Management and HR
Eurocrats start search for cushy 'parachutes' into new jobs
As the European Commission starts the final lap of its mandate, many senior officials have one thing on their mind - their next job – reports Justin Stares'Flawed' EU banking union will actually encourage bad behaviour
Kenneth Haar examines why it is that the big banks are happy with the banking union and why citizens should not view it as an antidote to costly bail-outs
EU-US free trade deal could 'spread western norms' across world
A free trade agreement between the EU and the US could help to spread western norms across the world in an 'Atlantic century', claims senior American diplomat
Is the EU using Latin words to hide its illegality?
Lawyers in the institutions of the EU tell you in private that the union is working on the edge of illegality. And use of Latin in the Brussels lexicon means several meanings can be conveyed to different parties at once – writes writes our secret columnist in BrusselsSeven days - a week in the life of Alex Deane
The head of public affairs at Weber Shandwick chairs the UK delegation at the G8 Young Summit, is entertained by the National Symphony Orchestra, leads a panel debate on financial regulation and works on a forthcoming speech he will make at NATO HQNigel Lawson is 'wrong' - leaving EU would damage the UK economy
Former British chancellor Nigel Lawson got it wrong on the economy, wrong on climate change and is now wrong on Europe – insists Liberal Democrat MEP Fiona HallThe Europeanisation of defence is coming soon
France is adamant about pushing the Common Security and Defence Policy to the top of the agenda through decisions made by the European Council, write Martin Michelot and Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer-
The delicacy of First World War centenary commemorations in 2014
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UK now a 'spectator' watching Europe from the sidelines
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British Tories simply trying to be 'more UKIP than UKIP'
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Hungary has 'criminalised' homelessness in cleansing exercise
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The rise of UKIP 'makes Britain a more European place'
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EU court needs more judges, say UK Lords
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'Unleash talent of women' in public sector leadership
Should an independent cost-benefits study into Britain's membership of the EU be commissioned to elevate the 'in/out' debate above scaremongering?
Is the criticism of Catherine Ashton fair given that the European External Action Service has been denuded of power by the institutional turf wars in Brussels?
yes
70%
no
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