one project, the European Energy Reco... […]

© European Parliament // Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.0 Let me start our summary of the past Week in Bloggingportal with an outlook to the coming week and propose that you participate in our “Barroso Buzzword Bingo”: In two days, on Tuesd... […]

Seks EU-forslag er ifølge Folketinget så vidtrækkende, at de risikerer at være i strid med nærhedsprincippet. Det viser en liste, som tingets Europaudvalg har lavet. I går tirsdag skrev EU ZOO, at den svenske Riksdags finansudvalg vil kræve e... […]

Der Netzpolitik-Podcast mit der Jubiläumsnummer 100 ist ein Interview mit Jeremie Zimmermann von La Quadrature du Net über die kommenden Netzpolitik-Ereignisse auf europäischer Ebene in den kommenden Monaten. Konkret geht es um diese Themen: ACTA... […]

Le président du Comité militaire de l’UE, le général suédois Hakan Syren, qui est aussi le conseiller militaire de la Haute représentante Cathy Ashton, est actuellement à Moscou pour une visite de travail et discuter de sujets de la séc... […]