Growth for jobs top of Barroso's EU reform agenda 

Commission President José Manuel Barroso set out his strategic plans for the EU over the next year in his State of the Union speech to the European Parliament.
Council approves consensus on EU financial supervisory framework 

EU finance ministers endorse the political consensus reached with Commission and Parliament on 2 September to create new financial authorities to oversee the EU’s banking, insurance and investment sectors.
France and other member countries must halt expulsions of Roma immediately 

Expressing "deep concern" at recent measures taken by the French authorities and other EU countries, Parliament argues that mass expulsions of Roma people violate EU law as they amount to discrimination on the basis of race.






































