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recession continues into sixth quarter BBC News, 15 May 2013 Setback
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Telegraph 12 May 2013 An
EU referendum is the political mouse that roared by Matthew
d'Ancona - Daily Telegraph 11 May 2013 Spain
is officially insolvent: get your money out while you still can
by Jeremy Warner - Daily Telegraph 10 May 2013 EU
costs and benefits: an impossible balancing act by Stephanie
Flanders, Economics Editor - BBC News, 7 May 2013 Eurobonds
or euro-exit: the choice is Germany's by George Soros - The
Guardian 30 April 2013 The
great Spanish nation can end its crucifixion at will by leaving EMU by
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - Daily Telegraph 26 April 2013 The
European dream is in dire need of a reality check by Simon
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EU
vote: 130 MPs 'express regret' at lack of referendum bill BBC
News, 15 May 2013 Conservative
MPs set for EU referendum vote BBC News, 15 May 2013 Eurozone
recession continues into sixth quarter BBC News, 15 May 2013 France
in double dip recession Daily Telegraph, 15 May 2013 Conservatives
publish draft EU referendum bill BBC News, 14 May 2013 David
Cameron's draft EU referendum bill fails to quell Tory MPs' discontent The
Guardian, 14 May 2013 Setback
means Britain must pay extra £770m to EU Daily Telegraph, 14
May 2013 UK
faces £12bn cost for 'totally useless' EU bank crisis fund Daily
Telegraph, 14 May 2013 France
is more euro-sceptic than Britain, survey shows Daily Telegraph,
14 May 2013 Eurozone
crisis sees Franco-German axis crumbling The Guardian, 14 May
2013 June
EU budget deal 'reachable,' Lewandowski says EUobserver, 14
May 2013 David
Cameron: relationship with EU is unacceptable Daily Telegraph,
13 May 2013 David
Cameron to rush out law for EU vote Daily Telegraph, 13 May
2013 Boris
Johnson backs call for EU referendum bill BBC News, 13 May 2013 Cyprus
receives EU-IMF bailout funds BBC News, 13 May 2013 Michael
Gove and Philip Hammond would vote for Britain to leave the EU BBC
News, 13 May 2013 Michael
Gove says he would vote to leave the EU Sunday Telegraph, 12
May 2013 Spanish
prelate fears 'mutual hatred' over euro crisis The Guardian,
12 May 2013 Abstain
in EU vote, Tory ministers advised BBC News, 12 May 2013 Tory
Cabinet members 'to join protest vote’ on EU referendum Daily
Telegraph, 11 May 2013 EU
referendum row: Tory rebels could get free vote BBC News, 10
May 2013 Slovenia
unveils reforms as it seeks to avoid EU bailout BBC News, 9
May 2013 Portugal's
unemployment rate hits 18% BBC News, 9 May 2013 MPs
'set to get EU referendum vote' BBC News, 9 May 2013 Michael
Portillo: Cameron's EU referendum is an 'insincere ploy' Daily
Telegraph, 9 May 2013 Britain
must be ready to 'walk away' from EU, says Boris Johnson Daily
Telegraph, 9 May 2013 UK
industrial output beats forecasts, official figures show BBC
News, 9 May 2013 EU
to extend welfare rights, despite UK warning EUobserver, 8
May 2013 Olaf
leak questions legal basis of Dalli probe EUobserver, 8 May
2013 EU
China solar panel trade war looms BBC News, 8 May 2013 Free
banking at risk as EU wants us to bank anywhere in Europe Daily
Telegraph, 8 May 2013 Britain
faces defeat over EU budget increase Daily Telegraph, 8 May
2013 PM
promises 'proper choice' on EU after Lawson comments BBC News,
8 May 2013 Brussels'
power grab will break up eurozone - Saxo bank Daily Telegraph,
8 May 2013 Denmark
heading for referendum on European patent court EUobserver,
8 May 2013 Federal
Europe will be 'a reality in a few years', says Jose Manuel Barroso Daily
Telegraph, 7 May 2013 EU
wants home countries to extend benefits for jobseekers BBC News,
7 May 2013 Former
chancellor Lord Lawson calls for UK to exit EU BBC News, 7 May
2013 Former
German finance minister calls for euro break-up Russia Today,
6 May 2013 Nato
chief: EU soft power is 'no power at all' EUobserver, 6 May
2013 MP
from Angela Merkel's coalition defects to Alternative fuer Deutschland
Daily Telegraph, 6 May 2013 Eurozone
retail sales fall for second consecutive month BBC News, 6 May
2013 Eurozone
private sector shrinks for 15th month The Guardian, 6 May 2013 German
service sector contraction sounds alert for recovery in eurozone Daily
Telegraph, 6 May 2013 Slovenia
sell-off planned in attempt to avoid bailout The Guardian, 6
May 2013 Just
9% of Swedes support euro EUobserver, 6 May 2013 Twenty
Tory MPs demand Europe referendum bill Daily Telegraph, 4 May
2013 Eurozone
recession expected to deepen The Guardian, 3 May 2013 Slovenia
sticks to bond sale despite 'junk' status EUobserver, 2 May
2013 Scottish
