Participants in the anti-austerity march in Dublin in February organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. Photographer: Dara Mac Dónaill

Writing in The Irish Times on Thursday, May 9th, Donal Donovan challenged critics of auster(...)

François Hollande: much anticipated visit to Brussels coincided with the release of new economic data which showed that France has entered recession for the second time in four years. Laurent Dubrule/Reuters

The European Commission yesterday urged France to accelerate the implementation of structural reforms, as the commission confirmed that France (...)

The European Commission plans to send a formal warning to China that it is ready to levy sanctions against telecoms equipment makers Huawei and ZTE over illegal subsidies, people close to the matter said.

The European Commission plans to send a formal warning to China that it is ready to levy trade duties against telecoms equipment makers Huawei (...)

Malian soldiers point their AK-47 rifles during a training session given by a French army officer in Koulikoro earlier this month. The training session is part of a recently launched European Union training mission to reform Mali’s army. Photograph: Emilie Regnier/Reuters

The European Union will pledge more than half a billion euro to help Mali rebuild after months of conflict, European Commission President Jose (...)

Germany crept back into growth in the first quarter of the year, with the economy increasing by 0.1 per cent, but France slid into recession.

Germany’s economy crept back into growth at the start of the year but not by enough to stop the euro zone from contracting for a sixth straight(...)

François Hollande: a rumour had circulated that the commission wanted to question the president on the speed of French reforms. However, an aide insisted the meeting “has nothing to do with” this. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

President François Hollande will make a one-day trip to Brussels today to see President José Manuel Barroso and all 27 EU commissioners, then c(...)

European Commission president José Manuel Barroso: “While the leap towards monetary union was taken, the economic leg of the EMU [European Monetary Union] stayed behind.” Photograph: Reuters/Francois Lenoir

Further economic and monetary integration must be a priority if the European Union is to meet the challenges of the 21st century, a conference (...)

European Commission  president José Manuel Barroso: “What is happening in France and Portugal is not the fault of Mrs Merkel or Germany and it is unfair to present measures as being demanded by individual countries or institutions.” Photograph: Alan Betson

After earning Berlin’s ire for suggesting Europe had reached the “limits of austerity”, European Commission president José Manuel Barroso has i(...)

The President’s vision

President Michael D Higgins has returned, once again robustly, to themes he took up in the European Parliament (EP) recently in an interview wi(...)

President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi signs the newly introduced €5  banknote for a school boy after an ECB news conference  in Bratislava today. Photograph: Petr Josek /Reuters

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi announced a range of measures to boost the flow of credit and left the door open to further(...)

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