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The Eurozone Faces One of Its Biggest Ever Decisions

Dr Philipp Rosler | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Angela Merkel, Dr Philipp Rosler, Europe, Financial Crisis, Germany, Eurozone, Euro Crisis, Chancellor Merkel, UK Politics, Nick Clegg, UK Diary, UK Politics News
Dr Philipp Rosler

When the first Euros were printed in 1999, Europe chose a bold new future. But beneath the surface, the new European economy was built on shaky foundations. The decision is one of the biggest we have faced. The answer is clear: Europe must go for growth.

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Why Should We Give Prisoners the Vote?

Ellie Dawes | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK, Human Rights, Prison, Voters, Voting Rights, Prisoners, Democracy, Prisoners Rights, Europe, Voting, UK Politics News
Ellie Dawes

Quite a few people who I like and respect have spoken to me recently saying something along the lines of 'Can you believe they are telling us we should give prisoners the vote? Why the hell should prisoners have the vote?'

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Clegg Says Greek Exit Will Cause 'Irrevocable Damage'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Greece, David Cameron, Herman Van Rompuy, UK Economy, Nick Clegg, Francois Holland, Greek Debt Crisis, Europe, UK Politics News

A Greek withdrawal from the euro would cause "unpredictable, irrevocable damage" to the single currency that "no rational person" should advocate, Nic...

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Cameron Calls For 'Lasting Solution' To Euro Turmoil

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Eurozone, UK News, Greece, Eurozone Crisis, David Cameron, Herman Van Rompuy, UK Economy, Francois Holland, Europe, Greek Debt Crisis, UK News

David Cameron has called for a "lasting solution" to the eurozone crisis after enduring 18 EU summits on the subject since he became prime minister. ...

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Cameron: We Will Resist Any Attempt To Give Prisoners Votes

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK Parliament, UK News, Europe, Eu, UK Conservative Party, Prisoner Voting, Pmqs, European Court on Human Rights, UK Politics News

David Cameron has given a firm riposte to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which has ruled that some prisoners in the UK should be allowed t...

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WATCH: 10 Of The Weirdest Eurovision Song Contest Entries Ever

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Comedy

Read More: Weirdest Eurovision, Strange Eurovision, Eurovision Song Contest, Europe Weird, Funniest Eurovision, Weird Songs, Weird, Eurovision, Strange, Eurovision 2012, Europe, Strange Europe, UK Comedy News

Humans are pretty weird, we Europeans even more so. Nowhere is this better proved than at the Eurovision Song Contest, where attention-seeking has-bee...

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Will Britain Finally Get A Referendum on Europe?

Mark Seddon | Posted 21.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Conservative, Europe, Jon Cruddas, Eurozone, UK Politics, Labour, Ed Miliband, Referendum, EU Referendum, Liberal Democrats, Lib Dems, UK Politics News
Mark Seddon

Clearly fast moving events elsewhere in Europe, particularly in Greece and Spain, are giving added impetus to the whole issue of Britain's relationship with the European Union. They are also driving the issue closer and closer to the decision makers in the main parties. In recent weeks, we have seen a growing number of establishment Labour figures accepting that a referendum may have to be held.

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Top 5 Radical Ways To Save The Economy

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Bbc, UK News, Debt Crisis, Maternity Leave, Eurozone Crisis, Germany, UK Economy, Ohio, Richard Branson, Adrian Beecroft, Europe, Steve Hilton, Recession, UK News

Business leaders have suggested a single 30% rate of tax be introduced in the UK, in what is the latest piece of advice to help boost the nation's str...

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Fear and Uncertainty in Financial Services

Peter Aykens | Posted 18.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Eurozone, Business, Europe, Financial Services, UK News
Peter Aykens

Thinking about the challenging times facing financial services providers in Europe, it might help to laugh a bit. However, no one's dismissing how challenging these times really are for financial service providers.

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Entente Cordiale? Cameron To Meet Hollande

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Eurozone, UK News, Eurozone Crisis, Francois Holande, David Cameron, G8, Europe, Barack Obama, Euro, UK Politics News

David Cameron is to hold his first face-to-face talks with Francois Hollande as they join world leaders in the US for a G8 summit set to be dominated ...

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Cameron Warns On Euro Stability

PA | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Angela Merkel, Mario Monti, Eurozone, UK News, Europe, Francois Hollande, David Cameron Eurozone, David Cameron, UK Politics News

David Cameron warned fellow European leaders of the need for the eurozone to take "decisive action" to ensure stability in a high-level conference cal...

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What it Means to be European, and British

Lynne Parker | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK Culture

Read More: Comedy, Europe, Queen Elizabeth, Greece Debt Crisis, London Olympics, Diamond Jubilee, Funny Women, British, Francoise Hollande, Richmond, Eec, UK Culture News
Lynne Parker

Having spent a wet afternoon in Richmond Park earlier this week flag waving HRH the Queen on her royal progression to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, I did feel for the drenched military and community entourage.

