...BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union fined Microsoft Corp. a record $1.3 billion today for charging rivals too much for software information. EU regulators said the company charged "unreasonable prices" until last October to software developers who wanted...
...is also signifÂicant evidence that the three Ds doctrine has long been abandoned by the EU. It has become clear that the European Union signed Berlin Plus for the purposes of elevating its own status and gaining access to NATO assets (largely American), with...
...this incentive is not to be underestimated. Many countries that are applying or have applied for membership of the European Union have been told time and time again: "Yes, you are Europe, but you don't really belong. Stay outside." There are strong reservations...
...as a non-violent civil resistance movement against UN rule in a country that is supposed to be sovereign. Recently the European Union, which announced its own mission in Kosovo without being invited, was added to the list of opponents, but the UN remains the...
...secularism are critical stakeholders in Turkey, and something remains missing as long as they are not included in the European Union convergence process. This is not just the EU's fault. Turkish secularists - allowing for a degree of generalisation to make...
...The Lisbon Treaty was supposed to be a done deal in Europe. After the embarrassing rejection of the European Union constitution by Dutch and French voters three years ago, EU officials repackaged the document as a "treaty" and proclaimed that no referenda...
...by about 20 times. There will be much more of that, so that in a decade's time the Turkey that is preparing to enter the European Union will be a transformed country. But never forget the politics. It requires the continued constitutional revolution that began...
...arm of Francoâs fascist state excluded Spain from the postwar economic miracle that transformed its neighbors in the European Union, another target of Mr. Weigelâs polemic. Life expectancy and per-capita income for most people in 1970âs Spain were roughly...
...the directions we have already set out. What do I mean? If we are now ready to sign a new framework agreement with the European Union, that is the main task. It must be a serious document but, at the same time, not burdened with absolutely concrete things;...
...the Irish referendum held on 12 June 2008 are a fatal blow to the Lisbon treaty and the prospects of reforming the European Union. In theory the only logical outcome of the referendum should be either a Europe of "two speeds" or a paralysed Europe. In reality,...