EU membership is 'no formality' EUobserver, 1 May 2013 Greeks
stage 24-hour anti-austerity general strike BBC News, 1 May
2013 EU-based
credit rating agency buried EUobserver, 1 May 2013 David
Cameron may support EU referendum laws before 2015 Daily Telegraph,
1 May 2013
Cyprus
parliament votes to accept controversial bailout The Guardian,
30 April 2013 Greece
suffers more misery as retails sales slump The Guardian, 30
April 2013 EU
commissioner asks Germany to raise wages EUobserver, 30 April
2013 EU
insurance rules are 'shocking', says PRA chief Andrew Bailey Daily
Telegraph, 30April 2013 Spain
sinks deeper into recession Daily Telegraph, 30 April 2013 Italian
showdown with Germany as Enrico Letta rejects 'death by austerity' Daily
Telegraph, 29 April 2013 Olaf
leak exposes links between EU officials and tobacco lobbyists EUobserver,
29 April 2013 Eurozone
economic sentiment hits 4-month low in April BBC News, 29 April
2013 NHS
counts £900 million cost of treating EU visitors Daily Telegraph,
28 April 2013 Iceland
election result puts EU membership in doubt EUobserver, 28
April 2013 Brussels
seeks to 'make it easier' for EU migrants to move to Britain Daily
Telegraph, 26 April 2013 Spain
revises down its economic forecast BBC News, 26 April 2013 Merkel
falters on economic unity in eurozone Daily Telegraph, 25 April
2013 Austerity
blamed as unemployment soars in Spain and France The Guardian,
25 April 2013 French
unemployment at new high BBC News, 25 April 2013 Crisis
for Europe as trust hits record low The Guardian, 25 April 2013 Switzerland
to limit immigration from all EU states BBC News, 25 April 2013 Spain
unemployment hits record high BBC News, 25 April 2013 Euro
may only last five years, says senior German government advisor Daily
Telegraph, 24 April 2013 EU
diplomats to spend more on salaries, less on security EUobserver,
24 April 2013 Baroness
Ashton breaks savings promise to demand extra £18m Daily Telegraph,
24 April 2013 Fall
in German confidence adds to eurozone woes The Guardian, 24
April 2013 Britain
and Germany demand EU cracks down on 'benefits tourism' Daily
Telegraph, 24 April 2013 FTT
backers fear tax will harm Europe's financial system Daily Telegraph,
24 April 2013 German
business confidence falls for second month in row BBC News,
24 April 2013 EU
must not dictate railway planning, say MPs BBC News, 23 April
2013 From
Dalligate to Olafgate: supervisors condemn EU anti-fraud office
EUobserver, 23 April 2013 Eurozone
output still falling, PMI survey indicates BBC News, 23 April
2013 Surprise
contraction in Germany manufacturing, services Daily Telegraph,
23 April 2013 EU
near austerity limit, says Barroso The Guardian, 22 April 2013 Luxembourg
supports Britain's legal challenge to Financial Transaction Tax Daily
Telegraph, 23 April 2013 EU
governments get cold feet on transactions tax EUobserver, 22
April 2013 France
threatens US trade veto over culture EUobserver, 19 April 2013 Britain
launches legal challenge to Financial Transaction Tax Daily
Telegraph, 19 April 2013 Europol,
the EU's crime intelligence agency demands access to British police files Daily
Telegraph, 18 April 2013 EU
anti-fraud office in 'open hostility' with independence panel
EUobserver, 18 April 2013 Bundesbank
chief: Eurozone crisis could last 10 years EUobserver, 18 April
2013 Romania
abandons target date for joining euro Daily Telegraph, 18 April
2013 EU
'losing £4 billion of taxpayer cash to fraud' Daily Telegraph,
17 April 2013 Hungary
to pay EU fines via new tax on own citizens EUobserver, 17
April 2013 Germany
denies stalling on banking union EUobserver, 17 April 2013 Iceland
signs first European free trade pact with China EUobserver,
16 April 2013 Commission:
€11bn extra or we could halt EU payments EUobserver, 16 April
2013 Cyprus
saps German confidence Daily Telegraph, 16 April 2013 ECB
'can't do everything for everyone', says Mario Draghi Daily
Telegraph, 16 April 2013 EU
could be asked for more money to help Cyprus, says Jose Manuel Barroso Daily
Telegraph, 16 April 2013 Francois
Hollande faces austerity revolt from own ministers Daily Telegraph,
16 April 2013 UK
businesses want change to EU terms, says lobby group BBC News,
15 April 2013 Cameron
sends out Tories to make friends, influence EU Bloomberg, 15
April 2013 Abysmal
turnout in Croatia's EU vote EUobserver, 15 April 2013 Leading
German economist calls for dissolution of eurozone to save EU The
Guardian, 14 April 2013 German
anti-euro party holds founding conference BBC News, 14 April
2013 EU
pours millions into groups seeking state control of press Daily
Telegraph, 14 April 2013 David
Cameron and Angela Merkel agree to co-operate on 'flexible' EU The
