Is Juncker on his way out of race?
A senior aide to Herman von Rompuy has briefed Der Speigel that he expects Jean-Claude Juncker “to decide to withdraw if criticism continues”.
A senior aide to Herman von Rompuy has briefed Der Speigel that he expects Jean-Claude Juncker “to decide to withdraw if criticism continues”.
Later today, in the town square in Newark, I have an appointment with a gentleman who has promised me that I can rap him over the head with a rolled-up newspaper (a la Godfrey Bloom).
World leaders and world war two veterans gather in Normandy to mark 70 years since D-Day, when allied forces landed in German-occupied Europe.
Don’t go changing … President Obama says the UK is better in Europe, and gives an endorsement for the campaign against Scottish independence too.
US president Barack Obama says it would be “hard to imagine” that it would be in Britain’s interests to leave the EU, and hints that the US would prefer Scotland not to vote for independence.
Nick Clegg famously mocked the Conservative party’s environmental posturing by saying you could only turn blue into green by adding yellow – but the colours have failed to mix.
Campaign group Greenpeace turns David Cameron’s country home into a fracking site.
Angela Merkel may want France to propose Christine Lagarde as the new European Commission boss. But neither she nor Luxembourg’s Jean-Claude Juncker are safe bets for the job.
I just heard the Ukip candidate telling voters running the Tories close would be a great result, which is true, but not what candidates who think they are going to win normally say.
How do you solve a problem like Europe? Former prime minister Tony Blair has a go, suggesting Britain should lead on reform in Brussels, while current leader David Cameron gets into an EU spat.
Ukip gains at the polls and an eventual exit from the European Union – the prediction of one academic if voter apathy persists among young people in this country.
Europe’s mainstream parties are beginning to reassert themselves, and urging caution over the dangers of the far right and far left. But complacency is the battered EU’s biggest problem.
Prime Minister David Cameron is pushing other EU leaders to embrace reform following the political “earthquake” that saw eurosceptic parties succeed in the European elections.
Nigel Farage likes being pictured with a pint in his hand, while his wife says he drinks too much. But the Ukip leader is not the only politician to enjoy a drink.
A new and rather late recruit to the tide of anti-politics joined the baying mob this morning.