It is perhaps too much to expect the Conservative-led government in Britain to lead any initiatives on Europe, given the orgy of self-destruction in the party over whether Britain should stay in the European Union. But insofar as David Cameron manages to get some respite from the madness, he should introduce a strategy to enhance…
With more than 26 million Europeans out of work and the economies of the 27-nation bloc shrinking over all for six quarters in a row, Mr. Rehn, the commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, has become a lightning rod in recent months for swelling anger across Europe against the harsh belt-tightening policies generally known as…
Whether this represents trouble or not depends on what you think the goal of the program should be. If the goal is to ensure that emissions in the covered industrial sectors are no higher than the emissions caps, then the program has worked…
The carriers are accused of not providing emissions data, as required by the European rules, and not participating in a permit system that entitles airlines to emit greenhouse gases in European airspace. The volumes of carbon dioxide that the European Commission said the 10 carriers emitted through their jet engines in Europe last year was…
European regulators on Wednesday approved the Warner Music Group’s purchase of the Parlophone Label Group, tying up one of the last loose ends from the $4.1 billion breakup of EMI. The Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, agreed in late 2011 to pay $1.9 billion for EMI’s recorded music assets, including music by…
BRUSSELS — Falling prices in Germany and France pulled euro zone consumer inflation to a three-year low in April, while imports fell 10 percent in March, as new data showed the depth of the bloc’s downturn. The sharp drop in annual consumer inflation to 1.2 percent, confirmed by the European Union’s statistics office, Eurostat, on…
In a parliamentary ballot, 130 lawmakers, most of them from Mr. Cameron’s Conservative Party, voted in favor of a resolution criticizing his handling of a burgeoning crisis over whether Britain should leave the 27-nation European bloc, which is seen as a cornerstone of the world’s economic and political architecture. British analysts had forecast that around…
Mr. Cameron is to end a three-day visit to the United States on Wednesday, returning only after Parliament in London most likely will have voted on a resolution by rebels within his Conservative Party criticizing him over his policies on Europe. John Bercow, the Parliament speaker, is expected to announce on Wednesday whether he will…