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Tony Blair warned Gordon Brown a week ago that his campaign to become the first president of the European Council was doomed after a decisive intervention by the German chancellor Angela Merkel, according to senior Whitehall...
The EU's Lisbon Treaty comes into force on 1 December - and with it the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The UK, Czech Republic and Poland have negotiated opt-outs from the Charter. But here Damian Chalmers, Professor of EU...
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing was not happy on Friday. When the former French president embarked on his mission seven years ago to remodel the European Union for the 21st century, he had expected a very different result. Mr Giscard...
Do I detect a certain regret that Tony Blair failed in his bid to become president of the European council ( Comment , Leaders , 20 November)? Is there a single person left in this country who does not share in the shame of the...
The surprise announcement of tougher standards for asset-backed securities used as collateral highlights how far the bank is planning its 'exit strategy' to dismantle measures taken after last year's collapse of Lehman Brothers
There was a lot wrong with how the European Union selected its new leaders, and the two individuals chosen as the faces and voices of Europe may have their defects. But there was not nearly as much wrong with either process or...
Yesterday was a good morning for Europe. Now, for the first time, it has a common voice on the international stage. It must use it well and use it sparingly. That means worrying less about detail and concentrating on the big...
Europe has shown it wants to be a supersize Switzerland Comparing the EU with the FEDERATION of Switzerland, a direct democracy - in wich the PEOPLE have the final direct vote - requiring a double majority (of popluare votes...
This was not Europe’s finest hour. After eight years of tortured labour, the mountain brought forth a mouse. Supporters of the European Union are dismayed, just as Eurosceptics are sneeringly exultant. Both camps should have...
Dramatic images from the deluged towns of Cumbria make most front pages. The most widely used picture shows emergency crews carrying an elderly woman over a wall and into an inflatable dinghy. Alongside it, the Times has the...
