Alex Thomson
Greece crisis: eurozone demands action, not words
“The most important currency has been lost,” remarked a rueful Angela Merkel on her way into the Eurozone talks today, “and that is trust.”
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Paul Mason
Greece crisis: Europe turns the screw
The Greeks arrived with a set of proposals widely scorned as “more austere than the ones they rejected”. The internet burst forth with catcalls – “they’ve caved in”.
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Greece crisis: eurozone issues reforms-for-bailout demand
Greece is told it needs to enact key reforms by Wednesday in order to restore trust with eurozone leaders, who will then open talks to negotiate a bailout deal with the struggling country.
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Greek crisis: a ‘new era for Europe’
Zoe Konstantopoulou, senior Syriza politician and speaker of the Greek parliament, tells Channel 4 News that a no vote in the country’s referendum is the beginning of a new era for Europe.
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Paul Mason
Greece referendum: did the euro just die at 4pm?
While the far left government will pose the referendum as a vote for or against austerity, the right will say it’s an in-out vote for the single currency and the EU itself.
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Gary Gibbon
Europe – ‘engaged’ and yet split
David Cameron ended up getting the prestigious 11pm slot to speak for about 5 minutes about Britain’s renegotiation. A source said the Prime Minister didn’t notice if anyone had left the room.
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Migrant crisis: from Eritrea across Europe by rail
As Europe’s leaders argue over the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, Paraic O’Brien travels with a family of Eritreans as it makes its way from Italy to Germany, encountering chaos on the way.
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Gary Gibbon
Tory rebellion on Europe: a sign of strength or weakness?
The big debate now is over a renegotiation which will be followed by a giant safety valve for backbench discontent: their longed-for referendum.
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Paul Mason
Greek eurozone crisis: is time running out for Syriza?
The Greek crisis ramped up a gear last night when, at the start of supposed “last chance” talks in Brussels, EU negotiators told the Greek delegation that “negotiations were over”.
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Gary Gibbon
Would Cameron sack ministers over Europe?
Some close to the PM believe he is already leaning towards the lenient approach pioneered by Harold Wilson: letting ministers keep their jobs while they campaign on opposing side in the referendum.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Risks and lies on the road to Europe
The African migrants I met in the Misrata detention centre have a lot in common with journalists and politicians – just look at their attitude to risk and their relationship with the truth.
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Paul Mason
Greece: will Alexis Tsipras wave a writ at Europe?
While Tsipras, Varoufakis and their negotiators have been trying to get the country’s debt reduced via the IMF and ECB, Zoe Konstantopoulou has been working to get it declared invalid.
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Bob Geldof: Europe can absorb African migrants
The musician and campaigner Bob Geldof says Africans are leaving their continent because of political and economic turmoil and the desire for a better life.
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Cameron tours Europe as referendum bill unveiled
David Cameron begins his whistle-stop tour to meet European leaders, as he begins talks on the “substantive” changes he wants ahead of the UK’s referendum on EU membership.
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Europe’s anti-austerity movements: from Podemos to the SNP
The surge in support for the radical left Podemos party in Spain’s regional elections is the latest manifestation of a spectre haunting Europe: the rise of the anti-austerity movement.
