High-spin level schemes of the 1 4 2 Eu, 1 4 3 Eu and 1 4 4 Eu nuclei have been investigated by in-beam γ-ray spectroscopic methods using the NORDBALL Compton-suppressed multi-detector array. The previously known schemes have been extended to considerably higher spin and excitation energy, up to I 30, E x 9 MeV in 1 4 2 Eu, I = 752,E x = 15.6 MeV in 1 4 3 Eu and I 40,E x 16 MeV in 1 4 4 Eu. The level schemes are very complicated, characteristic of spherical or slightly oblate nuclei. Also, long cascades of stretched E2 transitions have been observed in all three nuclei. Plunger and DSAM lifetime results demonstrate high collectivity values up to 100 W.u. (up to 200 W.u. in 1 4 2 Eu) in these E2 cascades and they are proposed to represent several crossing collective bands with the nucleus at triaxial shape of β 2 0.25 and γ 30°. Low parts of the level schemes have been discussed within the spherical shell model. Below 5.5 MeV excitation in 1 4 4 Eu and 3.5 MeV in 1 4 3 Eu practically all the observed levels are interpreted with shell model configurations of respectively two or four, and one or three quasiparticles.