The United People’s Front has issued a Common Statement in advance of the European elections. The United People’s Front is supported by CIB and parties in Finland, France and Greece. CIB was represented at the UPF’s conference in Athen’s in […]
2014/04/29 Paris/Berlin (Own report) – Today, numerous parliamentarians in France’s Assemblé Nationale are planning to vote in favour of a program of dramatic austerity measures, in defiance of massive protests. This package of budget cuts had been inspired by Germany. […]
The European Union is close to freezing plans to complete the $50bn (£30bn) South Stream gas pipeline through the Black Sea from Russia, the first serious EU action to punish the Kremlin for the seizure of Crimea. Key details emerged […]
The European Commission is examining several foreign holdings in European airlines, including Delta Air Lines’ stake in the UK’s Virgin, and Etihad’s stake in Germany’s Air Berlin, to see if they comply with rules for running an airline in Europe. […]
Opposition MPs have called on prime minister Mark Rutte to answer claims he threatened to pull the Netherlands out of the eurozone in 2012. The anti-immigration PVV and Socialists have called on Rutte to return from holiday to take part […]
A prominent anti-corruption group on Thursday plans to report serious shortcomings in the management and governance of the European Union’s core institutions, as public confidence in Brussels remains at a low before elections next month. In a 250-page report, the group, […]
