Blog posts tagged "euro"

February 21, 2012 8:17 am 28 Comments

How can Greece countenance such a bleak future, ponders Jon Snow.

December 9, 2011 7:54 am 74 Comments

Cameron's emphasis on his own veto did not obscure the reality that 17 Euro members, plus some half a dozen aspirant members, have agreed a much tighter fiscal regime, trading significant areas of sovereignty to achieve it.

December 5, 2011 10:01 am 25 Comments

Perhaps the time has indeed come to put to the public Britain's role in the continent, writes Jon SNow.

June 17, 2010 10:46 am 52 Comments

Spain is in the frame again...stress testing her banks seems not to have been a particularly reassuring experience.

June 3, 2010 1:41 pm 39 Comments

For the last two years French President Nicolas Sarkozy as been trying to persuade Britain to look again at the idea of combining nuclear deterrence with France.

May 20, 2010 8:23 am 46 Comments

In a hurry - this morning I have to give a lecture to the Westminster Media Forum and am still thinking about what I need to say...but Europe is on my mind.

May 5, 2010 8:53 am 71 Comments

What a backdrop! Markets falling, bankrupt Greece in uproar, Spain’s stock market down 5 per cent. Come vote for ugh, what? Yes, a stable, fiscally sound deficit free Britain er, in Europe.

March 16, 2009 12:55 pm No Comments

Lunch in store today with EU President Barroso. The Portuguese politician has had a bigger impact on world politics than most of his predecessors. I’ve interviewed him before but not had this sort of an encounter. It will be intriguing to see what he makes of the EU’s future, under siege from the disintegrating economies [...]