Eurozone crisis: Cameron and Merkel agree framework for EU negotiations
UK could be able to relax controversial EU working time directive in exchange for signing revised Lisbon treaty David Cameron and Angela Merkel have agreed a tentative deal in response to the eurozone...
View Article'Tobin tax' would hit City of London with missile, says John Major
Former prime minister says move to introduce financial transaction tax would fan flames of Euroscepticism John Major formally opens the north terminal extension at Gatwick. The former PM has...
View ArticleAs euro teeters on the edge of disaster, IMF reveals it will use British...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has unveiled a new ‘credit line’ to channel money to troubled economies and plans to use British taxpayers' cash to bail out the Italian economy, it was revealed...
View ArticleSummit tension tightened by London and Berlin
ARTHUR BEESLEY ANALYSIS:�EU LEADERS descend on Brussels tonight for a make-or-break summit to save the single currency. Although the broad parameters of the latest deal to calm the debt debacle are...
View ArticleIMF 'credit line' will funnel British taxpayers' cash into stricken Italian...
Plans to funnel British taxpayers’ cash to Italy’s stricken economy were unveiled yesterday as the Euro continued to teeter on the edge of disaster. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) set up a new...
View ArticleCameron bids for job law deal with Berlin as price of agreeing to new EU...
David Cameron is bidding to claw back parts of employment law from Brussels as the price for agreeing a new EU treaty. Downing Street confirmed that the Prime Minister is attempting to get aspects of...
View ArticleThe only 'suicide' is that of Nick Clegg and a party woefully out of touch ...
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg warned on Sunday that Eurosceptic MPs were risking 'economic suicide' with their demands for a renegotiation of Britain's relationship with the EU. But the truth is...
View ArticlePeace in Europe at risk: Dire warning from German leader Merkel
Peace in Europe could be shattered if the euro collapses, the German leader Angela Merkel said today. As EU leaders gathered for their second emergency summit in four days, she stunned diplomats by...
View ArticleMerkel and Cameron hold talks
British prime minister David Cameron will try to head off moves towards a formal "two-speed" Europe at talks today with German chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. The two leaders are meeting amid...
View ArticleDavid Cameron meets Angela Merkel for 'two-speed' Europe showdown
David Cameron will try to head off moves towards a formal "two-speed" Europe at talks today with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. The two leaders are meeting amid rising tensions over the...
View ArticleMerkel and Cameron discuss clashing views on euro
BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel and David Cameron will try to resolve clashing views on the euro zone crisis Friday, after Berlin accused London of being selfish about Europe in comments that touched...
View ArticleHighlights: Cameron, Merkel news conference in Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) - Here are key quotes from a news conference in Berlin with British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel: MERKEL ON WINNING BACK CREDIBILITY: "I believe...
View ArticleCameron should offer Merkel a deal: A new treaty in return for new powers...
The slow-motion train wreck that is the eurozone is set to crumple a few more carriages in the next few days and weeks. Greece and Italy may have bought a temporary respite on the bond markets by...
View ArticleEurozone debt crisis: Cameron and Merkel put on united front
German and UK leaders stress positives at Berlin eurozone summit but key differences on ECB, Tobin tax and euro bailouts remain Angela Merkel and David Cameron in Berlin for the eurozone debt crisis...
View ArticleFuneral in Berlin? Dave dodges bullet with lots of 'superwaffle'
Funeral in Berlin is a grainy 1960s Cold War movie starring Michael Caine and some sinister Russians. And yesterday, as Dave headed for the city that once marked the grim dividing line between West...
View ArticleBritain and the eurozone: too close for comfort, too distant to be an...
Cameron and Merkel were all smiles last week, but the PM's pitch to Europe is a hard one to make David Cameron and German chancellor Angela Merkel at a joint press conference in Berlin last week as...
View ArticleGermany backs campaign to keep UK in EU
Government figures in Berlin say they see continued UK membership of the EU as central to helping reverse economic decline Angela Merkel and David Cameron. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters The...
View ArticleThe end of the pound? German minister claims Britain WILL join the euro (and...
A top German official predicted today that the UK will have to adopt the euro 'faster than people think', despite the ongoing crisis in the single currency. The extraordinary comments by finance...
View ArticleCameron must give the public a vote on Europe, says IDS... as Sarkozy and...
Cameron must give the public a vote on Europe, says Iain Duncan Smith Iain Duncan Smith created a major headache for David Cameron yesterday by putting himself at the head of a Cabinet demand for a...
View ArticleMr Cameron talks tough in Berlin
Today's discussion in Berlin between David Cameron and the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will not be a meeting of minds. There are profound differences between them about the eurozone crisis -...
View ArticleDavid Cameron at odds over Europe as Tories call for referendum on fiscal...
The balancing act facing David Cameron over Europe became even more difficult yesterday when the tensions between the two Coalition parties burst into the open. Iain Duncan Smith, the Conservative...
View ArticleEurozone crisis: David Cameron calls for action
Speaking after talks with French president Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, Mr Cameron said that a "big bazooka approach" was needed to convince the markets that the eurozone institutions have the firepower...
View ArticleGermany's war on the pound: You'll have to join euro... and sooner than you...
