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EU rule of law mission in Kosovo criticised
European Union support for Kosovo in the field of the rule of law has been insufficient despite the newly independence state being the largest per capita recipient of EU financial aid in the world, a report has concludes

Blair calls for directly elected EU president
Tony Blair reiterates his view that an elected EU president would be 'the most direct way to involve the public' in closing the bloc's democratic deficit as part of a 'grand bargain' solution to the crisis

Gender row sees MEPs oppose male ECB appointment
Members of the European Parliament today voted against the nomination of Yves Mersch to fill a vacancy on the European Central bank's executive board in a row over gender bias

'Serious doubts' remain over Dalli resignation
A leading MEP claims there are "serious questions about a plot' against John Dalli as the former commissioner says he is considering legal action over the way his resignation was handled

The European Union's unsung hero: Jean Monnet
No Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech will be complete without a decent mention of the European Union's founding fathers, in particular the Anglophile Jean Monnet, writes Justin Stares

Closing gender gap 'an entry card to prosperity'
As the EU debates how to improve the representation of women in the public and private sectors, a study finds that efforts to close the global gender gap are making slow but important progress

William Hague commits UK to a reshaped EU
In his first major speech on the future of the European Union, British Foreign Secretary William Hague confirms that the UK's future remains inside the EU but calls for a recalibrated Europe

Poland and Greece lead business-friendly reform
Poland and crisis-hit Greece have made more progress than almost any other countries in improving regulations and cutting red tape to make it easy to do business, according to a World Bank report

Patents for genetically engineered chimps 'perverse'
The recent granting of three patents for genetically engineered chimpanzees to be used for pharmaceutical research has been branded as "perverse" by a coalition of campaign groups

EU must not turn its back on Georgia - Saakashvili
Outgoing President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has urged the EU to maintain close ties with the new government to prevent the country from reverting to a dictatorship turned towards Russia, in the future

Eurozone bank supervision to start next year, EU leaders say
European Union leaders have agreed to work towards completing the legal framework for a single eurozone banking supervisor by the end of this year – with the mechanism due to come in to force some time later in 2013

Europe will open up to venture capitalists, says EU commissioner
European Commissioner tells PublicServiceEurope.com that the European Union will cut red tape in order to encourage venture capitalists and investment in the wider economy

EU better at investment than member states, claims commissioner
Public investment programmes are much more efficient when managed by the European Union, rather than by member states at a national level, commissioner tells PublicServiceEurope.com

Barroso 'not happy with progress' on growth
Not enough has been done by national governments to boost growth, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso said today as he urged them to instil an "additional sense of urgency"

'More Europe' is the only solution to the crisis - claim leaders
The EU's Nobel Peace Prize provides a springboard for further integration and a route out of the economic crisis - claim centre-right political leaders meeting at the EPP Congress in Romania. Dean Carroll reports from Bucharest