European Union

Cameron confident over EU despite Lawson

Wednesday 8 May 2013

DAVID Cameron is confident that his pledge to renegotiate a deal with Brussels will "deliver results", No 10 has insisted, after Lord Lawson, the former Conservative Chancellor, increased the pressure on him by calling for Britain to quit the European Union altogether.

Merkel's love affair with France is truly over

Tuesday 7 May 2013

David Cameron may not appreciate this, but the big story in Europe right now is not his proposed "in-out" referendum in 2017 (if the UK still exists then, that is).

Short-term case to keep sterling

Tuesday 7 May 2013

David Kirk claims the euro shows that currencies must be large scale and international to avoid "market turbulence"( Letters, May 4).

Tougher fines bid for meat fraudsters

Tuesday 7 May 2013

MORE unannounced inspections of food com-panies and tougher fines for labelling fraud are being proposed by the European Commission in the wake of the horsemeat scandal.

Success of UKIP scuppers Tory electoral ambitions

Monday 6 May 2013

Fruitcakes!