Guardian, 13 April 2013 Catalonia
says no to austerity in standoff with government The Guardian,
12 April 2013 Cyprus
faces economic meltdown as EU-IMF refuses extra aid Daily Telegraph,
12 April 2013 Cameron
and Merkel set for EU talks BBC News, 12 April 2013 Cyprus
to appeal to EU for extra bailout funding BBC News, 12 April
2013 Cyprus
must sell some gold reserves to help fund bailout BBC News,
11 April 2013 Cyprus
forced to find extra £5.1bn for bailout, leaked analysis shows The
Guardian, 11 April 2013 EU
criticises France on economic 'imbalances' EUobserver, 11 April
2013 Cyprus
to sell gold reserves to help fund bailout BBC News, 11 April
2013 Brussels
warns on Spanish and Slovenian 'imbalances' BBC News, 10 April
2013 Spain's
industrial output falls further BBC News, 10 April 2013 Clock
ticking on Cyprus deal The Guardian, 9 April 2013
EU
rules would double cost of British pensions Daily Telegraph,
9 April 2013 Soros
tells Germany: accept eurobonds or quit euro Daily Telegraph,
9 April 2013 Slovenia's
prime minister tries to quell eurozone bailout rumours The Guardian,
9 April 2013 Vast
Greek war claims against Germany explode like a 'time-bomb' Daily
Telegraph, 9 April 2013 Kohl
confesses to euro's undemocratic beginnings EUobserver, 8 April
2013 Greek
bank shares plunge after merger plans called off BBC News, 8
April 2013 Cameron:
UK support for EU 'wafer thin' BBC News, 8 April 2013 Portuguese
PM speaks of 'national emergency' after court ruling EUobserver,
8 April 2013 EU
failings can't be 'brushed under the carpet', David Cameron to tell leaders
Daily Telegraph, 8 April 2013 Portugal's
prime minister plans more cuts to health and education spending The
Guardian, 7 April 2013 Greek
PM intervenes in 'difficult' talks with creditors The Guardian,
7 April 2013 EU
finance tax will devastate the City and damage economies, reports warn
Sunday Telegraph, 6 April 2013 Baroness
Ashton will be paid £400,000 by the EU to do nothing Daily
Telegraph, 5 April 2013 MEP:
Germany 'bases Greece and Cyprus policy on stereotypes' Daily
Telegraph, 5 April 2013 Romanian
and Bulgarian immigrant impact 'modest' BBC News, 5 April 2013 German
economic output 'at near stagnation' BBC News, 4 April 2013 Cyprus
official warns of economic slump after bailout The Guardian,
4 April 2013 European
Central Bank poised for rate cut to ease euro pain Daily Telegraph,
4 April 2013 British
taxpayers to fork out £38.2m to rescue Cyprus Daily Telegraph,
3 April 2013 Portuguese
government survives no-confidence vote Daily Telegraph, 3 April
2013 IMF
sets terms of Cyprus bailout The Guardian, 3 April 2013 France
and Germany opt out of UK's EU membership review BBC News, 2
April 2013 Eurozone
unemployment rate at record 12% high BBC News, 2 April 2013 David
Cameron snubbed as Germany and France ignore UK survey on Europe The
Guardian, 1 April 2013
MARCH back
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Cyprus
foreign minister: the EU has taken us back to 1974 EUobserver,
28 March 2013 Slovenia
could be next candidate for eurozone bailout The Guardian, 28
March 2013 EU
wants stronger police agency EUobserver, 28 March 2013 Defiant
EU demands extra £9.5b to cover its budget Daily Telegraph,
27 March 2013 Bank
of Cyprus head Yiannis Kypri 'sacked' BBC News, 27 March 2013 George
Osborne criticises handling of Cyprus bailout BBC News, 26 March
2013 Cyprus
in restive post-bailout mood The Guardian, 26 March 2013 Spain
to sink further, warns central bank The Guardian, 26 March 2013 Cyprus
bailout: eurozone policymakers at loggerheads over implications The
Guardian, 26 March 2013 Defensive
Germany calls for more EU backing EUobserver, 26 March 2013 Cyprus:
Big depositors face cut of 40%, minister says BBC News, 26 March
2013 Cyprus
banks remain closed to prevent run on deposits The Guardian,
26 March 2013 British
expats in Cyprus face eurozone raids on their savings Daily
Telegraph, 25 March 2013 Euro
chief spooks markets with Cyprus comments EUobserver, 25 March
2013 Cypriots
braced for economic turmoil after bailout BBC News, 25 March
2013 Russia
and Germany clash over Cyprus bailout deal Evening Standard,
25 March 2013 Cyprus
bailout deal with EU closes bank and seizes large deposits The
Guardian, 25 March 2013 Cash
rationed in Cyprus after eurozone inflicts losses on biggest bank Daily
Telegraph, 25 March 2013 Head
of Cyprus's Orthodox church urges exit before eurozone collapses The
Guardian, 24 March 2013 EU
anti-fraud office accused of cover-up in Dalli affair EUobserver,
22 March 2013 EU
commission prepares ground for far-reaching economic powers EUobserver,
21 March 2013 Eurogroup
boss: Cyprus levy is 'inevitable' EUobserver, 21 March 2013 Cyprus
