Gary Gibbon
Westminster vote countdown starts
Gary Gibbon on the last minute efforts to stop Tories rebelling by voting for a referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union.
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FactCheck: Do people care for an EU referendum?
Rebel Tory MPs are defying their party to call for a referendum on the UK’s European Union membership. And according to John Redwood, the “overwhelming majority” of the British public is up in arms about it too.But Mr Redwood’s comment rang rather hollow with one of our Twitter followers, Jamie Robertson, who asked us to check it out.
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Gary Gibbon
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Many Greeks feel their country is already broken
Jonathan Rugman blogs from Athens, where a two-day strike against austerity measures needed to secure an EU/IMF bailout is beginning. One man tells him the crisis has been a “plague” for Greece.
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Diplomatic struggles of the Iran 'nuclear' talks
European diplomats say that after a year of dilly-dallying and shilly-shallying, the Iranians have agreed to spend two days in Geneva discussing their nuclear programme. The Iranian government has a different idea.
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Faisal Islam
Will Britain lend billions directly to Ireland?
Britain could make bilateral loans to Ireland to prop up its economy – a move which would have been “unthinkable” until this week, as Faisal Islam writes.
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EU budget: how successful was David Cameron?
FactCheck analyses Prime Minister David Cameron’s claim that he “succeeded quite spectacularly” by persuading fellow European leaders to increase the EU budget by 3%.
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Europe: there may be trouble ahead
FactCheck analyses where EU member states’ plans to create a new “permanent crisis mechanism” leave the Coalition Government’s pledge to hold a referendum if new powers are transferred to Brussels.
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FactCheck: did Labour MEPS vote for a 6% rise in EU budget?
FactCheck analyses a claim from the Prime Minister and Treasury Chief Secretary that Labour MEPs voted for a 6% rise in the EU budget.
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Why Cameron will struggle to slash EU budget
“As we reduce our deficits, I think it is very important that we both argue to make sure that the European budget is, over time, reduced rather than increased.” David Cameron, August 12 2010
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Jon Snow
Re-entering the EU through the back door – no liquids checks either.
Jon Snow blogs on his travels to the EU, via the Non-EU country of Switzerland.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron ‘on his guard’ in the EU
Prime Minister David Cameron will be pleased that he’s got through his first EU summit unscathed but will know that won’t last.
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Gary Gibbon
EU summit: Cameron’s English breakfast and late lunch
David Cameron mingles with EU leaders at his first-ever European Council. Gary Gibbon watches.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron gets a gentle EU initiation – at least, so far
David Cameron attends the first EU heads of government meeting. Gary Gibbon reports from Brussels.
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An end to a traditional Greek life?
We were planning to interview some Greek tour operators about the financial crisis down at the vast port of Piraeus this morning, but as our taxi pulled up at the harbour, I had a sudden change of heart. Boats to distant Greek islands bobbed in the water and beckoned in the sun. Which island was…
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Is most of the UK’s law made in Brussels?
UKIP’s leader, Lord Pearson, claims that most of Britain’s law is made in Brussels? But can that be true?