Dutch presidency ends as MEPs gain powerBLINK, it seems, and another presidency is over and it's time for another post-mortem.Fri Jun 27 1997 - 01:00
EU ministers drop plan to cut cereal growers aid by £1.1bnEU Agriculture Ministers yesterday removed proposed cuts of £1Thu Jun 26 1997 - 01:00
Cereal subsidy cuts likely to be withdrawnEU FARM Ministers meeting in Luxembourg last night failed to agree the annual price package but sources said the deal should …Wed Jun 25 1997 - 01:00
Farm ministers to resist aid cutbackTHE Minister for Agriculture, Mr Yates, last night expressed confidence that huge cuts in payments to cereal farmers would be…Tue Jun 24 1997 - 01:00
EU in challenge to US over music rightsON the foot of an Irish complaint, the European Commission announced yesterday that it would launch a formal investigation procedure…Tue Jun 24 1997 - 01:00
Reconciling four aspirations on EU free movementTHE section on justice and home affairs sets out "to maintain and develop the Union as an area of freedom, security and justice…Thu Jun 19 1997 - 01:00
Member states aim to strengthen decision making and create new world role for EUTHE challenge set by the member states was to beef up the EU's ability to take decisions on Common Foreign and Security Policy…Thu Jun 19 1997 - 01:00
Tired and grey faces tell the tale of a summit that ended on a note of grim disappointmentTHE looks on their faces at 4 a.m. yesterday said it all. Grey with tiredness, grim with disappointmentThu Jun 19 1997 - 01:00
New treaty fails to meet expectationsEUROPE'S leaders early this morning reached agreement on a new treatyWed Jun 18 1997 - 01:00
Danish opt-out may not go far enough to secure treatyPROVISIONS for British and Irish opt-outs from the newly-incorporated Schengen Treaty on passport-free travel are matched by …Wed Jun 18 1997 - 01:00
Irish neutrality concerns allayed after disputeIRISH concerns that its neutrality would be threatened by an EU merger with the Western European Union (WEU) were put to rest…Wed Jun 18 1997 - 01:00
Germany's about turn on asylum and immigration unravels reforms"ET TU, Brute!" That Germany's Chancellor, Dr Helmut Kohl should plunge the disabling dagger into the treaty has shocked her …Wed Jun 18 1997 - 01:00
Leaders fail to agree formula on future defence role of EUDIPLOMATS were working frantically overnight on the four or five key compromise texts of treaty changes that remain outstanding…Tue Jun 17 1997 - 01:00
Treaty protocols will incorporate preoccupations of member statesTHE following are some of the national preoccupations that will end up in a miscellaneous collection of protocols or declarations…Tue Jun 17 1997 - 01:00
EU leaders say deal on jobs is in sightTHE Taoiseach, Mr Bruton, and the Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Spring, arrived here late last night for the …Mon Jun 16 1997 - 01:00
20,000 protest on EU jobs, womenTHE MESSAGE to Lionel Jospin was spelled out bluntly on a French placard: "Can you feel us breathing down your neck?" And they…Mon Jun 16 1997 - 01:00
Presidency throws in towel on reforming size of CommissionFOR some of those working in the EU there will be one test alone to determine whether or not Amsterdam is a success: enlargement…Mon Jun 16 1997 - 01:00
Treaty does not provide much real added value for citizensTHE politicians were taught a hard lesson at Maastricht. Popular approval of EU reform was not to be taken for grantedSat Jun 14 1997 - 01:00
Gathering of the mighty throws up weird and wild spectrum of protestEUROPEAN leaders gathering in Amsterdam for next week's EU summit might have their delicate sensibilities offended by sights …Sat Jun 14 1997 - 01:00
Britain and Ireland thank God they are surrounded by waterNOTHING is more basic to the nation state than the definition and protection of its bordersFri Jun 13 1997 - 01:00
Dutch draft treaty tries to balance conflicting aimsTHE DUTCH draft treaty for Amsterdam, which was released last night, reflects an attempt to find a balance between conflicting…Fri Jun 13 1997 - 01:00
Amsterdam Treaty draft to meet key Irish concernsSUBSTANTIAL reassurance is provided for Ireland on three key areas of concern in the final draft of the Amsterdam Treaty issued…Fri Jun 13 1997 - 01:00
Struggling to achieve to foothold on the world's political stageTHE ISRAELI academic was blunt about the European Union's role in the Middle East peace processThu Jun 12 1997 - 01:00
Optimism grows for the completion of single currency stability pactEU political and diplomatic circles were yesterday feeling a renewed surge of confidence that the Amsterdam summit next week …Thu Jun 12 1997 - 01:00
`Flexibility' - an idea whose time has come"Where I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor lessWed Jun 11 1997 - 01:00
