Brussels to rebuke Greece over budget deficit

Greece will be rebuked by Brussels for doing too little to cut its budget deficit as impatience spreads across the European Union with the chaotic state of Greek public finances

• EU states given stark warning on debt levels
• Greece vows action to cut budget deficit

EU accounts cleanest in over 10 years

The European Commission earns its cleanest accounting record in more than a decade, but concerns remain over the way it administered large parts of its €117bn budget last year

• Brussels pushes for EU budget reforms
• Brussels to rebuke Greece over budget deficit

Miliband does not want EU job, say backers

Foreign secretary David Miliband has rejected high office in Brussels in favour of staying in British politics, according to his supporters in the European parliament. He appears to have set his sights on succeeding Gordon Brown as Labour leader

Mandelson steps back from Asian shoe duties

Extending anti-dumping duties against footwear from China and Vietnam risks Europe’s long-term commercial relations with both countries, the UK business secretary has warned

EU states given stark warning on debt levels

The European Union’s public debt could rise to 100 per cent of gross domestic product by 2014 unless governments take firm action to restore fiscal discipline, EU finance ministers will be warned

Regulators to draw up Solvency II regime

European regulators say that they ‘do not intend’ to deviate from the original purpose of the new capital rules for insurers as they draw up a more detailed implementing regime

Wolfgang Münchau: How to pick a new leader for Europe

The job thus defined is going to be very hard, perhaps impossible, to fill. It would require an exceptional political figure, and I struggle to put forward a name. I have my doubts about all the names in public discussion, writes Wolfgang Münchau

Editorial: Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive

East European states have worked wonders in establishing democracy where it had barely existed. But they must do more to deal with the baleful legacy of communism, build trust in public institutions and fight corruption

EU jobs stakes to dominate Berlin gala

European Union leaders will discuss the bloc’s full-time president and foreign policy chief on Monday when they meet in Berlin to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall