According to the second paragraph of Article 197 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC), Members of the Commission may attend all meetings and shall, at their request, be heard on behalf of the Commission. Under the consolidated Treaty of Lisbon, the first paragraph of Article 230 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) would shorten this to: The Commission m...

Brussels 05th May: Today Members of the European Parliament must go to a vote to prevent the European Commission from limiting public access to EU documents which it is required to do under its own laws.

The European Parliament has approved the new Commission, removing the final obstacle for the 26 nominees who comprise the new college to take office

The European Union has some of the trappings of a parliamentary system. The hurdle is high, but by a motion of censure the European Parliament can force the Commission to resign (and the EP plays a role in the process to appoint the President of the Commission and its members). *** Current treaty Article 201 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC) regulates a motion of censure agai...

The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has opened an investigation into the European Commission's "Early Warning System" (EWS). This computerised information system lists companies, NGOs, associations or other parties which, according to the Commission, are deemed to pose a threat to the financial interests of the European Union.

President Medvedev may have ignored the challenge of hope and change but the European Commission is busy ignoring what Putin's teddy bear is saying. The EU's executive body, the European Commission, called on European states to unfreeze talks with Russia -- three months after the war in Georgia, and just as Moscow threatened to install new missiles on the Baltic Sea. Eastern member state...

The European Commission yesterday (16 July) proposed a new regulation on the security of gas supplies, obliging member states to take pre-emptive measures to avoid disruptions in the wake of a January dispute between Russia and Ukraine.

From EUPravda: "Today around twenty high-level representatives of Christianity, Judaism and Islam in Europe gathered at the Commission headquarters at the invitation of the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, for an informal dialogue with the EU. The meeting was co-chaired by Commission President Barroso and the President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöt...

A European Parliament committee may be at odds with the European Commission over online gambling, but it is possible to forge a compromise to the benefit of consumers, argues Khalid Ali from European Sports Security Association. More »

The European Commission yesterday (2 September) played its last card in its attempt to gain more control over the European telecoms sector, while the European Parliament is heading towards a wide-ranging review of Brussels' original proposals.