government 'to present bailout plan B on Thursday' BBC News,
21 March 2013 Eurozone
downturn deepens as output slips Daily Telegraph, 21 March 2013 New
EU farm subsidy plan criticised by green groups BBC News, 20
March 2013 Cyprus
finance minister to stay in Russia 'as long as it takes' to reach deal The
Guardian, 20 March 2013 Cyprus
warned over parliament's bailout rejection BBC News, 20 March
2013 Germany
to Cyprus: your banks might never re-open EUobserver, 20 March
2013 Cyprus
in urgent talks to avert financial meltdown The Guardian, 20
March 2013 France
keen for EU diplomats to beef up security, consular services EUobserver,
20 March 2013 Baroness
Ashton's 'top heavy' EU foreign service attacked Daily Telegraph,
19 March 2013 David
Cameron won't face MPs over EU summit Daily Telegraph, 19 March
2013 Cyprus
MPs reject EU-IMF bailout tax on bank depositors BBC News, 19
March 2013 Cyprus
drops bailout tax on smaller savers BBC News, 19 March 2013 EU
defiant over €5.8bn raid on Cypriot savings EUobserver, 19 March
2013 Herman
Van Rompuy to quit ... on £50k pension Daily Express, 19 March
2013 Key
EU figures Van Rompuy and Ashton to quit in 2014 BBC News, 18
March 2013 Cyprus
told it can amend bailout, as key vote postponed BBC News, 18
March 2013 Cyprus
bailout crisis shakes markets The Guardian, 18 March 2013 Cyprus:
panic as savings levy is imposed The Guardian, 16 March 2013 Parliamentary
gridlock in Italy as Five Star Movement refuses to make deal The
Guardian, 15 March 2013 Mario
Monti: EU faces backlash over austerity measures The Guardian,
15 March 2013 Criminals
exploiting EU travel freedoms, Dutch data shows EUobserver,
15 March 2013 Business
leaders pile on pressure for early EU vote Daily Express, 15
March 2013 Brussels
summit: David Cameron wins deal to cut EU red tape Daily Telegraph,
15 March 2013 EU
summit: Austerity push challenged amid mass protests BBC News,
15 March 2013 Portugal
gets more time on bailout goals as economy worsens Daily Telegraph,
15 March 2013 Eurozone
finance ministers to discuss Cyprus bailout BBC News, 15 March
2013 Union
leader: 'Doubts about benefits of EU are growing' EUobserver,
14 March 2013 Eurozone
crisis: dispute over job cuts imperils Greece's hopes of more aid The
Guardian, 14 March 2013 Troika:
Greece makes 'progress' but 'issues' remain BBC News, 14 March
2013 MEPs
reject EU spending cuts and demand extra £1.7bn from British taxpayers Daily
Telegraph, 13 March 2013 EU
parliament sets pre-conditions for budget talks EUobserver,
13 March 2013 New
EU attempt to brainwash children Daily Express, 12 March 2013 New
anti-euro party forms in Germany EUobserver, 12 March 2013 Greek
reforms hit new setback as privatisation chief resigns The Guardian,
10 March 2013 Parliament
ready to strike deal on EU budget EUobserver, 9 March 2013 Bulgaria
and Romania to be denied passport-free travel EUobserver, 7
March 2013 ECB
keeps rates unchanged at 0.75% BBC News, 7 March 2013 Peers
want more vetting of EU applicant states BBC News, 6 March 2013 Eurozone
pulled deeper into recession Daily Telegraph, 6 March 2013 Osborne
stands alone as EU backs bonus cap BBC News, 5 March 2013 Iain
Duncan Smith: Germany 'woken up at last' on EU migration BBC
News, 5 March 2013 Parliament
chief criticises 'Frankenstein Europe' EUobserver, 5 March
2013 Cabinet
to examine ways of deterring EU immigrants The Guardian, 4 March
2013 Germany
to veto Schengen enlargement EUobserver, 4 March 2013 Eurozone
confident on Cyprus bailout BBC News, 4 March 2013 Greece
rules out more public sector job cuts The Observer, 3 March
2013 EU
Budget deal struck with £16billion sweeteners Daily Telegraph,
2 March 2013 Herman
Van Rompuy attacks Cameron's plans to claw back powers from Brussels Daily
Telegraph, 1 March 2013 Greek
taxmen may be dodging taxes, too EUobserver, 1 March 2013
FEBRUARY back
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Spain
falls further into recession as GDP plunges by 0.8% The Guardian,
28 February 2013 Schulz
issues ultimatum on EU budget EUobserver, 28 February 2013 Italy
votes against austerity leaving EU in turmoil The Guardian,
27 February 2013 Panic
in Greek pharmacies as hundreds of medicines run short The Guardian,
27 February 2013 Italy
election sparks fresh fears for euro The Guardian, 26 February
2013 Eurozone
recession set to continue The Guardian, 22 February 2013 Polish
leader cautious on euro entry EUobserver, 20 February 2013 Greeks
in fresh general strike against austerity BBC News, 20 February
2013 MEPs
hit out at reduction to EU budget ceiling CityAM, 19 February
2013 Draghi:
eurozone needs bank resolution fund EUobserver, 19 February
