
David Cameron’s slim hopes of reining in European Union (EU) excesses have taken another very public blow. Britain was told yesterday it must pay £1 million to double the number of judges at a European court despite the Prime Minister’s opposition to
by Simon Kent6 Dec 2015, 4:05 AM PST0

The European Union (EU) misspent 6.3 billion euros ($6.8 billion) in 2014, the bloc’s financial watchdog said on Tuesday, urging Brussels to take make its unwieldy budget more responsive to shocks like the migration crisis. The European Court of Auditors
by AFP10 Nov 2015, 1:40 AM PST0

The UK has been fined a total of £642 million by the European Commission since 2005 for supposedly poor accounting. The EU, meanwhile, has not had its own accounts signed off by auditors for 19 years. EU bureaucrats claim the
by Liam Deacon15 Jul 2015, 4:04 AM PST0

MEPs have graciously awarded themselves an extra €18,000 annually to spend on assistants, meaning the EU will spend €207 million (£149 million) a year on personal assistants by 2016. The seven per cent raise means each and every MEP will
by Liam Deacon17 Apr 2015, 6:57 AM PST0

This years host of the European Tree of the Year contest has contacted fellow MEPs and their staff to participate in the latest competition to be funded by Brussels. Socialist Euro MP Pavel Poc contacted colleagues to urge them to
by A.B. Sanderson15 Feb 2015, 7:49 AM PST0

France has been landed with a bill for 1.1 billion euro after the European Commission demanded a refund for agricultural subsidies it should not have claimed. The country is by far the largest recipient of EU funding via the Common
by A.B. Sanderson29 Jan 2015, 3:50 AM PST0