The New York Times November 27, 2009 BRUSSELS — The biggest European countries on Friday scooped up the most sought-after leadership positions in a new commission that is expected to press for more regulation in areas like financial services. more
Spiegel November 27, 2009 As part of the war on terror, American intelligence services have been monitoring European bank transactions since 2001. When the EU found out about it in 2006, they were outraged. But now it looks like the bloc will agree to a controversial deal that will allow the covert data transfer to […]
EuropeanVoice.com November 27, 2009 In announcing the distribution of portfolios in the next college of European commissioners, José Manuel Barroso has changed the architecture of the Commission. more
The Economist November 26, 2009 DAMAGE control is never as good as damage prevention. Despite repeated reassurances, the countries of eastern Europe are worried about security. Their biggest concern is NATO, where officials are meant to be drafting contingency plans to defend Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Barack Obama pushed this idea at the NATO summit […]
The Economist November 26, 2009 AT LAST Barack Obama seems to be starting to make up his mind. After months of agonising, he is apparently close to announcing that he will after all send a decent number of American reinforcements to Afghanistan (see article). Meanwhile, having barely mentioned climate change since his inauguration, he has […]