Czech PM Mirek Topolánek is going to have a busy 6 months. He takes over the rotating EU Presidency in the midst of an international crisis in the Middle East and an economic slump in Europe. more »
A decade of the euro was marked in Tuesday's Strasbourg session as MEPs and leading economic experts debated future challenges to the euro and its much publicised 10 year history. more »
A plan to boost food production in developing countries and provide urgent food aid will be discussed by the Development Committee Wednesday. more »
In a hectic year-end session, MEPs demanded an end to national opt-outs to the 48-hour working week and backed measures to cut Europe's CO2 emissions by 2020. more »
MEPs backed new Europe-wide legislative package on climate change that fixes targets for the reduction of European greenhouse gas emissions Wednesday. more »
As an international conference on climate change gets underway in Poznan, Poland, leading MEPs urged the adoption of binding CO2 cuts. more »
EP President Hans-Gert Pöttering expressed his indignation at the “co-ordinated series of terrorist attacks” in Mumbai, and extended his sympathy to the family of victims who had lost their lives and those who were seriously injured through these crimes “that cannot be accepted”. more »
Agreement has finally been reached on the outline of the European Union's budget for 2009 with €1 billion in farm aid for the developing world. more »
For the first time in years, EU agriculture ministers will be looking at ways to boost food production rather than curb it when they meet this week to update farm policy. more »
Nice will host the next EU-Russia Summit on November 14, which, following the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers of 10 November, will confirm the continuation of negotiations for a New EU-Russia Agreement. more »
Nice will host the next EU-Russia Summit on November 14, which, following the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers of 10 November, will confirm the continuation of negotiations for a New EU-Russia Agreement.
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