European Commission Articles

David Cameron was not the only one to visit Brussels this week for last minute talks with Europe’s leaders ahead of the European Council meeting. Trades Union Congress general secretary Frances O’Grady was also in town on Wednesday, seeing European Commission...

There is perhaps only one occasion every five years when the European parliament really has the commission over a barrel – and that time is right now. The hearings process, whereby committees of the parliament interview nominees to the commission, is more about...

Better off out? Better off in? What about better off in the lead? To truly reconcile Britain and the European Union, and to calm voter unrest, the Labour party should consider a bold bid to elect a British president of the European commission in 2019. This would send...

So the dust settles after the prime minister’s rout at the European council. Thanks in no small part to David Cameron's astonishingly amateurish attempt to block Jean-Claude Juncker, the former Luxembourg prime minister is secure as next European commission president....