The EU quietly reached over the politicians' heads and worked with the grassrootsBottom-up is how the Regional Affairs Commissioner, Ms Monika Wulf-Mathies, described the EU's imaginative, little-reported but…Mon Apr 13 1998 - 01:00
EU moves to create wider risk capital marketThe European Commission yesterday launched a major initiative to create the basis for European-wide risk capital markets whose…Wed Apr 01 1998 - 01:00
Walsh rejects CAP reform proposalsProposals from the European Commission to reform the Common Agricultural Policy are discriminatory against Ireland and a serious…Wed Apr 01 1998 - 01:00
EU finance ministers look to the futureWith the preparatory work for the introduction of euro all but complete, EU finance ministers will this weekend turn their attention…Sat Mar 21 1998 - 00:00
Commission sets out how it will spread funds more thinly after next yearThe European Commission yesterday set about reducing eligibility for two thirds of structural fundingThu Mar 19 1998 - 00:00
Big cuts in the EU's farm price guaranteesMassive cutbacks in the levels of EU farm price guarantees were confirmed yesterday as the key ingredients of the Agenda 2000…Thu Mar 19 1998 - 00:00
Fiscal restraint for EU budgetIn 1992 the then President of the European Commission, Mr Jacques Delors, predicted the EU would need to raise its spending by…Thu Mar 19 1998 - 00:00
Success of economy to cut EU aid by 80% in eight-year periodThe Celtic Tiger economy will slash Ireland's annual EU structural fund bonanza by as much as 80 per cent by the end of 2006, …Thu Mar 19 1998 - 00:00
Fear of foreigners feeds Euro-scepticismIt may be necessary for Denmark to negotiate its way temporarily out of the EU if the country votes No in the forthcoming referendum…Sat Mar 07 1998 - 00:00
EU confirms 11 states set to participate in launch of euroOfficial economic results for 1997 submitted by EU member-states to the European Commission confirm previous projections that…Sat Feb 28 1998 - 00:00
Church assesses impact of euroThe launch of the single currency is profoundly different to any economic project previously undertaken by Europe, the President…Sat Feb 21 1998 - 00:00
EU backs IMF warning to Indonesia on rupiahEU Finance Ministers have given strong backing to a warning to Indonesia that it should not yet try and peg its vulnerable currency…Tue Feb 17 1998 - 00:00
Ireland steps closer to euroIreland took another confident step towards participation in the euro with the altogether not surprising confirmation yesterday…Tue Feb 17 1998 - 00:00
Irish motorists pay more for their carsIrish cars are the second most expensive in Europe, based on pre-tax prices, according to the latest EU surveySat Feb 14 1998 - 00:00
Journey of remembrance to a place thousands never leftLiving in Brussels one is irresistibly drawn eventually to the killing fields of FlandersFri Feb 13 1998 - 00:00
Irish marginal tax rates among the worst in EU studyA study of European barriers to competitiveness shows that although Ireland outperforms its European partners on most fronts …Fri Feb 13 1998 - 00:00
What happened at Amsterdam?Spain's Alphonso X is supposed to have commented: "Had I been around at the Creation I would have given some useful hints for…Fri Feb 13 1998 - 00:00
Brussels looks at ferry subsidyThe European Commission is to investigate the £1 million subsidy paid by the Government to Gaelic Ferries last October to provide…Thu Feb 12 1998 - 00:00
EMU move essential - De SilguyEurope would face political and economic chaos if it postponed the launch of the single currency, the Economic Affairs Commissioner…Thu Feb 12 1998 - 00:00
Meehan lawyers get time for defenceLawyers for a Dubliner, Mr Brian Meehan (31), yesterday in The Hague secured more time to prepare his defence against extradition…Wed Feb 11 1998 - 00:00
EU is mired in same old fudgeThere has been a lot of talk recently about the need for the EU to develop the ability to match its political weight on the world…Wed Feb 11 1998 - 00:00
Treaty creates a defence capacity for EU - lawyerThe Amsterdam Treaty continues the "unrelenting" process of previous treaties of creating a defence capacity for the EU, the …Tue Feb 10 1998 - 00:00
Commission official in Dublin suspendedAn inquiry into financial irregularities in the Dublin office of the European C Commission has led to the suspension of a Dublin…Fri Feb 06 1998 - 00:00
Soldiers of Destiny about to lay claim to EuropeBertie Ahern couldn't make it to last weekend's huge rally of the Gaullist/Chiracien Rassemblement Pour la Republique (RPR) because…Fri Feb 06 1998 - 00:00
Campaign for Afghani women's rights gets EU supportThe Irish Nobel Peace Prize winner, Ms Mairead Corrigan, and the EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms Emma Bonino, yesterday…Wed Feb 04 1998 - 00:00
