http://www.euractiv.com/Latests DocumentsUNEenSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:16:07 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss5editor@euractiv.comwebmaster@euractiv.comhttp://www.euractiv.com/cssea/logo.gifhttp://www.euractiv.com/10360http://euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/new-european-commission/article-180216?Ref=RSSThe selection of a new European Commission, never the simplest of political tasks, will this year be more complex than ever. Politically and institutionally, 2009 contains a whole range of permutations regarding the 'how?', 'when?' and 'who?' of the next EU executive.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:16:36 GMTtcm:29-180216-16http://euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/french-influence-remains-modest-eu-parliament/article-184551?Ref=RSSDespite increasing its representation in key committee posts, France remains far behind Germany and the United Kingdom in terms of influence in the new European Parliament. EurActiv France reports.Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:35:00 GMTtcm:29-184551-16http://euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/eu-elections-seen-irrelevant-survey-finds/article-184545?Ref=RSSA third of voters who decided not to use their ballot in this summer's European Parliament elections only made their decision in the final days of the election campaign, according to a European Parliament Eurobarometer survey conducted in the month following the June poll.Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:45:00 GMTtcm:29-184545-16http://euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/harbour-public-procurement-drive-recovery/article-184423?Ref=RSSPublic procurement should become the driver of new technology developments and the main vehicle for economic recovery, Malcolm Harbour MEP, the new head of the European Parliament's internal market committee, told EurActiv in an interview.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-184423-16http://euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/public-procurement-tipped-drive-eu-recovery/article-184420?Ref=RSSPublic procurement should become the driver of new technology developments and the main vehicle for economic recovery, Malcolm Harbour, the new head of the European Parliament's internal market committee, told EurActiv in an interview.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:40:00 GMTtcm:29-184420-16http://euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/eu-countries-ranked-influence-potential/article-184425?Ref=RSSGermany is over-represented in the European Parliament, giving it a correspondingly high potential to influence EU policies, while other countries are at disadvantage, according to a recent report by a Romanian think-tank. EurActiv Romania reports.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:30:00 GMTtcm:29-184425-16http://euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/uk-tories-european-policy-road-oblivion/article-184403?Ref=RSSThe tone of UK Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague's 21 July speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London "takes us back to Winston Churchill's image of Britain at the centre of three concentric circles: transatlantic, Commonwealth and European - a world that no longer exists," writes Stanley Crossick, founder of the European Policy Centre, in a July post on Blogactiv.Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:51:02 GMTtcm:29-184403-16http://euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/mep-social-policy-central-plank-future-recovery/article-184359?Ref=RSSIn an interview with EurActiv France, French Socialist MEP Pervenche Berès highlighted the importance of including a social dimension in the battle to solve Europe's economic problems, and questioned the decision to award the European Parliament's important economic committee chair to an English Liberal MEP.Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:00:00 GMTtcm:29-184359-16http://euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/social-policy-central-future-recovery-french-mep/article-184339?Ref=RSSIn an interview with EurActiv France, French Socialist MEP Pervenche Berès highlighted the importance of including a social dimension in the battle to solve Europe's economic problems, and questioned the decision to award the European Parliament's important economic committee chair to an English Liberal MEP.Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:50:36 GMTtcm:29-184339-16http://euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/eastern-europe-big-loser-parliament-horsetrading/article-184312?Ref=RSSProminent Eastern European MEPs feel their countries are under-represented on European Parliament committee executives, EurActiv has learned. Meanwhile, as horsetrading drew to a close, it emerged that France had punched below its weight, according to experts.Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:55:00 GMTtcm:29-184312-16