Russia: EU sanctions inch forward again
Don’t hold your breath for a thunderclap of judgement on Russia tomorrow at the EU foreign ministers’ gathering. You might get some tough rhetoric but you will not see a major escalation of sanctions.
Don’t hold your breath for a thunderclap of judgement on Russia tomorrow at the EU foreign ministers’ gathering. You might get some tough rhetoric but you will not see a major escalation of sanctions.
Men are still overly represented in the post-reshuffle government – but that’s not what it feels like to some grumbling Tory males around Westminster.
Education Secretary Michael Gove is to become the new chief whip in the most wide-ranging cabinet reshuffle of David Cameron’s premiership.
William Hague stands down as foreign secretary and will stay in the cabinet as Leader of the Commons, Downing Street confirms.
They’re not sacked but merely told: “There’s no work next week.” How a new play shows people struggling with the life of zero-hours contracts.
Alexander Stubb tells Channel 4 News that the debate in Britain over the EU is too “black and white” and says that Britain needs the union, just as the union needs Britain.
David Cameron says he can “deliver” on European Union reforms, despite a failed attempt to block former Luxembourg prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker’s path to the European Commission presidency.
Ukip leader Nigel Farage attacks the prime minister’s record on an in-out referendum, claiming his own party needs to hold the balance of power after the next general election to guarantee one.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says European leaders went back on private promises to back Prime Minister David Cameron in his battle to block an appointee for EU Commission president.
David Cameron says the European Council’s decision to appoint Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission is a “bad day for Europe”, adding: “You have to lose a battle to win a war.”
In one part of Europe people are literally dying to join the European Union club, in another they have never been entirely sure how much they want it.
David Cameron is facing isolation in the European Union as he clashes with fellow leaders at a two-day summit to choose a new president for the European Commission.
David Cameron remains determined to block the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker, but is he swimming against the tide?
If EU leaders back Jean-Claude Juncker for the post of European Commission president it would be “flicking two fingers” at voters across the continent, Iain Duncan Smith says.
In the UK for a three-day visit, Premier Li failed to kill off his ambassador’s insult suggesting Britain was behind Germany and France in Beijing’s estimation.