Plans for EU countries to submit their budgets to Brussels have been questioned by analysts who say the new system lacks teeth and does little to restore competitiveness, as EU leaders gather to debate economic governance in Brussels this week.

[Ed:This article was written late last night, albeit before details of Prime Minister's veto emerged from Brussels emerged.] When David Cameron arrived in Brussels last night for the pre-Summit dinner of EU leaders, he may have sensed a certain frisson in the room. He missed out on the earlier gathering of most EU Heads of

The salaries of EU civil servants in Brussels will increase slightly next year, European Commission officials told journalists yesterday (10 November), retracting a previous announcement that EU employees were set for pay cuts.

EU officials are being invited by the Brussels-Europe Liaison Office to tell stories of their arrival in the Belgian capital. Their impressions are set to be made public ahead of the Belgian EU Presidency, timetabled for the second half of 2010. "We are looking for Bruxellois who experienced the birth and growth of Brussels' EU institutions from close-up and saw their neighbourhood evolvi...

EXPOSING THE EU's PLANS Ever-closer Union underway The UK has to obey judgments made in Brussels which override decisions made by our own democratic institutions. What is more the British taxpayer has to pay Brussels £ billions each year for the ‘privilege’ of being bound by EU law.  THE FLOOD OF EU LAWS From 21st February 2009 to 25th April the EU has passed law...

Mr Farage, who was attending the EU summit on the Georgia crisis in Brussels, said: "It is amazing that the so called Eurosceptic Tory leader wants more power for the EU than even the EU does!"   Referring to the Brussels summit, Mr Farage commented: "The EU is split right down the middle on the affair, giving the lie to its idea that it is a global diplomatic player. "Meanwhile Gordon Brown,...

The Council of Ministers, which represents the 27 governments of the EU, will take on a more active role in making its activities in Brussels more transparent for the general public, it emerged this week (8 September).

A few weeks ago now, I was sent to Brussels for work. This was very exciting for a number of reasons - a) I got to go on the new super fast Eurostar from the lovely St. Pancras; b) I got to go to brussels which I've never been to before; and c) I got to represent the UK at an EU working group. I spent the Tuesday being shown around, and sitting in on meetings with UKRep (the UK's permanent represe...

After an initial contribution by the European Parliament, Brussels will play host to a major stakeholder debate on the future of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on Monday and Tuesday.

The Sunday Express took a good look at an Open Europe report on EU over-regulation  last weekend. You may recall that Open Europe launched its previous study on EU propaganda at the new Libertas office in Brussels. I really hope that Libertas will continue to work with this excellent organisation in the future.  Anyway, back to the article. The crux of it is that unnecessary Brussels legis...