Search Results for: European Commission
Top EU officials eye deal by end-May as technical-level talks make gradual progress
May 20th, 2015
As Greek government officials expressed their confidence that a deal with the country’s creditors is close, top European officials indicated Tuesday that although there has been progress in negotiations, an agreement is unlikely before the end of the month. ...
Yanis Varoufakis says Greece will have a deal within a week (Video)
May 19th, 2015
The Greek government’s coffers are running dry, but finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has good news — he thinks a bailout deal with the country’s international creditors is imminent. In a televised interview on Monday night, when pressed to give ...
ESMA releases final guidelines clarifying the definition of commodity derivatives under MiFID I
May 7th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today published guidelines on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) I. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide a common, uniform and consistent application of the definitions of commodity derivatives ...
Greece makes IMF payment but hopes of quick deal dashed
May 6th, 2015
Greece made a small interest payment to the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday but European lenders dashed hopes for a cash-for-reforms deal before a more crucial, bigger installment Athens must pay next week. Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras‘ government ...
Greek government takes aim at creditors over stalled bailout talks
May 6th, 2015
Senior official lays blame on disagreements between EU and IMF as economic growth rate forecasts are slashed Greece’s government has blasted its creditors for holding back progress on bailout talks, laying the blame squarely on differences between the European Union and ...
ESMA recognises third-country CCPs
April 30th, 2015
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today recognised ten third-country CCPs established in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. The recognition by ESMA allows third country CCPs to provide clearing services to clearing members or trading venues established in ...
Shell lobbied to undermine EU renewables targets, documents reveal
April 28th, 2015
Weak renewable energy goals for 2030 originated with Shell pitch for gas as a key technology for Europe to cut its carbon emissions in an affordable way Shell successfully lobbied to undermine European renewable energy targets ahead of a ...
What about the EU Single Market?
April 23rd, 2015
Discussions of the economic situation in Europe and the eurozone during the last few years have a heavy emphasis on government debt and central bank policy. But from the time when the Treaty of Rome back in 1957 created ...
Lifting potential growth in the euro area
April 23rd, 2015
Speech by Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Welt-Währungskonferenz Potential growth and monetary policy The euro area economy seems now to be turning the corner. Both the hard and soft data suggest that ...
EU’s Energy Chief on the Hunt for Non-Russian Gas
April 15th, 2015
EU officials are holding talks with a range of non-Russian suppliers and one day could buy gas from Iran, Europe’s climate and energy chief has said, setting aside a Gazprom warning that Europe should not block its gas strategy. Russia’s Gazprom on Monday said blocking its ...
