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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10617

22 May 2012
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
EU moves into new, decisive and in some ways controversial phase of its development - Results expected for end of June

Changes and objectives. European construction enters a decisive phase in its development this week. It has already seen periods of change every bit as significant: the dawn of the European Economic Community (EEC); the extension of the EU firstly to the Iberian peninsula and then to Central and Eastern Europe; the birth of the euro as the single currency. The issues to be debated and deliberated by the EU between now and the end of June are many and are likely to result in two consequences...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
SOCIAL
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT