Remember when it used to be called that, and we were led to believe it was little more than a free trade agreement - I would be quite happy with that, but that is no longer on the menu. It does not even stand for inter European free trade any more:"The European Commission today presented a Report and a proposal for a Directive to amend the current EU excise duty legislation on tobacco. The draft D...

I've not yet read the Commission on Integration and Cohesion's report on Our shared future, which is obviously a substantial piece of work, comprising some 168 pages. What little I have read, however, does not bode well; one can feel few emotions other than profound suspicion, I think, about a document containing

The European Commission is looking at removing trade barriers with Japan after signing a milestone free trade agreement with South Korea earlier this month, according to a draft EU trade strategy seen by EurActiv, scheduled to be published next week.

Adams, Gerry Said to have jointly claimed with Northern Ireland deputy first minister Martin McGuinness £3,600 a month to rent a shared two-bedroom flat in the capital, which a local estate agent suggested would be worth £1,400 a month. Three other Sinn Fein MPs together claimed £5,400 a month to rent a shared town house estimated to be worth around £1,800 a month. Alexande...

After the kerfuffle about the mixed up market report last night this (presumably genuine) communication from Newsnight's business reporter and trade union leader has come in: Guido - I should probably have said the value of its shares fell 48% in after market pricing, or some similar gobbledygook. As your other commenters point out the issue of whether there is a futures "market" is philosophicall...

The most recent scientific report shows that stocks of Atlantic bluefin tuna are "in such a bad shape" that the Commission considers the matter to qualify for inclusion in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), said Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik. This would mean a strict regulation and a ban on international trade in the fish. The pr...

Fast-growing small firms will gain access to fresh sources of money by 2012 via a network of specialist stock exchanges under new European Commission proposals due next month.

Tom Griffin (London, OK): Over at Unlock Democracy, Deputy Director Alexandra Runswick warnss the Calman Commission against considering Scottish devolution in isolation from the wider UK constitutional settlement. Sadly the First Report suggests this may well happen. For example, it warns against greater financial autonomy on the grounds that it would lead to less ’shared social citizen...

In an effort to rekindle European faith in the social and economic power of the 27-nation bloc, the European Commission on Wednesday (27 October) laid down plans for a new Single Market Act, offering a list of 50 proposals that could be put into action in the next two years.

In a speech to the European Policy Centre yesterday, EU Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said that the Commission is planning on presenting plans next month which would see eurozone governments submit their national budgets to the EU for approval, before they were sent to national parliaments.