Brussels – Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission, today announced her intention to appoint new Heads of the European Union Delegations to Libya and Haiti1. Once accreditation procedures have been completed, Peter Zsoldos will become Head of Delegation in Tripoli and Javier Niño Perez will become [...]

In 2004 and 2007, the EU launched WTO disputes against the US for the use of a methodology called “zeroing” in the calculation of anti-dumping duty rates. The EU’s initiative was followed by a number of countries including Brazil, China, Ecuador, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam who lodged similar cases. The WTO Appellate Body [...]

The Budgets Committee begins its work on the 2013 budget with a debate on the general guidelines for the Commission’s 2013 budget, which covers EU spending in the Member States, and a vote on the EU institutions’ administrative budgets. You can follow the debate live under the link on the right.

News from the European Commission’s Midday Briefing Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi de la Commission européenne State aid: Commission approves extension of bank support schemes in Greece The European Commission has authorised, under EU State aid rules, an extension until 30 June 2012 of two support schemes for financial institutions in Greece. The first scheme [...]

On Safer Internet Day tomorrow, 7th February, more than 100 events in 30 European countries will encourage children, their families and teachers, to discover the digital world together. This is the ninth annual Safer Internet Day, celebrated in more than 70 countries worldwide as part of a global drive to promote safer Internet for children [...]

On behalf of the European Commission, I would like to congratulate Your Majesty most warmly on the occasion of your Diamond Jubilee. Throughout the 60 years of your Reign, Your Majesty has inspired hope, cooperation and unity among the peoples of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, and has actively and graciously represented the United [...]

Staff teams from the World Bank (WB), European Commission (EC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Bucharest from January 24 until February 6 for the regular review of Romania’s economic program. The objectives of the program are to solidify economic growth, while maintaining macroeconomic and financial stability. The teams’ assessment is that the program [...]

Brussels – Today, the European Commission and the US solved one of their most longstanding WTO disputes concerning the US calculation practice of so-called “zeroing” in anti-dumping investigations. They signed a roadmap which sets out the steps the US will take to comply with WTO rulings in the future calculation of duties when the US [...]

On behalf of the European Commission and on my own behalf, I would like to congratulate you warmly on your election as President of the Republic of Finland. I wish you every success in the fulfilment of your new responsibilities in line with the mandate you have received from the Finnish people, and I hope [...]

Munich Ladies and Gentlemen, Back in the 60s, Arpanet was sponsored by the US military to maintain communications in case of a Soviet nuclear attack. That system evolved into today’s Internet: a tool that has transformed our world. The Internet is a stimulant for a tired economy, a platform for democracy and self-expression, and an [...]