Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Thursday that nuclear talks with the EU’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton were “long and useful” and that both sides decided to continue the discussions.
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Germany threatens new EU bailout plans
Germany’s finance minister warned that only EU treaty change would create the legal framework needed to allow the formation of a single bailout agency for its ailing banks, in an article for Monday’s Financial Times.
Belgrade urges Serbs in Kosovo to accept EU deal
Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic urged Serbs living in northern Kosovo to accept an EU-brokered agreement to normalise relations between Serbia and its breakaway former province, while admitting the accord was not ideal.
Former British finance minister calls for EU exit
Britain would enjoy a significant economic boost if it left the European Union, former finance minister Nigel Lawson said in an article Tuesday which will fuel the debate about a referendum on British membership.
Barroso defends Merkel on austerity: report
European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso on Saturday defended German Chancellor Angela Merkel against criticism that she is to blame for harsh austerity measures being implemented across Europe.
Fresh round of Iran nuclear talks in Istanbul May 15
The EU’s top diplomat Catherine Ashton will meet chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Istanbul on May 15 in a fresh effort to defuse international concern over Tehran’s disputed nuclear drive.
Hollande says Germany and France must work together
French President Francois Hollande said Wednesday Germany and France must work together whatever “sensitivities” might arise, as ties between the eurozone’s top two economies cool over an ideological split between belt-tightening and investment-fuelled growth.
Moroccan MPs ‘barred from entering West Bank’
Israeli authorities on Monday barred two Moroccan MPs accompanying EU parliamentarians from crossing into the West Bank to meet Palestinian officials, one of the lawmakers said.
ECB can’t replace govt action over debt: Draghi
The European Central Bank cannot step into the breach left by a lack of action by eurozone governments to solve the region’s debt crisis, but is ready to do whatever it can to play its part, ECB chief Mario Draghi said Thursday.
The European Union: Establishment and History
Originally conceived as an idea in 1945 after World War II, The European Union, or EU as it often known, is a political and economic union of 27 independent member states situated in Europe. First established in 1958 under the name The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the union originally consisted of just six members; Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, [...]