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France’s National Front faces OLAF inquiry for financial irregularities
Marine Le Pen at a plenary session in Brussels last month European Parliament President Martin Schulz informed the European fraud-fighting office OLAF on Monday (March 9) of possible financial...
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EU finance ministers approve French extension to adjust deficit
EU finance ministers endorsed the European Commission proposal to give France two more years to lower its deficit France now officially has two more years to get its deficit under the limit of 3...
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Greece bailout: Frustration in European Parliament – and Germany
Wolfgang Schäuble, German Federal Minister for Finance, at Eurozone finance ministers meeting on March 9, 2015 It’s really quite a paradox – Greece’s debt crisis has been the most important news topic...
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Tension between Athens and Berlin getting worse
“Troika is finished,” said Varoufakis (left), here with Boris Lalovac, Croatian Minister for Finance, but Greece will welcome technical team from the “institutions” Greek representatives started talks...
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European press roundup: Abortion seen as a fundamental right and the Greek...
This week, our press review of European media is focusing on the recognition of abortion as a fundamental right, by the European Parliamen This week, the Euranet Plus weekly press review of European...
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One week in Europe: Tax evasion, National Front, Greek bailout and French...
National Front, Greek bailout, French delay, fight against terrorism and data protection – the topic of this week in Europe The Special Committee on tax evasion started its work this week in...
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Moscovici to consider publication of tax rulings
Tax rulings are not illegal and the European Commission will not question the system itself, EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici explained during our weekly edition of “U Talking to Me?” The exchange of...
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Valls: France will make budgetary effort without compromising growth
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls came to Brussels on Wednesday (March 18) for a short meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker, meeting with the European Commission president a few weeks after the European...
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Greece: Tsipras promises again to push forward reforms
Talks on Greece at the EU summit on Thursday in Brussels Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras confirmed on Thursday (March 19) that he intends to present a list of economic reforms in the near future....
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EU and Greece: EU member states hide behind Germany
Angela Merkel at European Council on March 20, 2015 (Day 2) / tvnewsroom.consilium.europa.eu/ In the EU, Germany is the most practical for all other members states. In fact, it is the ideal EU member...
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Greece: Fresh funds urgently needed
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has asked for fresh money from Greece’s EU creditors in order to cover urgent cash needs. Otherwise, he warned, the country may run out of money in the coming...
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The clock is ticking for Greece
The new Greek government has spent the first two months in office meeting with important EU leaders across Europe. But little real progress has been made in the negotiations about the country’s...
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One Week in Europe: Russian nuclear threat, roaming and road safety
This week in the EU: tensions with Russia continue This week started in warning mode as NATO warned of continued Russian activities in Ukraine while Russia threatened Denmark with nuclear missiles....
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Talks in limbo ahead of Tsipras visit to Moscow
Alexis Tsipras promised Greece “would fulfil its debt repayment obligations over the next two weeks” Greece has presented its latest list of reform proposals to its Eurozone partners. This new revised...
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One Week in Europe: Tsipras’ visit to Moscow, Polish watchtowers and Uber...
New hope for Tsipras and Greece in Moscow? Russia might make an exception for Greece on its imports embargo from the European Union. This is at least what Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras obtained...
View ArticleParliament, member states clash over EU investment fund
Progress on the EU investment fund has slowed down due to major disagreements between the European Parliament and EU member states. The parties do not at all agree on how to finance and manage the fund...
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