2013 MEPs
attack 'carpet seller' budget deal EUobserver, 18 February
2013 Merger
of EU police agencies draws opposition EUobserver, 18 February
2013 Only
1 in 3 wants to stay in EU Daily Express, 18 February 2013 EU
carbon market boosts emissions, NGOs say EUobserver, 18 February
2013 EU
ruling 'paved the way' for horse meat crisis Daily Telegraph,
17 February 2013 Iain
Duncan Smith prepares for 'big battle' with EU over benefits BBC
News, 17 February 2013 60%
of young people out of work as cuts in Greece bite Metro, 14
February 2013 Double
taxation row as Brussels unveils transactions levy EUobserver,
14 February 2013 EU
bailouts: misery for old people, children, single mothers EUobserver,
14 February 2013 EU
commission probed over 'revolving door' allegations EUobserver,
14 February 2013 Financial
transaction tax tabled by European Commission BBC News, 14 February
2013 Eurozone
dragged further into recession as German economy shrinks Daily
Telegraph, 14 February 2013 Eurozone
recession sends shares lower The Guardian, 14 February 2013 Iceland
regains investment grade status The Guardian, 14 February 2013 Eurozone
recession deepened at end of 2012 BBC News, 14 February 2013 EU
unlikely to punish France for budget lapse EUobserver, 14 February
2013 EU
watchdog probes suspicious funding for Twitter, Facebook accounts in Bulgaria EurActiv,
13 February 2013 Deal
near on eurozone economic governance laws, says Rehn EUobserver,
12 February 2013 MEPs
copy-pasting amendments from US lobbyists EUobserver, 12 February
2013 Ed
Balls: Labour would be 'stupid' to rule out EU referendum Daily
Telegraph, 11 February 2013 British
jurists: independent Scotland would lose EU status
EUobserver,
11 February 2013 David
Cameron urges MEPs to back EU budget cut BBC News, 11 February
2013 Eurozone
finance heads split over exchange rate controls Daily Telegraph,
11 February 2013 Attempts
to devalue euro could backfire, warns ECB's Jens Weidmann Daily
Telegraph, 11 February 2013 MEPs
can unpick EU farm subsidies deal EUobserver, 11 February 2013 Cyprus'
banks to get money-laundering check before bailout The Guardian,
11 February 2013 Economists
say independent Scotland 'should keep pound' Daily Telegraph,
11 February 2013 EU
budget is cut for first time but Britain could pay more Daily
Telegraph, 8 February 2013 EU
budget: Leaders edge towards compromise deal BBC News, 8 February
2013 EU
parliament chief suggests secret EU budget vote EUobserver,
8 February 2013 European
Union slashed from the National Curriculum Daily Telegraph,
7 February 2013 European
leaders inch towards deal on EU budget The Guardian, 7 February
2013 Germany:
more cuts needed for EU budget deal EUobserver, 7 February
2013 EU
leaders gather for crucial budget summit BBC News, 7 February
2013 Britain
demands EU budget cuts to foreign service amid growing anger over savings pledge Daily
Telegraph, 6 February 2013 William
Hague: EU leaders back our referendum Daily Telegraph, 6 February
2013 Germany
shoots down Hollande's exchange rate plea EUobserver, 6 February
2013 Britain
and France set for European summit showdown over EU budget The
Guardian, 5 February 2013 Hollande
ready to compromise on EU budget EUobserver, 5 February 2013
France's
Hollande rejects 'a la carte' attitude to EU BBC News, 5 February
2013 EU
officials on strike over pay, again EUobserver, 5 February
2013 France
and Germany cast doubt on EU budget deal EUobserver, 4 February
2013 EU
to set up euro-election 'troll patrol' to tackle Eurosceptic surge Daily
Telegraph, 3 February 2013 Dutch
PM: Eurozone needs exit clause EUobserver, 1 February 2013
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British
taxpayers set to lose £100m after record Poland-EU funding scandal Daily
Telegraph, 31 January 2013 Poland
hurt by EU aid freeze over suspicious road deal BBC News, 31
January 2013 France
could join list of eurozone casualties in a fresh crisis The
Guardian, 31 January 2013 EU
freezes €4bn of Polish funds in fraud case EUobserver, 30 January
2013 UK
moots blocking health access for EU migrants EUobserver, 30
January 2013 Spain's
recession worsens in the fourth quarter BBC News, 30 January
2013 Spanish
retail sales slump 10.7% as austerity hurts consumers The Guardian,
29 January 2013 'Bankrupt'
France comments rebutted BBC News, 29 January 2013 Osborne
attacks Nick Clegg over EU referendum claim Daily Telegraph,
28 January 2013 EU
institutions mark out 'red lines' ahead of budget summit EUobserver,
28 January 2013 Germany
and ECB clash over Cyprus EUobserver, 28 January 2013 We
may leave EU if we do not get powers back, Grant Shapps warns Daily
Telegraph, 27 January 2013 EU
