As we noted in our flash analysis yesterday , the European Commission has put forward its plans for a Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM) whic...

The EU institutions, and certainly the European Parliament, aren't exactly  world renowned for their PR skills. Today we can't bl...

Last month, we wrote on this blog that Silvio Berlusconi's well-known 'Ruby trial' posed no immediate threat to the stabilit...

Our Research Director Stephen Booth has written a piece for the Guardian 's Comment is Free section, where he argues: The Home Secr...

As we noted last week on CNBC , a deal was always likely this time round in Greece: "We've got German elections coming up in Sept...

In January 2012, we published An unavoidable choice: More or less EU control over UK policing and criminal law . A year and half later, an...

Today’s Commons debate on whether to hold an EU referendum in 2017 – brought forward by James Wharton MP through a so-called private membe...

While the US has its Independence Day, Europe looks to be having its Forward guidance day . Bad puns aside, it’s actually been quite an ...

I am shocked to find that the US has been spying Earlier in the week President Hollande was calling for the EU USA trade talks to be br...

UPDATE (17:15) - First reports of an agreement to keep the coalition alive. Stay tuned for more details. UPDATE (16:40) - Portuguese Pri...

The European Parliament has voted down a controversial proposal put forward by German Green MEP Sven Giegold to introduce a bonus cap for ...

UPDATE (18:15) - We thought it would be useful to explain quickly how things work in Portugal when a government crisis occurs. If the Prim...

The 'Big Brother State' is a sensitive issue in Germany The allegation that the US allegedly spies on the EU and its member sta...

A surprise development in Portugal this afternoon, as Finance Minister Vítor Gaspar has announced his resignation. The office of Portugues...

Trade-war back on. Well, in fairness, we’re not sure it ever went away. It did seem like relations were improving, however, with EU Tra...

To what extent have the latest leaks harmed the EU-US trade talks? Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden’s leaks just keep giving. ...

Our Director Mats Persson writes on his Telegraph blog : I once gave a talk at a “high-level” seminar on UK media and the EU, attended b...

Will Cameron's new body cut through EU red tape? David Cameron has just announced that he’ll set up a new “task force” consisting of...

On Wednesday, European Parliament President Martin Schulz wrote to Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon  Gilmore warning him that the latest ...

There’s been a lot happening on the EU budget front in the last couple of days – the 2014 draft budge t was proposed yesterday and this mor...

The plot is thickening. On Tuesday Open Europe posted on its blog and YouTube account a video of  GeenStijl reporter @TomStaal being pu...