Posts Tagged global recession
Member states’ limit on EU civil service pay rise is overruled
Posted by Claire Daley in Economics, European Union, Tax and Spend on 24/11/2010
Earlier today (24th November) the European Court of Justice (ECJ) overturned a member state imposed limit on EU salary increases. The ruling is an ill-timed move that is likely to further complicate the 2011 EU budget negotiations, writes Natalie Hamill.
EU summit to challenge protectionism
Posted by Claire Daley in European Union on 24/02/2009
The Eastern members of the European Union are holding a mini-summit prior to all EU Heads of States and Governments convening an emergency summit on 1st March 2009 to discuss protectionism, writes Kyial Arabaeva. Mr. Mikolaj Dowgielewicz, Poland’s Europe Minister, told Poland’s PAP news agency: ‘We want to send a clear message that we support the European Union’s position in favour of defending the common market and that we are against protectionism.”