Latest news from the Commission on the budget of the EU makes welcome reading. Here are some of the facts:
- Spending on measures linked directly to jobs, growth and competitiveness rose to a record 40 per cent of the budget, or €46.6 billion.
- Spending on research rose 9 per cent to €6 billion
- The [...]

The latest figures on the EU budget and the UK’s contribution towards it show that the cost is going up.  A forecast published by the Treasury just before the summer recess showed that this year’s net contribution will be £4.1 billion, up from an earlier forecast of £3.3 billion, and in 2010-11 it will be [...]

The people have spoken, now that the results of the European elections are known.  But what have they actually said?
 
The Eurosceptic parties have, on the whole, done well.  But is it meaningful to lump the Green party alongside the BNP in totalling up all the votes for the Eurosceptics?  UKIP hides from no-one its desire [...]