fines Britain £250,000 a day over energy market rules Daily
Express, 25 January 2013 EU
considered freezing Britain out of budget deal Daily Telegraph,
25 January 2013 European
Parliament continues 'vanity' TV channel at cost of £14 for every viewer
Daily Telegraph, 25 January 2013 Monti
and Draghi under fire in Italian bank scandal EUobserver, 25
January 2013 Portugal
will need second aid programme, says Fitch Daily Telegraph,
25 January 2013 Portuguese
flee euro crisis BBC News, 25 January 2013 Ministers
may vote against staying in EU if Cameron fails to claw back powers
Daily Telegraph, 24 January 2013 Merkel
says Europe must stick to austerity BBC News, 24 January 2013 More
than a quarter of Spanish workforce are jobless The Guardian,
24 January 2013 Conservative
manifesto 'to give EU details' BBC News, 24 January 2013 Boris
Johnson: I can't promise I would vote yes in EU referendum Daily
Telegraph, 24 January 2013 Cameron
EU speech: Business leaders give mixed messages BBC News, 24
January 2013 Let's
talk, says Merkel after Cameron's referendum gamble The Guardian,
24 January 2013 IMF
chief: 2013 is make-or-break year for eurozone EUobserver,
24 January 2013 Spain
unemployment rate hit a record: youth rate at 55% BBC News,
24 January 2013 Labour
in turmoil as Miliband refuses to support EU vote Daily Mail,
23 January 2013 EU
referendum: In-out choice by end of 2017, Cameron promises The
Guardian, 23 January 2013 Ed
Miliband opposes EU vote but party says just for 'now' Daily
Telegraph, 23 January 2013 Reaction
to Cameron's EU speech: 'A politics of cherry-picking will not work' The
Guardian, 23 January 2013 EU
leaders warn Cameron over membership referendum BBC News, 23
January 2013 Angela
Merkel: we will seek EU compromise with Britain Daily Telegraph,
23 January 2013 European
leaders refuse to discuss independent Scotland’s EU membership Daily
Telegraph, 23 January 2013 Greece's
fragile political stability at risk as violence escalates The
Guardian, 23 January 2013 Leveson:
EU wants power to sack journalists Daily Telegraph, 22 January
2013 Financial
transactions tax in Europe given go-ahead BBC News, 22 January
2013 Merkel
and Hollande dream of EU 'utopia' EUobserver, 22 January 2013
Defeat
in regional elections dents Merkel's poll hopes The Guardian,
21 January 2013 Britain
becomes Germany's biggest trade partner Daily Telegraph, 21
January 2013 EU
carbon price hits all-time low BBC News, 21 January 2013 'Strong
case' for EU referendum, says Hague BBC News, 20 January 2013 David
Cameron: UK could drift towards EU exit BBC News, 18 January
2013 Greek
parliament votes to probe ex-minister EUobserver, 18 January
2013 Lib
Dem MEP Graham Watson reprimanded by party over tweet BBC News,
17 January 2013 Europe
pins hope on second-round budget talks Daily Telegraph, 17
January 2013 EU
set to back French war in Mali The Guardian, 17 January 2013 Germany
wants Russian contribution to Cyprus bailout EUobserver, 16
January 2013 Bundesbank
to retrieve $200bn of gold reserves The Guardian, 15 January
2013 Germany's
economic growth slows sharply in 2012 BBC News, 15 January 2013 No
benefits from EU energy projects for 150 years EUobserver,
15 January 2013 Brussels
spends £1m on luxury gifts for VIPs Daily Express, 14
January 2013 David
Cameron to make key Europe speech on Friday BBC News, 14 January
2013 Cameron
'confident' of UK getting EU changes BBC News, 14 January 2013 Business
backs EU referendum CityAM, 14 January 2013 David
Cameron: We must stop the 'bossiness of Brussels' but remain in EU
Daily Telegraph, 14 January 2013 Eurozone
factory output falls again in November BBC News, 14 January
2013 Two
voters in three want an EU referendum Sunday Telegraph, 13
January 2013 78%
of Tory members support common market or out ConservativeHome,
13 January 2013 Tory
MPs call on David Cameron to claw back swathes of powers from EU
Daily Telegraph, 12 January 2013 Next
boss backs PM on Europe Daily Telegraph, 12 January 2013 Cameron's
EU strategy falters as Merkel backtracks on treaty renegotiation The
Guardian, 11 January 2013 George
Osborne to EU: Change or Britain will leave Daily Telegraph,
11 January 2013 Cameron
to reveal Dutch support for EU plan The Sun, 11 January 2013 Semeta
urges Irish action on EU tax EUobserver, 11 January 2013 Germany
wants EU budget summit in February EUobserver, 10 January 2013 Greek
unemployment hits highest rate in EU BBC News, 10 January 2013 German
politicians threaten to block Cyprus bailout The Guardian, 9
January 2013 EU
demands access to details of all UK drivers Daily Mail, 9 January
2013 Emeli
Sandé honoured at Eurocrats' £3m rock awards Daily Telegraph,
9 January 2013 Eurozone