French seek more time to ratify stability pactTHE new French Socialist government has committed itself resolutely to the timetable and the Maastricht criteria for the euro…Tue Jun 10 1997 - 01:00
France calls for more time to consider euro rulesEU LEADERS will be involved in a frenetic series of meetings, starting today, to see whether a key element of the single currency…Tue Jun 10 1997 - 01:00
EU to reassert commitment to euroEU Finance Ministers meeting here today are expected to try and reassure markets that their commitment to the euro timetable …Mon Jun 09 1997 - 01:00
Only two EU states are run by the right todayWHEN they started planning the Malmo European Socialist conference a few months ago, few can have dreamt it would be like this…Fri Jun 06 1997 - 01:00
End of duty free may close ferry routesTHE abolition by the EU of duty free facilities would almost certainly force the closure of Irish direct ferry routes to the …Fri Jun 06 1997 - 01:00
EU looks to widen workers' rightsTHE EU Commissioner for Social Affairs, Mr Padraig Flynn, yesterday initiated a consultation process which will lead to new rights…Thu Jun 05 1997 - 01:00
Bonn opposes jobs chapter in IGC treatyTHE GERMAN government yesterday put down a strong marker for the Amsterdam EU summit in a fortnightWed Jun 04 1997 - 01:00
Win might be hiccup in single currency movesTHE election of France's Socialists might be a hiccup in the EU single currency preparations, but diplomats in Luxembourg for…Tue Jun 03 1997 - 01:00
Minimum price on salmon imports agreedTHE European Commission has approved an agreement with Norway which will impose a minimum price on salmon imports to the EU to…Tue Jun 03 1997 - 01:00
Study raises concern over women's health careIRISH women under 64 are more likely to die of breast cancer than any of their European Union counterparts, but less likely than…Mon Jun 02 1997 - 01:00
Bumpy road lies ahead for wobbly euro launchTHE Germans have an expression for it, "preaching water, but drinking wine"Mon Jun 02 1997 - 01:00
Wanting to keep cake - and eat funding tooIRELAND should not be penalised because of its recent success. So says the Fine Gael manifestoThu May 29 1997 - 01:00
EU enlargement means CAP reform is bound to continueWHEN Ray MacSharry started his refarm of the Common Agriculture Policy it was clear that it was only the first of several stages…Wed May 28 1997 - 01:00
EU treaty makers head for Amsterdam with Britain "talking a different language"EU LEADERS began putting the final jigsaw pieces into the hugely complex negotiations on a new European treaty in Noordwijk on…Mon May 26 1997 - 01:00
Bruton, Blair plan closer relationsTHE Taoiseach, Mr Bruton, and the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, yesterday added another element to the peace process…Sat May 24 1997 - 01:00
Bruton confident about IGCTHE Taoiseach, Mr Bruton, will arrive at today's EU summit in the coastal resort of Noordwijk, he said yesterday, with a new …Sat May 24 1997 - 01:00
Bruton reassured about commissionerTHE Taoiseach will arrive at today's EU summit in the Dutch coastal resort of Noordwijk, he said yesterday, with a new sense …Fri May 23 1997 - 01:00
Bruton avoids comment on FF and PD EMU stanceTHE Taoiseach, Mr Bruton, has declined to be drawn on differences between Fianna Fail and the Progressive Democrats on joining…Thu May 22 1997 - 01:00
Foreign ministers progress amid differences on WEUEU foreign ministers last night moved close to reaching agreement on the structures of decision-making in EU foreign and security…Wed May 21 1997 - 01:00
EU conference of regions aims to give power to the peopleEIGHTY young people in the old Finnish industrial city of Tampere are this week in the final stages of rehearsing a rock opera…Mon May 19 1997 - 01:00
A measure of the Celtic tiger's stripesEUROSTAT, the Commission's statistical service, has this week published a fascinating study of comparative poverty rates in the…Fri May 16 1997 - 01:00
EU nearer to creating company lawATTEMPTS to create a European company statute, frustrated by disagreements since it was originally conceived in 1970 by the European…Wed May 14 1997 - 01:00
Government signals intent to keep company tax lowIRELAND will today signal to the world its determination to maintain its edge in the market for international investment when…Tue May 13 1997 - 01:00
British share Irish concerns on EuropeTHE new British government appears to share many Irish concerns and to be willing to work closely with Ireland in preparing the…Fri May 09 1997 - 01:00
Mood improves dramatically as new British take centre stageIT TAKES quite a lot to get Brussels hacks excited about the Inter-Governmental ConferenceFri May 09 1997 - 01:00