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'We Will Do Whatever It Takes To Keep Greece In The Euro'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK

Read More: European Commission, Greece, Jose Manuel Barroso, Eurozone Crisis, David Cameron, Greece Debt Crisis, Europe, Euro, UK News

Europe will do all it takes to keep Greece in the single currency, European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso has said. He told the United N...

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François Hollande: Enter Mr Normal

Professor John Gaffney | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: France, Leadership, French Politics, Europe, François Hollande, French President, 2012 French Elections, UK Politics News
Professor John Gaffney

François Hollande doesn't want to live in the Elysée Palace, but in his ordinary flat in the 15th arrondissement with his partner Valérie Trierweiler. He celebrated his victory not in stylish Paris but in the little town of Tulle, in rural Corrèze. Hollande wants to be a 'normal' President.

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Euro Crisis: Spanish Bank's Shares Plummet 26%

The Guardian | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK

Read More: UK News, Bankia, Greece, Eurozone Crisis, UK Economy, Greece Debt Crisis, Spain, Europe, Euro, UK News

Bankia shares plunge after reports of customers withdrawing funds. European stock markets have fallen sharply following the news that Bankia's sha...

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Deutschland Uber (und fur) Alles

Jeremy Cook | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Manufacturing, European Union, Europe, Economic Recovery, Germany, Euro, UK Business, German Economy, Eurozone, UK World, Greek Deficit, UK Politics News
Jeremy Cook

Unfortunately we have now got to a point where everybody needs to stop acting as they have for years and start acting like each other. German sensibleness must give way to extravagance; Spanish manana must switch to ahora and Italian unpredictability must morph into political security.

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Mamma Mia! Italian University Has 'No Other Choice' But To Switch To English

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Nobel Prize, Italian, UK News, UK World, QS Rankings, Italy, Europe, UK Culture, World News, Universities, English Language, UK Universities & Education News

A leading Italian university is switching to the English language, saying it was left with "no other choice" in order to be able to compete internatio...

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Epic Time Lapse Map Shows Changing Face Of Europe

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Eurozone, Tech, UK News, Viral Videos, Atlas, Timelapse, Map, UK Tech, Software, Europe, News, Video, UK News

A time lapse map of Europe showing the changing face of the embattled continent has racked up thousands of views on YouTube, with many claiming it's t...

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If You Thought Asia Had Forgotten About Europe - Think Again!

Iain Anderson | Posted 11.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK Business, Eurozone, Greece, Greek Debt Crisis, Europe Week, Europe, Asia, Trade, Austerity, UK Politics News
Iain Anderson

Asia and the world is growing tired of eurozone instability which is why it is time for some bolder action and for some realpolitik about just what is sustainable.

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François Hollande, the Accidental President

Ijeoma E. Okoli | Posted 08.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: French Elections, Francois Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy, 2012 Elections, Sarkozy, France, Europe, Austerity, UK Politics News
Ijeoma E. Okoli

Enough French citizens believed that it was time for a change and Hollande now has five years to show France the change for which its citizens are longing. If he is able to pull it off, people will remember him more for being a great president than, rather than an accidental one.

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Au Revoir Sarko

Matt Carr | Posted 08.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Ed Miliband, French Elections, Rejection of Austerity, Nicolas Sarkozy, Francois Hollande, Europe, France, UK Politics News
Matt Carr

Even by the dismal standards set by so many European rightwing governments in the last decade or so, Nicolas Sarkozy was a uniquely repellent politician. Brash, vulgar, ostentatious, ruthless and arrogant, his appetite for power was untempered by any moral scruples.

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Europe's Opportunity in Hollande

Martin Schulz | Posted 08.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: French Presidential Elections, European Parliament, Francois Hollande, France, Martin Schultz, Eurozone, Mario Draghi, Europe, Eu, Euro, UK Politics News
Martin Schulz

Rarely has an election resonated so widely across the European Union as the French presidential ballot has done. Rarely has a leadership change in one EU member state created expectations of a real policy shift.

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Hollande's Victory Heralds European Fightback Against Austerity

John Wight | Posted 08.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Europe, France, Austerity, Francois Hollande, UK Politics News
John Wight

Austerity is on the back foot. People have awoken to the fact there is an alternative. It's called social and economic justice.

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Cameron Pledges To Work 'Closely' With Francois Hollande

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Ed Miliband, Europe, French Elections, UK News, Francois Hollande, Carwyn Jones, David Cameron, UK Politics News

David Cameron has pledged to work "very closely" with Francois Hollande during a phone call made last night to congratulate the new French president a...

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Better Learn to Doggy Paddle

Gerard Papasimakopoulos | Posted 06.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Europe, Independent Greeks, Eurozone, Greek Elections, Golden Dawn, European Union, Pasok, Austerity, European Debt Crisis, Greece Austerity, Greece, World, UK News
Gerard Papasimakopoulos

By the time you read this, the Greek elections will probably be over and we will be waiting for the full results of the 6 May ballot battle, to show us what in blue blazes Greece does next.

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