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Commissioner Dalli's resignation raises further questions
The EU needs to go the extra mile to ensure that policy-making reflects the needs and expectations of people living in Europe and not just those of powerful corporate interests – writes Monika Kosiñska
Another European summit, another waste of time
The 22nd EU summit of the crisis period, last week in Brussels, resulted in tangible little benefits. But why is it that 27 powerful leaders continuously fail to get anything substantive done. Our secret columnist takes a closer look at the perils of committee decision-making
Momentum builds for referendum on Britain's EU membership
Citizen demand for a definitive say over where Britain's future lies – inside the EU club or outside of Brussels' control - is becoming more difficult for UK politicians to resist, claims Marc Glendening of the People's Pledge campaign group
Whatever happened to British diplomacy in Europe?
You could hardly choose a less propitious moment to talk about 'loosening' the grip of the EU – yet this is what the Conservative element of the British government has chosen to do, writes our secret columnist in Brussels
EU help for film industry a 'gratuitous waste'
Could there be a better example of the economic phenomenon of the 'tragedy of the commons' than the recent £8.6m offer to subsidise showing 'specialist films' across 20 EU, asks Godfrey Bloom
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"
Go further on biofuels reforms, EU urged
If the EU is to achieve its aim of ensuring 'truly sustainable' biofuels, it needs to look beyond greenhouse gas emissions and act to protect local people and the environment, writes Maria Osbeck and Rasmus Kløcker Larsen
Climate change brings exotic viruses to Europe
Several exotic mosquitoes have been making advances onto European soil and with them they often bring diseases that have been unknown in Europe before their arrival – the latest discovery is named the Usutu virus and was discovered in central Germany
Scottish independence: the implications for defence
If Scotland votes for independence and leaves the UK, what will be the shape of its defence force and its relationships with international security organisations such as NATO, asks David Galbreath
'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
UK economic growth: lessons from history
If there is one area that could deliver short-term stimulus and long-term efficiency gains it is private house-building – but the politics are difficult for the government, writes Nick Crafts