
The European Union (EU) is pushing ahead with its most ambitious plans to date to eliminate tax competition between member states and roll out a single market for products and services. While the commission focuses on levelling prices for products
by Donna Rachel Edmunds30 Oct 2015, 5:40 AM PST0

The European Union’s Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström has told a leading campaigner that she does not take her mandate “from the European people.” Her statement came in response to a question on the unpopular Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
by Donna Rachel Edmunds13 Oct 2015, 9:10 AM PST0

The European Union’s (EU) migration chief has called on the leaders of Member States to forget about the political cost of accepting refugees. He has said they should take a leaf out of the Commission’s book and not worry about
by Donna Rachel Edmunds29 Sep 2015, 2:57 AM PST0

EU ministers have failed to reach a consensus over a quota system to help relocate some 120,000 asylum seekers across member states. The main stumbling block to the proposal came from Eastern states, but ministers did agree they should take a break
by Donna Rachel Edmunds15 Sep 2015, 7:45 AM PST0

Millions of pounds of taxpayer money is being poured into Westminster and Washington, D.C. by the European Commission as part of its mission to promote its “vision” of the European Union (EU), raising concerns that the EU will surreptitiously attempt
by Donna Rachel Edmunds23 Aug 2015, 3:20 AM PST0

Brussels splashed more than half a billion pounds on directly promoting the EU last year, through publicity and communications spending, new research has found. In addition, a further £3.1 billion was awarded to budgets that include a provision for promotional spending,
by Donna Rachel Edmunds11 Aug 2015, 4:48 AM PST0