Blog posts tagged "EU"

May 17, 2012 4:59 pm 9 Comments

Political editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the less than positive reaction to David Cameron's interventions on Europe.

January 31, 2012 12:47 pm 6 Comments

Quite a few normally outspoken MPs genuinely thought the PM "had no choice" over Europe's fiscal compact, though there is a sense amongst some that he has marched people up the hill again.

January 30, 2012 4:39 pm 1 Comment

Chancellor Merkel has another saying which aides say she uses frequently in private: "If you climb up a tree you have to climb down it." She may well be looking at David Cameron's mini u-turn this afternoon on the use of EU institutions by the rest of the EU and think she's watching just such an arborial stunt. Certainly some Tory MPs think they're looking at some kind of climbdown and don't like it.

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There isn't normally a prime ministerial statement after an informal European Council like this one but one Tory MP told me he was sure there would be an attempt to table an urgent question and drag Mr Cameron to the Commons. "He'd better explain quickly," one Tory MP said, "or he's going to get his backside kicked."

October 24, 2011 11:40 am 1 Comment

Gary Gibbon on the last minute efforts to stop Tories rebelling by voting for a referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union.

June 17, 2010 6:00 pm 1 Comment

Prime Minister David Cameron will be pleased that he's got through his first EU summit unscathed but will know that won't last.

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David Cameron mingles with EU leaders at his first-ever European Council. Gary Gibbon watches.

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David Cameron attends the first EU heads of government meeting. Gary Gibbon reports from Brussels.

November 24, 2009 9:57 am No Comments

Peter Mandelson's piece in the Financial Times today is a veiled warning to EU Commission boss Manuel Barroso.

November 16, 2009 12:41 pm No Comments

Three days before a special European summit, the odds are still that the EU leaders will appoint a non-English speaking former communist from Italy to represent it on foreign affairs and a low-key Belgian Prime Minister as President.