Eu Summit

Britain Must Be 'Hard-Headed' On EU, Says Miliband

PA | Posted 18.11.2012 | UK Politics

Britain must take a "hard-headed" approach to the problems facing the EU, Ed Miliband said as he sought to pile pressure on David Cameron ahead of a c...

Cameron Denies UK Has 'Put Itself In The Margins' Of Europe

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.10.2012 | UK Politics

Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday denied that Britain was failing to "pull its weight" in Europe, amid claims that the UK was marginalised by its...

Cameron Backs Single Market As 'Engine Of Growth' For Eurozone

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.10.2012 | UK Politics

Prime Minister David Cameron backed plans for a banking union for the eurozone - without compromising the EU single currency. He told fellow EU lea...

Cameron: I Am A Practical Eurosceptic

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.06.2012 | UK

David Cameron claimed on Friday evening he had safeguarded Britain's position in Europe as EU leaders extended a lifeline to Spain's tottering banks. ...

Markets Rise After Surprise Euro Deal Is Reached

PA | Posted 29.06.2012 | UK

Financial markets have risen after European Union leaders threw a lifeline to the eurozone's tottering banks. David Cameron welcomed the deal hamme...

What Can We Learn From the Cypriot and Spanish Bailouts?

Vincent Forest | Posted 28.08.2012 | UK
Vincent Forest

In the past two weeks, Spain and Cyprus have formally applied for eurozone rescue packages. Each case is a lesson for the eurozone and offers some indications of what the outcomes of the EU summit on June 28-29 should be.

EU Summit Fails To Inspire Market Confidence

Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 23.07.2012 | UK

A summit of EU leaders failed to inspire confidence among investors on Wednesday as European markets suffered further heavy losses amid ongoing fears ...

Low Key EU Summit: Tired Europe Mired in Crisis and Recession or Rebounding?

Kirsty Hughes | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Politics
Kirsty Hughes

There are many questions and much political and social discontent to come as the EU struggles to emerge from this crisis in any positive way. Europe's leaders will need a lot more energy and some much bigger and better ideas on growth - and on the EU's role in the world - if future summits are to convince anyone that Europe is rebounding rather than staggering on.

Euro's 10th Birthday...But Is There Anything To Celebrate?

PA | Posted 29.02.2012 | UK

Europe's single currency marks its 10th anniversary this weekend under increasing market pressure and with its future in serious doubt. Unlike the ...

Tory MPs Cheer Cameron's Eurozone Brinkmanship, But Clegg's Not Happy

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 10.12.2011 | UK Politics

David Cameron spent Friday night at his country residence of Chequers in Buckinghamshire, after putting Britain on an isolated footing in the European...

Cameron Taking UK out of Europe without a referendum?

Kirsty Hughes | Posted 08.02.2012 | UK Politics
Kirsty Hughes

When the 'make or break' summit to save the euro finished in Brussels on Friday afternoon, David Cameron headed rapidly for the exit without the traditional end of summit press conference (making do, unusually, with only an interim pre-dawn one as the leaders stumbled out from their almost ten hours overnight talks for a short break before breakfast).

Markets Pin Hopes On Merkel For EU Summit Agreement

Huffington Post UK | Peter Guest | Posted 08.12.2011 | UK

The end is not in sight. While the markets have been cautiously optimistic that Friday's EU summit might offer some hope that European leaders are...

Eurozone Crisis: European Leaders Produce Broad Statement After Summit

Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.12.2011 | UK

Leaders in the EU have said they plan to increase the powers of the bailout fund 'several fold' in a broad statement released after an emergency meeti...

Hurry up Europe - The Clock is Ticking

Iain Anderson | Posted 25.12.2011 | UK Politics
Iain Anderson

I'm sitting in Brussels today for the EU Summit and it feels like the eyes of the world are on this city... and they are.

EU Summit Crucial To Solving Crisis, Says Osborne

PA | Posted 15.12.2011 | UK Politics

Eurozone leaders must take "impressive" action next weekend to get a grip on the crisis wracking the global economy, George Osborne said. The Chanc...