Are we being asked to sign constitutional blank cheque?Is the Government asking us to write it a constitutional "blank cheque" in endorsing the Amsterdam Treaty? The wording of the…Fri Jan 30 1998 - 00:00
Plan continues Maastricht's remaking of EU citizenshipThe Amsterdam Treaty continues Maastricht's transformation of the nature of EU citizenshipTue Jan 27 1998 - 00:00
MEPs gain greater legislative powersOf the EU's triumvirate of institutions, the Council of Ministers, the Commission and the European Parliament, the latter wins…Tue Jan 27 1998 - 00:00
Progress evident on jobs policyNew provisions in the treaty have already born fruit - ahead of ratification - in one key area of Union policy: employment.Tue Jan 27 1998 - 00:00
State border controls to go for all but Ireland, UKAmong the most far-reaching treaty changes brought about by Amsterdam are those relating to free movement of people, decisions…Tue Jan 27 1998 - 00:00
Europe is united - in repressing the gypsiesThe beautiful restored Irish College at Leuven, just outside Brussels, is humming with conferences and seminars these daysFri Jan 23 1998 - 00:00
Irish business confidence in upbeat moodThe Irish business community is the most confident in Europe of its prospects for next year, a survey by Europe's chambers of…Thu Jan 22 1998 - 00:00
Minister reassured on sale of animal drugsThe Minister for Agriculture, Mr Walsh, said last night he was "very reassured" by the response of the Northern authorities to…Wed Jan 21 1998 - 00:00
McCreevy not to be drawn on pound/euro rateThe Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, has ruled out seeking an early meeting of EU Finance Ministers to discuss setting the …Tue Jan 20 1998 - 00:00
EU `paymaster' wants seat at peace talksThe European Commission yesterday insisted that, as paymaster to the Middle East peace process, the EU should no longer be excluded…Sat Jan 17 1998 - 00:00
Action plan on refugees likely to cause rights protestsThe European Union is preparing to send immigration officials from four other memberstates to Italy and GreeceFri Jan 16 1998 - 00:00
Need for Schengen defended in refugee crisisGiven the centrality of the notion of free movement to the idea of the EU it is perhaps surprising that it was only in the Amsterdam…Fri Jan 16 1998 - 00:00
Assertion of children's rights seen as essential GenevaAt the end of a two-day hearing here yesterday, members of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child gave their "preliminary…Wed Jan 14 1998 - 00:00
One minister to have responsibility for policy on child careResponsibility for co-ordinating policy on child care is once again to be held by one Minister of State, the Minister of State…Tue Jan 13 1998 - 00:00
`Mail' pays Flynn and apologisesThe Irish Commissioner for Social Affairs, Mr Padraig Flynn, has received an apology and compensation from the Daily Mail over…Mon Jan 12 1998 - 00:00
British EU presidency proffers an olive branch to TurkeyThe British EU presidency has signalled that it intends to make a major effort to mend the EU's precarious relationship with …Fri Jan 09 1998 - 00:00
New Euro-friendly Labour accentuates the positiveAs the final credits roll in LA Confidential, a brilliantly-crafted tale of cynicism and corruption in the Los Angeles police…Fri Jan 09 1998 - 00:00
Brown indicates that sterling will shadow euro post-EMUThe British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Gordon Brown, has broadly hinted that sterling will shadow the euro when the new …Fri Jan 09 1998 - 00:00
Belgian case may pave way for DonsBelgian and French community groups have laid a formal complaint against UEFA at the European Commission over the right of a …Wed Jan 07 1998 - 00:00
French may vote on EU treatyFrance may join Ireland and Denmark in holding a referendum on the EU's Amsterdam Treaty following a controversial decision this…Sat Jan 03 1998 - 00:00
More than half of Irish see themselves as racistSome 55 per cent of Irish people define themselves as "racist", but this is significantly lower than the two-thirds of Europeans…Sat Dec 20 1997 - 00:00
Separating the enemies from the few friendsIn the spirit of the season, this week my contribution to your enlightenment on matters European is a poemFri Dec 19 1997 - 00:00
Santer assures Ahern on 10% rateThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has received an unequivocal commitment from the EU Commission that manufacturing companies already in…Fri Dec 19 1997 - 00:00
EU proposes reductions in regional aidsAn across-the-board reduction in the maximum subsidies national governments can give to industry - known here as "regional aids…Tue Dec 16 1997 - 00:00
Walsh to insist on access for Irish beefThe Minister for Agriculture, Mr Walsh, yesterday protested to fellow farm ministers over continuing obstructions to access by…Tue Dec 16 1997 - 00:00
