On 20 October 2004 the Commission adopted the convergence report 2004, which re-assessed the conditions for adopting the euro in Sweden. This re-examination was seized as an opportunity to analyze also the situation in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,...

This report is presented in accordance with Article 45(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds. It is the fifteenth annual report on the implementation of the Structural Funds, covering activities during 2003. Following the work begun in 2001 and...

The European Parliament adopted the report by Richard Corbett and Iñigo Méndez de Vigo on 12 January 2005 by 500 votes to 137, with 40 abstentions: it has approved the treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and "wholeheartedly supports its ratification".

The objective of this first report is to identify key tasks for energy R&D in order to contribute to the definition of a possible energy RTD strategy, over various time horizons (short, medium, long-term) and to serve as an input for the shaping of future activities in energy research, carried...