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Europe Weekly: Brussels feels the freeze In Europe Weekly this week we look back at the latest EU summit in Brussels to save the euro and efforts by the bloc’s leaders to impose stricter budget… 03/02/2012
Another EU summit, same old problems Some people in the financial community called it ‘the big freeze’ —not a reference to the weather, but the outcome of the latest special EU summit. That is… 03/02/2012
Greece’s euro exit: is it only a matter of time? Greece’s tragic economic plight is once again centre stage of the eurozone’s debt crisis. At the latest EU summit in Brussels on Monday January 30, Lucas… 31/01/2012
Leaders chew the fat at EU summitHungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban talks with his British counterpart David Cameron at a European Union summit in Brussels, January 30, 2012. REUTERS/Yves… 31/01/2012
UK and Czech Republic refuse to sign EU fiscal pact Chancellor Angela Merkel has finally got her way with most of Europe agreeing to a German-inspired pact for stricter budget discipline. Only Britain and the… 31/01/2012
EU leaders shift focus from austerity to growth Growth and job creation are high on the agenda as EU leaders gather in Brussels for their latest summit. The economic crisis is not far away, amid warnings… 30/01/2012
EU leaders hold debt crisis summit – again European leaders are holding their 17th summit in two years as the bloc battles to resolve its sovereign debt problems. In Brussels 26 of the 27 members are… 30/01/2012
Belgium hit by 24-hour general strike Trains planes and buses are being especially hit by Belgium’s first general strike in almost two decades. Held to coincide with the EU summit, the… 30/01/2012
EU summit hopes fade fast in the markets The boost to the financial market from the measures outlined at last week’s EU summit to strengthen the region’s budget discipline did not last long. With… 12/12/2011
Euro crisis: No big bazooka European leaders have made new big efforts during the last few days to tackle the debt crisis. There was the EU summit in Brussels and, of course, the … 09/12/2011
Britain and the rest of the EU poles apart While not a total divorce the decision by Britain to go its own separate way clearly marks a fundamental split in the EU. If David Cameron was hoping for… 09/12/2011
Summit boosts ECB’s role The role of the European Central Bank is key to curbing the threat from the debt crisis. To keep some eurozone countries’ borrowing costs from rising to… 09/12/2011
Europe Weekly: Crunch time for the euro When leaders start talking about integration or disintegration and only a few days to save the euro, you know things aren’t going according to plan. This… 02/12/2011
Europe Weekly: Have Europe’s leaders done enough to save the euro? EU heads held two emergency summits this week aimed at saving the euro. Slicing Greece’s debt in half, increasing the EU’s bail-out fund and protecting… 04/11/2011
After the summit: Is the crisis under control? The past week’s top story was by far the marathon EU summit that finally produced an agreement to tackle the debt crisis that has been rattling the continent… 28/10/2011
At EU summit, protesters call for changeOn the occasion of the EU Summit, French protesters called for Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy to wake up to their responsibilities ahead of the… 27/10/2011
EU leaders agree euro zone plan – nocomment Europe’s leaders have finally agreed a euro zone rescue plan after marathon talks lasting more than eight hours. 27/10/2011
‘D-Day’ debt summit in Brussels highlights differing views While the 27 eurozone leaders are in Brussels strategising and negotiating on the debt crisis, observers are speculating on the final outcome – including if… 26/10/2011
High stakes at euro summit As the latest euro rescue summit loomed, there remained major differences on confronting the currency bloc’s worsening sovereign debt crisis Germany set the… 25/10/2011
Europe still awaits decisions from Brussels The presidents of the European Council and the EU Commission ruled nothing in or out at the conclusion of Sunday’s summit of political heads ahead of a… 23/10/2011
EU leaders gather in Brussels for crucial summit Europe’s leaders arrived at the European Council for the crucial two-leg summit to tackle the deepening sovereign debt crisis. German Chancellor, Angela… 23/10/2011
Germany dampens euro zone crisis hopes Germany’s has lowered expectations of a breakthrough in the euro zone’s sovereign debt crisis at next weekend’s summit of European Union leaders. Financial… 17/10/2011
Barroso’s rallying cry EU president Jose Manuel Barroso has called on leaders to unite ahead of Thursday’s summit on Europe’s debt crisis. Speaking in Brussels he warned failure… 21/07/2011
EU Summit spells the end of Schengen? The EU summit has concluded with leaders agreeing to tighten migration controls including a potential rollback of the Schengen accord, reintroducing border… 25/06/2011
Croatia gets provisional go-ahead to join EU The European Union has given a conditional thumbs up for Croatia to join the bloc. That should see accession talks wrapped up as early as next week, allowing… 24/06/2011
