Following revelations by Le Monde that the French budget deficit in 2005 would likely be higher than 4 per cent of GDP with the overall debt rising to 67 per cent, the FT reports that the Commission with reveal additional fiscal sore spots tomorrow by adding Britain, Greece, the Netherlands and Italy to their watchlist [...]

An in interesting Guardian interview with European Parliament President Pat Cox

Europe Counts - a European Parliament site trying to encourage voters to take part in June’s Parliament elections (found via Doctor Vee)

The emergency meeting of EU interior ministers today has recommended that next week’s heads of government meeting appoint an EU anti-terrorism ‘czar’, but there will not be a centralized ‘European Intelligence Agency’

The European Green Party was launched in Rome yesterday

We’ll meet again - Berlusconi leads the criticism of the Franco-German-British summit, as they insist they intend to continue meeting as a triumvirate

A Guardian Q&A on the working rights citizens of the 10 accession countries will have in the 15 current members of the EU

Britain’s Conservatives have agreed a deal to remain within the EPP-ED group in the European Parliament

Ireland’s taoiseach (and current EU head) Bertie Ahern expresses sympathy for Germany’s position on voting under the proposed EU constitution, reports EUobserver.

Europe: adding value, changing quickly - last Monday, the President of the Commission spoke at the LSE about the prospects for a European Constitution (pdf).