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Shadow hangs over Euro Parliament construction finance |
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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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IMA takes aim at AIFM |
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28 September 2009 |
The controversial Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) Directive, which has raised fears that tighter controls on investments will drive business away from Europe, is undergoing a second round of discussions under the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union, writes Jon Eldridge.
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Full speed towards Stockholm |
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18 September 2009 |
 The European Commission has no direct powers over criminal law and policing, though that is no block to the flood of proposals, so far mainly aimed at getting member states to coordinate on organised crime and terrorism. But with its latest plans, the Commission may have over-reached itself, writes Stephen Gardner.
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EIB tax haven lending exposed |
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13 August 2009 |
The European Commission and big member states like France and Germany are planning a crack down on tax havens (while Britain is pretending to). So it might come as a surprise that the EU's house bank, the European Investment Bank (EIB), is busily lending to companies established in, er, tax havens. In some cases, senior EIB officials sit on the boards of those self-same tax haven-registered companies, writes Stephen Gardner.
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Featured in Le Figaro |
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12 August 2009 |
Nathalie Vandystadt writing in Le Figaro during August 2009:
L'Europe à l'aide de Malte submergée par ses immigrés
Depuis son entrée dans l'UE en 2004, la petite île méditerranéenne de Malte (400 000 habitants) demande à ses partenaires européens une «répartition du fardeau» que représente l'arrivée croissante, sur ses côtes, de migrants venus en majorité de la Corne de l'Afrique via la Libye.
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Court in the act |
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27 July 2009 |
Brussels has gone all cagey about the judgement of Germany's highest court on the recycled EU Constitution, now known as the Lisbon Treaty, writes Stephen Gardner. The first reaction of the Eurocrats was a round of backslapping, because the court said the Treaty was in compliance with Germany's Basic Law, and could thus be adopted by the EU's biggest country.
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