Gary Gibbon
Cameron gets his cut – despite ‘le snub’ from France
Whether David Cameron says it or not, his supporters are already proclaiming this week’s EU budget deal as a vindication of his Europe speech and hardline strategy.
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UK, France fail to convince EU to arm Syria rebels
In the two years since Syria’s armed uprising began, 70,000 have lost their lives – yet Europe remains deeply divided over whether to arm the rebels trying to overthrow President Assad.
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Gary Gibbon
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French president Francois Hollande arrives in Mali
French President Francois Hollande arrives in Timbuktu, Mali, six days after French forces parachuted in the town to recapture it from Al-Qaeda linked militants.
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Mali: Islamists counter-attack from the west
Al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Mali launch a counter-offensive, taking the town of Diabaly, 400km from the capital Bamako, after three days of French fighter jet strikes on their desert strongholds.
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Why France’s super-rich fear Hollande’s first budget
When Francois Hollande’s socialist government presents its budget to the French people, it will cast a harsh light on the distinction between election rhetoric and the realities of power.
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France’s ‘fighting budget’ is toughest in 30 years
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault hits the wealthy with “a fighting budget” that will raise taxes on the super-rich, but leave 90 per cent of taxpaying households untouched.
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The French president, the tweet and ‘La Rottweiler’
A feud involving the French president’s live-in girlfriend, his former partner and his eldest son overshadows France’s Bastille Day celebrations.
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Cameron, Hollande and the red carpet détente
The smiles are strained and the body language stiff but Conservative David Cameron insists he has much in common with Francois Hollande – the Socialist he refused to meet during France’s elections.
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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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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.
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LIVE BLOG: Europe on the edge
Is this the endgame for the euro? Tonight we report from across Europe on the day leaders meet in Brussels while contingency plans are made for a Greek exit from the single currency.
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Britain’s uncertain place in ‘new Europe’
As contingency plans are made for a Greek euro exit, Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam considers the impact of a “cascade of austerity avoidance” across Europe.
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Matt Frei
Nato leaders’ isolation has rarely been greater
The irony is that just as the world’s embattled leaders stand increasingly accused of being out of touch they closet themselves away more and more, writes Channel 4 News Washington Correspondent Matt Frei.
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Commissioners at odds over planning for Greek euro exit
Amid fears that Greece may be on the verge of leaving the euro, a senior EU commissioner tells Channel 4 News that there are no preparations for an exit.
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Entente cordiale as Hollande flies to meet Obama
The new French president Francois Hollande will meet Barack Obama in the White House, ahead of the G-8 summit at Camp David on Thursday: is a new Franco-American relationship being forged?
