Gary Gibbon
Cameron, Merkel and treaty change
David Cameron’s Europe speech is now confirmed for Wednesday but will it be Angela Merkel dealing with its fall-out after the German election in autumn?
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David Cameron’s Europe speech – the key questions
As David Cameron puts the finishing touches to his long-awaited speech on Britain’s place in Europe, what are his chances of achieving a renegotiation in talks with other leaders?
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Merkel: don’t pick on Cameron
Angela Merkel knows there won’t be a deal without David Cameron on board and she doesn’t want to be party to something that adds to anti-European feeling in Britain if she can avoid it.
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EU budget talks collapse as leaders fail to compromise
The EU summit finishes without agreement after talks on a future budget collapse and David Cameron accuses Brussels of operating in a “parallel universe”.
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Who is the real Angela Merkel?
Is Europe’s most powerful politician losing patience with the David Cameron’s Eurosceptic demands? Political editor Gary Gibbon finds out what makes the famously undemonstrative politician tick
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Gary Gibbon
Berlin to Brussels: exploring an EU deal without the UK
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.
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Cameron opposes ‘completely ludicrous’ EU budget rise
David Cameron holds talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Downing Street less than three weeks before a crunch summit on the EU budget.
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Greek police clash with protesters during Merkel visit
Police fire tear gas and stun grenades at demonstrators in Athens who are protesting about Angela Merkel’s trip to the country.
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German court approves eurozone bailout fund
Germany’s leading court rejects calls to block the establishment of a permanent fund to support indebted countries.
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‘Greece will not meet bailout terms’
The future of the euro is under the spotlight again, as EU officials visiting Greece cast doubt on its ability to repay its debts and Spain sees its borrowing costs soar.
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Gary Gibbon
Hollande: Europe reorientated; Merkel: Nothing’s changed
Gary Gibbon blogging from the Euro summit in Brussels sees two different narratives emerging. Hollande says “Europe has been reorientated”; Merkel insists that nothing has changed.
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Gary Gibbon
Merkel concedes – what will she get in return?
Angela Merkel concedes. Gary Gibbon wonders what she will get in return?
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Gary Gibbon
Pressure on Germans to help Spain
Don’t expect any great gestures from Angela Merkel at the EU summit, says Gary Gibbon.
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European summit: sorting out the banks
With Barclays under pressure after admitting trying to manipulate key lending rates, Channel 4 News looks at the measures the eurozone is proposing to reform banking.
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Eurozone debt crisis: what will be agreed?
With world leaders at the G20 summit putting pressure on eurozone countries to sort out their problems, Channel 4 News looks at the action they are taking.
