EU questions company tax regimeThe Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, will today come under renewed pressure to review the Government's commitment to extend…Sat Sept 13 1997 - 01:00
Airports warn of 30,000 job lossesEurope's airports and airlines joined forces yesterday to warn of up to 30,000 job losses if the EU proceeds with its abolition…Fri Sept 12 1997 - 01:00
A year on, Dutroux trial still far awayA year after the discoveries of the bodies of four abducted children, and the rescue of two others, sent shock waves across Belgium…Fri Sept 12 1997 - 01:00
Robinson could be joined by another leading woman at UNWhen the President, Mrs Robinson, installs herself in her new home in Geneva she may well find shortly that her new neighbour…Fri Sept 05 1997 - 01:00
Ahern stresses commitment to euro from startThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, yesterday strongly reiterated Ireland's commitment to enter European Monetary Union from day one, despite…Sat Aug 30 1997 - 01:00
Concern on detail of CAP reformThe Minister for Agriculture, Mr Walsh, said the Government did not have a problem with the overall thrust of EU CAP reform but…Wed Jul 23 1997 - 01:00
EU initiative gives new impetus to peace process in Middle EastA resumption of the stalled Middle East peace process was last night hailed by the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mr…Wed Jul 23 1997 - 01:00
Boeing stirs transatlantic turbulenceThe headlines are again screaming of trade warsFri Jul 18 1997 - 01:00
Programme of reforms initiated to meet challenge of enlargementThe EU opened a historic new chapter in its development yesterday with the publication by the European Commission of its opinions…Thu Jul 17 1997 - 01:00
Subsidy on dairy cows proposed in plans to refine CAPNEW annual subsidies to farmers of Pounds 161 per dairy cow are among the radical reforms of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP…Wed Jul 09 1997 - 01:00
McCreevy stays tight-lipped on exchange ratesREITERATING the determination of this Government, like the last, "to be in the first wave of countries to join EMU", the Minister…Tue Jul 08 1997 - 01:00
Schengen dispute reflects final shambolic hours of treaty debateTHE Irish and British governments are now almost certain to lose a row with Spain over what heads of government did or did not…Mon Jul 07 1997 - 01:00
Status for EU funding may last only five more yearsIRELAND is likely to retain its key Objective One status for EU funding - but only for five years - in proposals for the 1999…Mon Jul 07 1997 - 01:00
Luxembourg PM is unfazed by hectic presidency agendaIT IS said that when Luxembourg's Prime Minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, has a problem that he wants advice about he turns first…Fri Jul 04 1997 - 01:00
EU confirms illegal sales of British beef in EuropeTHE Department of Agriculture has strongly denied that smuggled British beef is being brought into the Republic.Thu Jul 03 1997 - 01:00
World body rejects EU ban on US hormone-treated beefTHE European Commission hopes to appeal the ruling yesterday by a scientific panel of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against…Wed Jul 02 1997 - 01:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
New treaty fails to meet expectationsEUROPE'S leaders early this morning reached agreement on a new treatyWed Jun 18 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
