European Union

...EU finance job France has taken control of the EU's key internal market and financial services job after a last-minute lobbying offensive from Nicolas Sarkozy in what will be seen as a huge blow for Britain's Europe policy. Michel Barnier,...

In this article: EU, Britain, Nicolas Sarkozy, France, Michel Barnier, and Derivative

...2009 11:35 France on Friday secured oversight of the European Union's banking and financial services policy, after a long political dog-fight that sees it take the key internal market portfolio in the next European Commission. But this...

In this article: France, Brussels, Michel Barnier, and City of London

EU assembly adopts Internet, phone user rights STRASBOURG, France (AP) - The European Parliament has endorsed new telecom rules that would give phone and Internet users more rights and allow them to appeal to national courts if they are cut...

In this article: EU, Strasbourg, and France

...set his heart, is now a receding prospect. Impatience with Ukraine across the EU is growing, with France and Germany, for example, delaying its accession to the EU's energy community treaty. More significantly, last year's Russian...

In this article: EU, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Viktor Yushchenko, Russia, Yulia Tymoshenko, Democracy, Imperialism, Natural gas, and IMF

Critics attack Gordon Brown for failing to protect City as EU calls for super-regulator The City suffered a double blow on Friday after France won control of the European Union's financial policies and the EU president nation called for a...

In this article: Michel Barnier, Gordon Brown, Baroness Ashton, UK, Brussels, Sweden, and Capitalism

Fillon said that, while "perfectly respecting" Georgia's position, France wants a "common economic and human space between Russia and the European Union" and is negotiating with Moscow to seek a common European security strategy.

In this article: Vladimir Putin, France, Russia, NATO, Moscow, Gazprom, Francois Fillon, Paris, and Nord Stream

...are particularly hard to play against. They can be relied upon to score own goals. France yesterday became the latest EU country to be drawn into Moscow's plans to build two new pipelines, avoiding Ukraine and Poland, which will make...

In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Europe, Gazprom, Moscow, EU, and Jacques Chirac

...in Brussels. EU diplomats said France had secured for Mr Barnier the post of EU internal market commissioner as part of a deal that saw Lady Ashton, a British baroness, take on the role of Europe's foreign policy chief. Downing Street...

In this article: Michel Barnier, Herman Van Rompuy, Europe, Brussels, Jose Manuel Barroso, Britain, and US

Iraqi-Kurd migrant film wins EU parliament prize The European parliament on Wednesday handed its Lux 2009 film prize to the story of an Iraqi-Kurd refugee hell-bent on swimming illegally to Britain from France. 'Welcome,' by French director...

In this article: Calais, Jerzy Buzek, Britain, Europe, and France