Europe: The state of Union Euronews explores the concerns of political figures and experts during a two day conference in Florence. 10/05/2011
Firefighters spray foam over police officers in BrusselsFirefighters spray foam over police officers during a protest in Brussels. Members of Brussels’ fire brigade are demanding clearer rules with regards to… 25/03/2011
EU summit: Portugal and Libya Concern weighs heavily on Portugal on day two of the EU leaders’ summit, as its prime minister, Jose Socrates, resigned on Wednesday, a victim of his… 25/03/2011
Portugal clogs up EU summit He may be on his way out as prime minister of Portugal but Jose Socrates was at the centre of nearly everything at the start of the EU’s two-day summit in… 24/03/2011
Euro rescue fund decision delayed Portugal can expect no quick financial fix from Europe, as European Union leaders at their summit this Thursday and Friday are set to delay a decision on how… 23/03/2011
Euro zone rigour promises pain The extraordinary Libya summit will not eclipse a separate euro zone economic policy meeting. The euro zone countries item number one is a controversial… 10/03/2011
Interview with Herman Van Rompuy President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy faces the task, with others, of convincing EU member states to go along with a proposal by Germany and… 27/10/2010
EU Presidency slams “eurosceptic” BritainThe head of the rotating EU Presidency has rounded on Britain over its refusal to sign up to new tougher fiscal rules. Speaking in Strasbourg, the Polish… 14/12/2011
Opposition in Poland to EU’s new fiscal treatyEuro-sceptic Poles voice their opposition to closer European integration at a mass rally in central Warsaw. If Germany and France thought the UK was alone… 14/12/2011
EU summit: Cameron tells Commons he acted in UK’s interestPrime Minister David Cameron has defended Britain’s ‘go- it-alone’ stance’ at last week’s EU summit. He addressed parliament without his deputy, Liberal… 12/12/2011
Cameron: The build-up to his EU Treaty vetoIn October, in front of the British Houses of Parliament, a group of protesters demanded a referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the EU. They… 12/12/2011
Europe’s ’27 minus 1’ agreementNicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel dreamed of a new treaty creating economic unity, but as they failed to secure all 27 signatures, it will only be an… 12/12/2011
Cameron defends his ‘no’ to the EU“It was not the easy thing to do but it was the right thing to do.” So said David Cameron at a stormy session in Britain’s parliament, explaining his decision… 12/12/2011
UK leaves the euro’s last-chance saloonThe summit billed as the last chance to save the eurozone has ended with all-but-one EU leaders agreeing on the need for closer economic integration. Only… 09/12/2011
Merkel hails Brussels ‘breakthrough’German Chancellor, Angela Merkel brushed aside the rift in the bloc from Britain’s veto and focused instead on the long term stability of the euro. The… 09/12/2011
Cameron: Britain’s better off outside the euroDavid Cameron has pledged Britain will remain a “full and very influential” member of the European Union, despite his veto on the treaty change. The UK prime… 09/12/2011
Is it a two speed Europe after the summit?How will history view the family photograph of Europe’s leaders gathering for the so-called make-or-break summit? Is this when the bloc changed gear slipping… 09/12/2011
Germany makes concessions for closer eurozone fiscal policyGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping an agreement between the eurozone countries to tighten budget controls will lead to a more stable euro. The 17… 09/12/2011
Sarkozy stops short of criticising British ‘friends’There was little to suggest any seething anger from the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy on David Cameron’s stance at the summit. The words in his news… 09/12/2011
Britain puts brakes on EU treaty changesBritain has rejected proposed amendments to the EU treaty, making an agreement by all 27 member states impossible. British Prime Minister David Cameron… 09/12/2011
Failure of EU treaty deal brings a new ‘two-speed Europe’There will be no changes to the Lisbon Treaty after the failure of all 27 members states to agree on terms, meaning the 17 eurozone countries will have to… 09/12/2011
Van Rompuy announces new fiscal pact for euro zoneThe president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, announced a new budgetary pact for the euro zone, saying all currency members and six others had… 09/12/2011
Failure to reach EU-wide accord on treaty changeAttempts among EU leaders to forge agreement among all 27 states on changing treaties to strengthen the euro zone appear to have failed. In the face of… 09/12/2011
Brussels talks begin to save the euroEuropean leaders have begun arriving in Brussels for a crucial summit aimed at resolving the eurozone debt crisis. The main item on the agenda will be the… 08/12/2011
Countdown to euro crisis summitTime is ticking as EU leaders head towards this week’s two day critical summit to save the euro. In the short term, decisions are needed over the means to… 07/12/2011
