Over the past week, there has been, to say the least, a mixed reaction over the appointments of Herman Van Rompuy as President of the European Council and Baroness Ashton as High Representative for Foreign Affairs by the 27 Heads of the EU's Member States. Some people, such as William ...
Large scale events took place this week in Brussels, with Heads of State meeting to decide on the persons to fill the newly created roles of President of the European Council and High Representative for Foreign Affairs. My congratulations to Herman Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton on their appointments (more ...
The debate on pensions, which is directly linked with long-term demographic trends underway, has heated up since I last touched upon the issue in July (see blog of 3 July). I noted then that by 2010 there will be roughly one pensioner to every four people in work in the ...
In the past few weeks, this blog has been raising issues which Mr Barroso should include in his policy agenda for the next five years. One of the most important themes which has been referred to by Mr Barroso in his guidelines document is the need for a 'European Digital Agenda', ...
