Following the collapse of conciliation talks on the Working Time Directive in Brussels on Monday, the right to opt out of the EU's 48-ho...

This is the poster that accompanies the Conservatives' campaign to get Gordon Brown to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, which lo...

This is from weekly magazine New Europe : We're reported on this before, but this is worth another comment. Plans are underway in Brusse...

The final round of 'conciliation talks' between MEPs and government ministers will tonight decide the fate of the UK's opt-out f...

Today we published a briefing on the European Parliament, outlining both its importance to the lives of everyday people and its faults. The...

Today the European Parliament voted on whether taxpayers should foot the bill for a hole in the controversial second pension fund. While thi...

Amid all the scandal stories about absurdly generous allowances and shady pension schemes that MEPs get to enjoy, it's good to know that...

An opinion poll today shows that for the first time there are more Swedes in favour of joining the euro than against: 47% in favour, 45% aga...

Following our previous post, new information reaches us that the total number of MEPs, former MEPs, spouses and dependents subscribed to the...

Open Europe has today published a list of MEPs who have/are taking part in the controversial Additional Voluntary Pension Scheme, over and ...

Okay, so we've asked this question before on this blog. But it's one that just keeps coming back. The question has eluded politica...

In an interview with France Inter the other day French Europe Minister Bruno Le Maire was asked whether the defiance the French and Europea...

An MEP on the Environment, Public health and food safety committee has called for 16 May to be made 'EU obsesity day'. Magor Csibi ...

Anyone who said that France was re-joining NATO's military structures with a view to setting up a single, EU military headquarters may w...

A very bizarre tale reaches us from Spanish daily El Mundo this morning. Apparently, Guenther Lischka, who is financial officer for the Euro...

In an interview with German magazine Spiegel online, the Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann has effectively admitted that his country never ...

This is hilarious. We learn from Agence Europe that the indefatigable EU Communications Commissioner Margot Wallstrom has announced that she...

In a rant in the Yorkshire Post Richard Corbett MEP churns out his familiar and tired old claim that critics of the European Union such as O...

The Guardian's Comment is Free site has an important piece about the fact that the EU's intrusive Data Retention Directive - which c...

It sometimes seems amazing that the EU Commission can spend so much money on its own special department for Communications, and yet prove s...

An interesting feature in today's Guardian showcased at the reaction of correspondents around Europe to the world leaders at the G20. F...

Talks in Brussels on the revisions to the EU Working Time Directive ended last night without agreement. At least nine EU countries now usin...

As part of a statement regarding measures to help businesses cope with regulation, Lord Mandelson has today announced that the Government i...

During a debate on a different topic in the Commons yesterday our Europe Minister Caroline made a very bold claim indeed. She said: "O...

Europe Minister Caroline Flint made a big mistake when she admitted in Parliament on Monday that she hadn't read all of the EU Lisbon T...

Today is the second day of 'conciliation' talks in Brussels on the Working Time Directive, where politicians will be discussing whet...

Check out the TPA's celebrity chef programme with a difference - the Jamie Oliveoil recipe for EU Agriculture Fudge. It's pretty fu...

Just noticed this piece on LabourList by Labour Parliamentary candidate for South-East Cambridgeshire John Cowan. He tries to argue that wo...

Belgian Daily De Standaard has picked up our research which states that Belgian EU Commissioner Louis Michel is to take home about 1.1 mi...

Following wide reports around Europe about the fact that the EU Commissioners will receive millions of taxpayers' cash in pensions and p...