After Europe, the world: Sarkozy looks to G20French President Nicolas Sarkozy said budget cuts of between six and eight billion euros will have to be made due to low growth predictions for France… 28/10/2011
Leaders’ confident euro rescue deal will succeedThe last attempt to put a stop to the spiralling crisis resulted in a deal on July 21st. But that quickly broke down because the private sector did not have… 27/10/2011
EU leaders satisfied with euro-crisis dealAs head of Europe’s leading economy, Chancellor Angela Merkel had gone into these talks promising to protect the German people from shouldering too much of… 27/10/2011
Brussels summit agrees on bank recapitalisation strategyAn agreement on the recapitalisation of Europe’s banks has been reached at the debt summit in Brussels. All 27 European leaders have come up with a plan… 27/10/2011
Marathon talks produce a euro zone rescue dealEurope’s leaders have finally agreed a euro zone rescue plan after marathon talks lasting more than eight hours. The main points of the discussions surround… 27/10/2011
Debt deal elusive as euro zone summit heads into nightEurope’s leaders intend to multiply their rescue fund fourfold to one trillion euros, according to reports emerging from the emergency euro zone summit in… 27/10/2011
European summit opens in BrusselsThe European Council opened its doors again to the political elite the 14th crisis summit in 21 months. Sunday’s meetings failed to come up with concrete… 26/10/2011
German MPs back Merkel on euro zone rescue fundIt was a crucial parliamentary vote for Europe and it went Angela Merkel’s way. With a large majority, the German Chancellor won the Bundestag’s support on… 26/10/2011
Merkel and Cameron grapple with reluctant parliamentsAhead of Wednesday evening’s emergency EU summit, Angela Merkel warned Germany’s parliament that Europe was facing its most difficult situation since World… 26/10/2011
Hopes low ahead of EU summitThe EU’s 27 heads of state file into a summit today with sounds off suggesting they will not clinch a significant deal on the eurozone crisis. The 17… 26/10/2011
Merkel prepares to talk tough over bailout fundGermany’s parliament is being called on to get behind Chancellor Angela Merkel before she attends today’s critical European summit in Brussels. Merkel wants… 26/10/2011
Italian last-ditch pension deal reachedItaly’s fractious coalition government has reached an 11th-hour deal on pension reform ahead of the crunch EU gathering in Brussels. Day-long tense talks… 26/10/2011
Euro crisis sparks heated exchanges and another summitThe headlines in Italian papers spoke of a sense of ridicule after leaders at the weekend’s major euro zone crisis summit told Italy’s Prime Minister to come… 24/10/2011
Leaders land in Brussels for debt-tackling summitEuropean leaders are in Brussels today planning how to deal with the debt crisis. All 27 will be at the meeting discussing measures to stop the problem from… 23/10/2011
‘Bank deal agreed’ at euro zone debt talksEU finance ministers have outlined a provisional deal to protect European banks from a potential Greek debt default, ahead of a leaders’ summit in Brussels… 23/10/2011
EU leaders delay planned summitEuropean Union leaders have delayed a summit planned for next Monday by almost a week. The postponement is to buy time to agree a crisis strategy to boost… 10/10/2011
Tymoshenko trial casts shadow over EU meeting in WarsawLeaders from European Union member countries and their counterparts from eastern European countries are meeting in the Polish capital, Warsaw, for discussions… 30/09/2011
Croatia gets provisional go-ahead to join EUThe European Union has given a conditional thumbs up for Croatia to join the bloc. That should see accession talks wrapped up as early as next week, allowing… 24/06/2011
EU urges Greece to unite over austerityEU leaders put on a united front for the cameras in Brussels. But behind the scenes, this is one of the most testing times the bloc has ever known. They… 24/06/2011
EU tells Greece to unite behind austerity planEU leaders have urged Greek politicians to unite behind tough new austerity plans. It comes on the second day of what has been described as a “frustrating” … 24/06/2011
EU summit enters second day after agreement on GreeceGreece’s Prime Minister, George Papandreou, has pledged to push through legislation in the Greek parliament for extra tax rises and spending cuts. They are… 24/06/2011
Eurozone adopts new Greek rescue planThe EU’s eurozone members have followed the Franco-German line and agreed on a new financial aid plan to rescue debt-stricken Greece. The fourth EU summit… 24/06/2011
EU summit overshadowed by GreeceEU heads of government are in Brussels for a summit that is likely to be overshadowed by Greece’s economic troubles. Having survived a vote of confidence… 23/06/2011
EU-Russia summit clears vegetables for importRussia has agreed to lift a ban on vegetable imports from the European Union if the EU provides safety guarantees. A row over this was cleared up at a… 10/06/2011
Portuguese bailout pressuresEuro currency leaders have a tense few weeks ahead of them, watching Portugal. The EU summit deferred until June final decisions on increasing the size of… 25/03/2011
