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EU bids for more security powers Print E-mail
06 March 2010
SecurityEmboldened by the Lisbon Treaty, Brussels is making an ambitious grab for more surveillance powers, writes Stephen Gardner. Plans for amassing data on individuals and making it available across the continent are contained in an "internal security strategy for the European Union," which has been approved by justice ministers.
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European Parliament: more spending scrutiny Print E-mail
05 March 2010
European ParliamentThe European Parliament's secretive secretariat is having a new and uncomfortable experience. The Parliament's budgets committee is asking probing questions about its management of the Parliament's budget, writes Stephen Gardner.
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Money well spent? Print E-mail
05 February 2010
European ParliamentDocuments published by the European Parliament's budget committee have revealed a final sum for the amount spent by the Parliament on advertising the 2009 European elections: €21.4 million, writes Stephen Gardner.
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Who ate all the fish? Print E-mail
15 December 2009
Every Brussels policy edict comes with green edging nowadays, writes Stephen Gardner. So, when in September Monaco suggested that the best way to conserve the highly endangered and emblematic Atlantic bluefin tuna was to ban international trade in it, the European Commission was quick to lend its support – only to huff and puff when Spain and other Mediterranean countries declined to back it up.
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What's the big idea? Print E-mail
26 October 2009
Will the new European Commission spend its time coping with crises, or will a Barroso II Commission set out a revised sustainable economic and environmental vision for Europe, asks Stephen Gardner.
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Shadow hangs over Euro Parliament construction finance Print E-mail
09 October 2009
In March, the European Parliament proudly inaugurated two new Brussels buildings, needed to house the ever-expanding travelling circus of members, assistants and bureaucrats. But the Parliament is less happy to talk about some of the financing arrangements behind the buildings' construction, writes Stephen Gardner.
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