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Business as usual in the European Parliament?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Thursday, June 18, 2009

Despite a lower then ever turnout, protest votes, the rise of extremist groups and suffering mainstream parties, in the European Parliament it is business as usual.

Interview with the Turkish Finance Minister

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, June 1, 2009

British MEPs can make extra million from claiming allowances

By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, May 12, 2009

A report from Taxpayers' Alliance shows that British Members of the European Parliament can make almost 1.2 million pounds from a single five-year term by claiming various types of parliamentary allowances, reported the Sunday Times.

Cost of EU membership 'ten times higher' than official figures

By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The 'real' cost of EU membership to member states is 'many times higher' than figures quoted by the European commission, it has been claimed. According to the British Taxpayers' Alliance, EU membership costs every citizen €2400 per year.

EU Commissioners to take home more than €1.2 million each

By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, April 24, 2009

Research from Open Europe, an independent think tank, has found that European Commissioners leaving office later this year will receive more than €1.2 million each in pension payments and so-called 'transitional' and 'resettlement' allowances.

No Lisbon Treaty, no further enlargement

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, April 13, 2009

EU foreign ministers looking to reassure western Balkan countries on their EU future have been blocked by France and Germany. The French and German foreign ministers made clear that further enlargement of the EU will not happen as long as the Lisbon Treaty is in limbo.

In 2002 EESC already asked for rules for the financial world

By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, January 30, 2009

Financial crisis makes Euro popular!

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Poland, the enfant terrible of the European Union, discovered the Euro! “The world crisis has shown that it is safer to be with the strong, among the strong and to have influence on the decisions of the strong”, Polish Prime Minister Tusk said recently...

Entrepreneurship with a Human Face

By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, September 12, 2008

European Union: united we stand?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, September 12, 2008

President’s pragmatic diplomacy

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, September 1, 2008

Closer relation between EU and Medvedev’s Russia

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, July 14, 2008

Expo Zaragoza

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, May 19, 2008

The ‘Treaty of Rome’ sailing for Europe again!

By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, May 2, 2008

Who’s happy with this EU?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, May 2, 2008

Greece used Veto to FYROM NATO bid

By: EBR | Thursday, April 3, 2008

EU Member States and Commission fight over US visa

By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, March 21, 2008

EU Member States and Commission fight over US visa

By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, March 21, 2008

Franco-German Fault Lines Re-emerge

By: Athanase Papandropoulos | Friday, March 21, 2008

Taiwan in problems with the EU about CDR’s

By: N. Peter Kramer | Thursday, February 14, 2008