EU summit decisive over Libya but delays bail-outEuropean leaders met in Brussels on Thursday for the first day of a summit aimed at tackling the debt crisis. The meeting was dominated by the Portuguese… 25/03/2011
Pitfalls await busy EU summitEurope’s leaders start a two-day summit in the late afternoon of Thursday with a packed agenda and problems on nearly every horizon. Disrupting the planned… 24/03/2011
27 leaders, one voice – EU says Gaddafi out nowThe European Union’s 27 leaders have said unanimously that the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi must leave power now. But apart from that, there appeared… 11/03/2011
E-bonds might follow euro safety netEuropean Union leaders at a summit on this year’s euro zone debt crisis have agreed to have a permanent financial safety net in place by 2013. The European… 17/12/2010
Cameron’s EU budget bid splits CouncilBritish Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed he has won France and Germany’s support to cap the European Union’s budget. The EU’s next long-term… 17/12/2010
Euro summit agrees new stability strategiesEuropean Union leaders have wrapped up their two-day regular end-of-the-year summit expressing satisfaction with a number of strategies aimed at correcting… 17/12/2010
Euro-bonds hovering in the wings of EU summitWading into a 27-way match to restore confidence in the euro, European Union leaders at a summit in Brussels are set to approve a change in their governing… 16/12/2010
EU sets sights on treaty changeIt is mission accomplished for Angela Merkel. The German Chancellor, backed by France, has won agreement from other European Union leaders to tweak their main… 30/10/2010
Cameron hauls back over EU spendingBritish Prime Minister David Cameron has been leading efforts to stop the European Parliament from increasing the EU budget by almost 6% in 2011. The UK and… 29/10/2010
EU summit backs German-French call for treaty changeGermany has got what it wants: On the second day of their summit, the 27 EU leaders have already agreed in principle to back calls by Berlin and Paris to… 29/10/2010
Van Rompuy charged with changes to Lisbon TreatyThe man charged with amending the Lisbon Treaty is EU Council President Herman van Rompuy. He must now prepare a study of the consequences of a treaty… 29/10/2010
EU backs treaty changes to shore up fiscal defencesThe EU has agreed in principle to back calls by France and Germany to make slight amendments to the Lisbon Treaty, to tighten up the blocs defences against… 29/10/2010
EU summit raises temperatures over treaty and spendingGermany and France have set out to re-tune the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty. At a two-day summit in Brussels, their leaders are expected to have quite a job… 28/10/2010
EU rumbling over German-French fiscal discipline pushEU leaders are on edge over the prospect of a full-blown political shoving match when they gather for a summit this Thursday. Germany’s Chancellor Angela… 27/10/2010
Now France and Germany clash over Roma policyFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy has been confronted with firm denials from Berlin after claiming that Germany like France is planning to clear out Roma… 17/09/2010
Sarkozy unscathed by Roma debate at EU summitFrance’s President has come out of an EU summit with fellow leaders his head high on the question of expelling Roma people. This followed an escalation of… 16/09/2010
Victimisation of Roma hot question at EU summitFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy has given little indication among EU leaders today of any human rights heat under his collar. His manner on arrival for a… 16/09/2010
Victimisation of Roma centre stage at EU summitFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy is fighting to limit his isolation among EU leaders today. A battery of international human rights condemnation is trained on… 16/09/2010
EU sets out new series of money measuresThe EU has agreed to carry out transparency checks on the financial health of it’s top banks as part of a number of measures to convince investors it can… 18/06/2010
EU leaders agree to push for banks taxEurope’s banks will be taxed and made to make their finances public. The leaders of the 27 EU countries emerged from their one-day summit in Brussels with… 17/06/2010
EU summit focusses on return to growthLeaders of the 27 EU countries are tucking into a one-day summit centred on tackling public debt and getting back to economic growth. Europe’s finances… 17/06/2010
EU leaders seek to contain new debt crisesThe EU’s top brass are meeting in Brussels in an effort to fix their battered economies and exit Europe’s worst debt crisis in decades. Defending the euro… 17/06/2010
Eurozone-IMF joint aid deal reprieves Greece“A great day for the euro…” With these words German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed an agreement by the 16 EU countries using the euro single currency to… 26/03/2010
Eurozone agrees Greek rescue planLeaders from the 16 eurozone countries have agreed to support Greece’s debt-laden economy -but only as a last resort. The 22-billion-euro safety net… 26/03/2010
