European Commission

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• Glance: Europe's Key Institutions

  of the European Council, the body which brings together the leaders of the 27 EU countries, is Herman Van Rumpoy.--EUROPEAN COMMISSIONThe EU's executive arm. As well as drafting and enforcing European laws, it also runs the EU's budget, manages the day-to-day   Read more »

• Google clears another step in EU antitrust case

  markets. Google Inc. has submitted a list of remedies in legally binding form to address the concerns voiced by the European Commission , which acts as the 27-nation bloc's antitrust authority, the body's spokesman Antoine Colombani said Monday.He added that   Read more »

• EU: Access to capital key to foster growth, jobs

  the euro hit a record 11.9 percent, with nearly 19 million people out of work. The unemployment rate for young people was 24.2 percent. And the European Commission , the EU's executive arm, predicts the unemployment rate will rise further this year. -- AP   Read more »

• Hungary rejects criticism of constitution changes

  of the constitutional court, which has been a key check on the executive," warned the rights group Human Rights Watch .The European Commission , the EU's executive body, vowed this week to probe whether Hungary's new laws violate the EU's values.Many leaders   Read more »

• Eurozone finance ministers to meet on Cyprus

  the ministers will make a final decision on the bailout at the meeting. She says the "troika" of creditors -- the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund -- will report back on negotiations with the new Cypriot government.Ministers   Read more »

Around the web

• EU, China have much to lose if trade war breaks out: analysts

  added. At the same time as there have been disputes, there have also been agreements. Earlier this month, for example, the European Commission approved a $900-million tie-up between Sweden's Volvo Trucks and China's Dongfeng Motor which will create the world's 50 m ago from Economic Times Read more »

• Feel the love for Europe - - but she's fickle

  mouth the Eurocrats views on Scottish independence. This week's Agenda comes live from the basement of the Berlaymont, the European Commission's Brussels mothership where we have been hearing from the horse's mouth the Eurocrats views on Scottish independence. 5/18/13 from Herald Scotland Read more »

• The Rise and Fall of China's Sun King

  trading partners. The United States last year slapped anti-dumping duties on solar cells imported from China. The European Commission said on May 8 it would take similar action. Europe accounts for half of the global demand for solar panels. Both Washington 5/18/13 from EcoEarth News Read more »

• If 'everyone knew' the oil market was open to rigging, why did no one act?

  argument in favour of the UK continuing to hang close to our continental cousins, last week's dramatic dawn raids by the European Commission on the biggest names in oil might be one. The Serious Fraud Office in London is now trying to get in on the act by 5/18/13 from Guardian Unlimited Read more »

• EU to dial back measures against global warming

  Kyoto Protocol, under which it pledged to trim its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. "The European Commission is already in 'do nothing' mode on climate change, and it will obviously put off a decision on ambitious targets," 5/18/13 from EcoEarth News Read more »