unemployment 'shockingly bad' - IoD Daily Telegraph, 8 January
2013 Eurozone
unemployment reaches all-time high BBC News, 8 January 2013 German
exports post sharp decline in November BBC
News, 8 January 2013 IMF
economists admit to 'errors' on austerity policy EUobserver,
7 January 2013 David
Cameron says UK should 'ask for change on Europe' BBC News,
6 January 2013 Cameron
pledges 'real change' on EU at next election BBC
News, 4 January 2013 Portugal
seeks court inquiry into 'unjust' debt deal EUobserver, 3 January
2013 Greek
debt crisis 'far from over' The Guardian, 2 January 2013 Euros
discarded as impoverished Greeks resort to bartering The Guardian,
2 January 2013
OPINION These are links to more in-depth
opinion pieces on EU-related issues. Labour
divisions over EU emerge as MPs launch pro-referendum group by
George Eaton - New Statesman, 13 May 2013 There
is no excuse to dodge a poll on Europe by John Baron MP - Daily
Telegraph, 12 May 2013 An
EU referendum is the political mouse that roared by Matthew
d'Ancona - Daily Telegraph, 11 May 2013 Spain
is officially insolvent: get your money out while you still can
by Jeremy Warner - Daily Telegraph, 10 May 2013 EU
costs and benefits: an impossible balancing act by Stephanie
Flanders, Economics Editor - BBC News, 7 May 2013 Will
Angela Merkel have to choose between Germany and Europe? by
Jeevan Vasagar - Daily Telegraph, 7 May 2013 EU:
the time has come for a 'mandate' referendum by Bernard Jenkin
MP - Daily Telegraph, 4 May 2013 The
eurozone’s jobs crisis is reaching grotesque proportions by
Allister Heath - CityAM, 1 May 2013 Eurobonds
or euro-exit: the choice is Germany's by George Soros - The
Guardian, 30 April 2013 Eurozone
risks Japan-style trap as deflation grinds closer by Ambrose
Evans-Pritchard - Daily Telegraph, 30 April 2013 In
Spain they are all indignados nowadays by Katharine Ainger -
The Guardian, 28 April 2013 The
great Spanish nation can end its crucifixion at will by leaving EMU by
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - Daily Telegraph, 26 April 2013 The
European dream is in dire need of a reality check by Simon Jenkins
- The Guardian, 25 April 2013 New
Eurosceptics: 'It's not Europe that disappoints me, it's the decisions taken' The
Guardian, 24 April 2013 Europe:
Retreat from austerity by Gavin Hewitt, Europe editor - BBC
News, 23 April 2013 The
debt-ridden EU stares bankruptcy in the face by Christopher
Booker - Sunday Telegraph, 20 April 2013 Cyprus
was just for starters – Ireland could provide the main course by
Phillip Inman - The Guardian, 17 April 2013 Portugal's
fed-up youth pack and go as their nation slides into reverse by
Martin Roberts - The Guardian, 13 April 2013 The
Cypriot 'poison' is spreading by Nils Pratley - The Guardian,
12 April 2013 Why
David Cameron and Angela Merkel will never agree about the EU by
Daniel Hannan MEP - Daily Telegraph, 12 April 2013 Tobin
Tax is madness for Europe, and economic war against Britain by
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - Daily Telegraph, 10 April 2013 George
Soros: Germany must choose between eurobonds or euro exit by
Nils Pratley - The Guardian, 9 April 2013 It's
not a question of if, but only when Merkel grasps the nettle of eurozone debt
mutualisation by Jeremy Warner - Daily Telegraph, 9 April 2013 In
France, Hollande is losing the battle for the eurozone by Jonathan
Fenby - The Guardian, 8 April 2013 Soros:
Europe faces 'slow death' Japan is trying to escape by Emily
Gosden - Daily Telegraph, 5 April 2013 Eurozone
crisis: what next for Portugal? by Marina Costa Lobo - The Guardian,
4 April 2013 No
more euro flim-flam by Marc Glendening
- Politics.co.uk, 28 March 2013 Demolishing
some myths about the single currency by Larry Elliott - The
Guardian, 27 March 2013 Is
Europe's central bank misleading us over who's to blame for eurozone crisis? by
Andrew Watt - The Guardian, 27 March 2013 Cyprus
bank crisis: the legacy by Gavin Hewitt - BBC News, 26 March
2013 Europe's
flesheaters now threaten to devour us all by Seumas Milne -
The Guardian, 26 March 2013 Cyprus:
they make a desert and call it peace by Jeremy Warner - Daily
Telegraph, 25 March 2013 In
Cyprus a sense of anger and betrayal is everywhere by Charlie
Charalambous - The Guardian, 20 March 2013 Can
the US trust the EU after the Cyprus debacle? by Heidi Moore
- The Guardian, 20 March 2013 Cyprus
bailout: Who messed up? by Gavin Hewitt - BBC News, 19 March
2013 Cyprus
bailout shows European policy elite has learned nothing from crisis by
Larry Elliott - The Guardian, 18 March 2013 Cyprus
rescue breaks all the rules by Robert Peston - BBC News, 18
March 2013 Germany's
