Michel Barnier - the man who was handed the crucial Internal Market portfolio in the Commission following a complete miscalculation by Gordon Brown - is definitely on the move. The job as the entire Single Market’s (and the City’s) Chief Regulator does…
As the European Parliament ‘confirmation’ hearings for incoming EU Commissioners rumble on in the background, we thought we might take a look at Cathy Ashton’s hearing yesterday. It received a fair amount of press coverage (see here, here, here and her…
Today EUObserver reports on an ambassadors’ document from the Swedish EU Presidency on plans underway to create the so-called EU External Action Service. We’ve managed to get hold of a copy of the report, which is likely to form the basis of discussion…
Interesting to note that, according to German daily Sueddeutsche today, France is apparently unhappy with the fact that the new EU Foreign Minister will also be a Vice-President of the European Commission, fearing ‘indirect’ Commission control over Eur…
While the Irish government continues to play down the EU’s ambitions in defence policy in order to get the Lisbon Treaty safely passed, some telling comments have been forthcoming from other Europeans this week, which give us some insight into the kind…
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