FT Alphaville » European Parliament http://ftalphaville.ft.com FT Alphaville - Market Commentary - FT.com Fri, 24 May 2013 21:30:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 EU kills the patient again http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/04/17/1464272/eu-kills-the-patient-again/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/04/17/1464272/eu-kills-the-patient-again/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:44:25 +0000 Kate Mackenzie http://ftalphaville.ft.com/?p=1464272 The operation was a complete success; the patient died. Who thought we'd see a need for that joke again in relation to the EU, so soon after Cyprus? This time it's the carbon emissions trading scheme, or EU ETS, and the consensus is it's been dealt a near-mortal blow by a vote in the European parliament.

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That’s an amendment from Jean-Paul Gauzès, Member of European Parliament, to the otherwise fairly sober draft legislation on how EU bodies should monitor governments’ finances, including bailout programmes. Dubbed the “two pack”, the draft legislation (including the Gauzès amendment) was approved by MEPs on Wednesday. This won’t come into force until the European Council has reviewed the legislation, which is going to mean months of negotiation, rejection of parts of the measures, and amendments, probably.

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This also stood out.

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Continue reading: Solving the EU debt cris–oh look, a rainbow!]]> http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2011/05/23/575486/solving-the-eu-debt-cris-oh-look-a-rainbow/feed/ 0 Günther Oettinger gets lost in translation http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2011/03/16/517101/gunther-oettinger-gets-lost-in-translation/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2011/03/16/517101/gunther-oettinger-gets-lost-in-translation/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:30:40 +0000 Neil Hume http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/?p=517101 Presented without comment.

Dear all,

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