View from Berlin: Bluffing Britain losing friends
The presumption in Germany is that David Cameron will back down. If this is wrong, Britain could end up leaving the EU.
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Cyprus secures a last-minute, 10bn euro bailout in a deal which will see its second largest bank closed and those with the largest deposits facing a levy to raise funds.
European Union leaders work through the night to agree a new long-term spending plan which will see a cut in the budget for the first time in the EU’s history.
The presumption in Germany is that David Cameron will back down. If this is wrong, Britain could end up leaving the EU.
The prospect of Britain pulling out of the European Union is now being openly discussed in capitals across the world. Why is this happening now?
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Who would have thought? Angela Merkel emerges as the UK’s protector as the EU budget bunfight ends in a stand-off.
Britain feels there’s a painless – in national interest terms – way to settle this whole budget business.
The EU summit finishes without agreement after talks on a future budget collapse and David Cameron accuses Brussels of operating in a “parallel universe”.
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy chats with Denmark’s Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. “Are you well?” she asks. “Yes,” he replies, “even though there are no surprises.”
Just as people were talking about a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza, a bomb explodes on a bus in Tel Aviv and 21 are injured.
Gary Gibbon arrives in Berlin where Angela Merkel’s plan to stop “the UK parking it’s car in front of the fire station” could have dramatic repercussions for Britain in Europe.
With hours to go until the crucial EU budget vote, Tory rebels are losing hope that they will get enough support – and Ed Miliband joining the cause did not help, as Political Editor Gary Gibbon reports from Westminster.
David Cameron promises to get tough on a veto of this year’s EU budget.
There are rumours of a mini-breakthrough in wrangling over the EU bailout fund.
Love for the European Union is thin on the ground as David Cameron prepares to meet fellow EU leaders.