Germany last night declared that Britain would be forced to scrap the pound and join the euro – as David Cameron returned home empty-handed from crisis talks in Berlin. In a highly-provocative...
View ArticleGermany tightens the screw on 'isolated' Britain as tensions soar
The Prime Minister returned from talks in Berlin with the German leader having made little progress in agreeing emergency action to stop the financial contagion spreading. Tensions were inflamed after...
View ArticleThe pound is doomed, the UK will have to join the euro, declares Germany as...
Germany last night declared that Britain would be forced to scrap the pound and join the euro – as David Cameron returned home empty-handed from crisis talks in Berlin. In a highly-provocative...
View ArticleBritain turns on 'disreputable' Germany as relations sour over eurozone crisis
Whitehall says Germany should be more flexible in eurozone crisis after single currency boosted its economy in first decade Angela Merkel and David Cameron pictured at an EU in October last year in...
View ArticleThe German elections will test David Cameron's luck
David Cameron has been luckier than he deserves to be in his dealings with Europe's most powerful political leader. If Angela Merkel were a less pragmatic and forgiving type she would not lightly...
View ArticleFour reasons why David Cameron's Europe speech was a dud
Sometimes politicians are tactical rather than strategic. They seek short-term fixes to their problems without thinking about the long-term consequences. They get good reviews on the day but the plan...
View ArticleAngela Merkel ready to offer Britain limited EU opt-outs
Berlin's stance revealed before chancellor's visit and a compromise is likely before possible referendum Angela Merkel is believed to be willing to grant 'limited opt-outs' to David Cameron's...
View ArticleMerkel beats wary path to London amid uncertain EU ties
As Chancellor Merkel heads to London, there's been a determined effort back home in Berlin to dampen expectations. The message is: don't expect the German leader to open her handbag with a great...
View ArticleGermany's Merkel to Cameron: I can't satisfy all Britain's EU wishes
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Prime Minister David Cameron she did not support the kind of fundamental reform of the European Union he wanted, but said...
View ArticleWhy Merkel is the key to Cameron's pledge to Britain
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s address to both houses of parliament in Britain today is an honor that not all foreign dignitaries receive. She joins the ranks of Nelson Mandela, Charles de Gaulle,...
View ArticleMerkel won't give Cameron what he wants most – an EU referendum
David Cameron is giving Angela Merkel the full red carpet treatment. This is because he needs her help in his plan to bridge the fundamental divide on the right of British politics. He wants to go into...
View ArticleGermany's Merkel tells Cameron she cannot satisfy all Britain's EU wishes
LONDON (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the British parliament on Thursday she was not prepared to promise fundamental reform of the European Union for London's sake, but said the bloc...
View ArticleUK says to use Merkel visit to push curbs to 'welfare shopping'
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Sunday it planned to use a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week to try to persuade Berlin to support measures to discourage people from moving within...
View ArticleMerkel tightens grip on eurozone: Why did Irish budget plans end up in Berlin?
Fears that Germany’s grip on the eurozone is tightening increased last night after it emerged that details of Ireland’s budget plans were leaked to German politicians. A document circulated in the...
View ArticleShouldn't you start the jogging again Dave? Cameron appears to have piled on...
Bit porky: Prime Minister David Cameron filled his shirt on visit to a ward at the Royal Salford Hospital in Manchester David Cameron issued his New Year pledge on Britain's place in the EU today - but...
View ArticleSTEPHEN GLOVER: The PM can no longer deny the people a referendum
David Cameron is in a pickle — by far the most serious of his political career. He will not be able to charm himself out of this particular predicament. What it comes down to is that he cannot please...
View ArticleWe must quit the EU and be free of its 'shackles' or face joining a ...
Referendum: Lord Owen says the deepening eurozone crisis means that Britons should be asked urgently whether the UK is better off out of the EU UK has the perfect opportunity to break from the...
View ArticleI'm sick of your constant criticism says sneering Sarko: French president...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy told David Cameron he was ‘sick’ of his advice over the eurozone crisis last night as the EU summit ended in acrimony and indecision. The pair clashed because Britain...
View ArticleCameron rules out referendum on Britain's relationship with Europe... as...
Downing Street slapped down Iain Duncan Smith today, ruling out a referendum on Britain's relationship with Europe. David Cameron's spokesman said the Work and Pensions Secretary was wrong to say there...
View ArticleMarkets slip as Merkel and Sarkozy say they will spearhead new treaties to...
France and Germany will lead moves to negotiate new European Union treaties that appropriate more political and fiscal power for Brussels from member states. That was the message delivered from a...
View ArticleFurious Cameron on a euro mission to Berlin: You must act NOW to save single ...
David Cameron is planning to fly to Berlin next week amid growing British anger at Germany’s refusal to bring an end to the euro crisis. Senior figures in Downing Street are furious that Chancellor...
View ArticleQ&A: Could Europe plunge into a new credit crunch if EU figures fail to save...
New rules: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has demanded a fresh EU treaty to let the eurozone dictate tax and spending policies to members of the single currency Can the euro survive? Senior EU figures...
View ArticleTory plans to renegotiate terms of EU membership get boost from Berlin
British prime minister David Cameron has received a highly significant boost to his campaign to renegotiate the terms of Britain’s EU membership after Berlin said that any EU treaty change must protect...
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