EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Bruno Waterfield has what he calls an "exclusive" in The Daily Telegraph this morning, with the news that France is preparing to "stitch up" Britain by blackmailing the European Union into guaranteeing farm subsidies worth more than £7 billion a year. In terms of detail, this may indeed be an exclusive, but in general terms this is a headline that could be written any day of the week,...
The Corner (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Daily Telegraph's Bruno Waterfield has more on suggestions that the UK might apply to join the euro and the humiliation (both for Gordon Brown and the country he 'leads') that this already implies: As Britain's economy has dived from new low to low, Mr Brown has gone to great lengths to cultivate Mr Barroso [the EU's top bureaucrat] and the French President Nicolas Sarkozy. That has...
Telegraph Blogs : Guests (Free subscription) | yesterday
"A sign of British desperation" was the response of one well-placed person to the news that Britain is "closer than ever before" to giving up the pound for the euro. This man has been talking to Gordon Brown (Photo: AP) ...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
By Bruno Waterfield in BrusselsLast Updated: 12:37PM GMT 26 Nov 2008Pro-European rally in Poland.Photo: POLISH TOURIST BOARDJose Manuel Barroso, the Commission President, has staked his political future on plans to kick start stalling European economies with a spending plan worth up to 1.5 per cent of the European Union’s gross domestic product - or 200 billion euros. “This was his starting...
Re-cycle of Life (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Germany is rocking the boat on the question of "fiscal stimulus" measures just as the European Commission unveils an EU package said to amount to £169 billion or 1.5 per cent of Europe's GDP.
Telegraph Blogs : Guests (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
There is only one group of people who can, and should be trusted, with deciding on political issues such as European Union treaties. It is the people, not the judges. Ireland stands alone The Czech Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that the Lisbon Treat...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels Last Updated: 4:52PM GMT 25 Nov 2008For the first time in its history, the European Commission cancelled the earmarked cash and warned Bulgaria that unless it takes urgent action another £289 million of aid could be lost next year."This is not the most pleasant day of my life. As they say, the man's gotta do what the man's gotta do," said Olli Rehn, the...
