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Cameron speech – going down like cold moussaka
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.
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Ireland gets to vote on Europe
February 28, 2012 5:51 pm 7 Comments
What are the implications of the Irish having a referendum on the European fiscal compact treaty?
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No Tory MPs uprising over Europe – yet
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.
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Cameron now has ‘breathing space’
December 9, 2011 6:56 pm 11 Comments
It looks to many here in Brussels like a flick of the tail from someone heading for the exit. He's got his work cut out convincing them otherwise, writes Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
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Years of UK blackmail could be at an end – source
9:54 am 8 Comments
A European Comission source tells Gary Gibbon that that the UK is deluded to think that with the 17 going it alone they wouldn't - potentially joined by others - be operating a single market within the single market.
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‘Britain faces a moment of truth soon – in or out’ – source
December 8, 2011 4:09 pm 11 Comments
A European Commission source tells Gary Gibbon that it's time for Britain to make some tough decisions on Europe, decisions "it has dodged for too long".
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Boris adds to Dave’s eurozone bother
December 7, 2011 6:29 pm 6 Comments
The prime minister's in a bind: on the one hand, the potential collapse of the euro without radical intervention from eurozone ministers; on the other, prominent Tory rebellions and calls for Europe referendums. What next, asks Gary Gibbon.
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It’s fiscal union, Jim, but not as we know it
October 27, 2011 4:56 pm 2 Comments
Is the eurozone heading towards fiscal unity, asks Gary Gibbon. Maybe, but - as Spock might have said - "It's fiscal union, Jim, but not as we know it."
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Euro fudge produces ‘broad agreement’
October 26, 2011 7:39 pm 1 Comment
Today's eurozone summit has reached a "broad agreement", blogs Gary Gibbon. But it will be difficult to flesh that deal out before the G20 Cannes summit next week.
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Where next for dented David Cameron?
October 25, 2011 11:49 am 15 Comments
After the biggest challenge to his authority since he took office, our Political Editor Gary Gibbon asks: what next for Prime Minister David Cameron?