'ideological' call to increase EU powers by Andrew Rettman -
Daily Telegraph, 17 March 2013 MEPs
vote to subsidise tobacco growing by Daniel Hannan MEP - Daily
Telegraph, 14 March 2013 The
EU’s insidious war on the nation state must be halted by Jesse
Norman MP - Daily Telegraph, 13 March 2013 Spain
hasn't seen unemployment this bad since Franco by Philip Inman
- The Guardian, 7 March 2013 Why
do commentators persist in seeing the EU as modern? by Daniel
Hannan MEP - Daily Telegraph, 5 March 2013 Europe
faces an impossible challenge - why can't Olli Rehn see it? by
Jeremy Warner - Daily Telegraph, 4 March 2013 Brave
Ireland is the poster-child of EMU cruelty and folly by Ambrose
Evans-Pritchard - Daily Telegraph, 3 March 2013 The
EU’s sugar ruling that’s left a bitter taste at Tate & Lyle by
Andrew Gilligan - Daily Telegraph, 2 March 2013 The
EU is a ball and chain – we should unshackle ourselves by Terry
Smith, chief executive of Tullett Prebon - The Guardian, 1 March 2013 Italy's
anti-austerity vote raises the spectre of a bailout by Nils
Pratley - The Guardian, 26 February 2013 Little
sign of Europe's depression lifting by Gavin Hewitt - BBC News,
19 February 2013 UK/EU
at 40 – Now is the time for us to stop being Little Europeans by
Marc Glendening - Endeavour Public Affairs, 18 February 2013 Does
Europe need a £44m history museum? by Chris Doidge - BBC News,
13 February 2013 EU
Budget - when is a cut not a cut by Nick Robinson - BBC News,
8 February 2013 Cameron
could well deliver on his promise to rein in EU spending, but the EU budget will
remain an anomaly
by Mats Persson - Daily Telegraph, 7 February 2013 EU:
More of our money going up in smoke? Daily Telegraph comment,
3 February 2013 Only
a coward would deny the people their voice on Europe by Boris
Johnson - Daily Telegraph, 28 January 2013 The
Single Market is just one ingredient to be put into the pot by
Roger Bootle - Daily Telegraph, 27 January 2013 Bingo-hall
vote caps classic piece of EU double dealing by Andrew Gilligan
- Daily Telegraph, 26 January 2013 Bye-bye
Mr Klaus! Bye-bye Czech euroscepticism? by Dariusz Kalan - EUobserver,
25 January 2013 How
credible will David Cameron's EU speech be? by
Stuart Coster - Public Service Europe, 22 January
2013 Norway's
'fax democracy' is nothing for Britain to fear by Christopher
Booker - Sunday Telegraph, 21 January 2013 Is
the eurozone's core cracking up? by Ashoka Mody - The Guardian,
18 January 2013 In
or out? It’s a question for Europhiles too by Will Straw - Daily
Telegraph, 15 January 2013 David
Cameron says there will be EU referendum if... by Nick Robinson,
Political Editor - BBC News, 14 January 2013 The
business case for a referendum on EU membership by Nigel Vinson
- City AM, 10 January 2013 Comrade
Barroso, the existential threat to the euro is mass unemployment by
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - Daily Telegraph, 8 January 2013 Germany
is not profiting from the eurozone by Gunnar Beck - The Guardian,
7 January 2013 The
terrifying silliness of the EU's committees by Alexandra Swann
- Daily Telegraph, 3 January 2013
Spain:
the pain of austerity deepends by Giles Tremlett - The Guardian,
1 January 2013 Boris
Johnson in Britzerland by Andrew Grimson - The Guardian, 21
December 2012 European
politics are impotent, moribund and in need of life support by
Tim Parks - The Guardian, 21 December 2012 Doubts
remain over Spain's austerity miracle by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
- Daily Telegraph, 20 December 2012 The
eurozone's day of reckoning has been delayed by Nouriel Roubini
- The Guardian, 18 December 2012 Switzerland
is a more attractive model than Norway, but Britain could do better than either
by Daniel Hannan MEP - Daily Telegraph, 15 December 2012 EU
- Why Cameron's speech is proving so hard to write by Nick Robinson,
Political editor - BBC News, 11 December 2012 What
next for the EU – the Nobel Prize for Economics? by Daniel Hannan
MEP - Daily Telegraph, 10 December 2012 Mario
Monti's exit is only way to save Italy by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
- Daily Telegraph, 10 December 2012 Mario
Monti's success in calming Italy was only superficial by Nils
Pratley - The Guardian, 10 December 2012 Euro’s
effects on our woes haven’t died, they’re just resting by Roger
Bootle - Daily Telegraph, 9 December 2012 Europe
clings to scorched-earth ideology as depression deepens by Ambrose
Evans-Pritchard - Daily Telegraph, 9 December 2012 Sketch:
Boris Johnson zaps the EU doomsters by Michael Deacon - Daily
Telegraph, 4 December 2012 'Political
elite' - Tony Blair's grandiose EU pretensions by
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