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The eurozone crisis
The ongoing eurozone crisis has enormous implications for Britain. Plunging GDP predictions across the continent have a strong effect on our own economic performance, of course. But David Cameron's veto of a bid to push through fiscal integration across the European Union has prompted fresh tensions of its own, as Britain's relationship with the continent is fundamentally reassessed.
Everything you need to know about the eurozone deal in five minutes
What is the eurozone deal, what does it mean for British politics and will it solve the crisis?
TweetCameron's EU veto statement as-it-happened
Every twist and turn of a dramatic afternoon
Comment: Greece deserves a better empire than the eurozone
They'd be better run by the Disney themepark division
Podcast: Eurocrisis and eurosceptics
Growing divisions within the eurosceptic rebel camp
The week in review: Just another monster Tory uprising
Most political parties which collectively shoot themselves in the foot again and again eventually learn their lesson. Not the Conservatives.
Tory call on Labour MPs to back referendum bill
Eurosceptic Conservative James Wharton has agreed to bring forward David Cameron's draft bill on an EU referendum, in a development which will prompt a deep sigh of relief in Downing Street.
Profile: EU referendum bill champion James Wharton
James Wharton, the Tory eurosceptic who will carry his party's hopes of an EU referendum in the Cameron-endorsed bill, has a surprisingly colourful early political career.
Eurosceptic amendment: The Conservative party divides
One hundred and thirty MPs have backed the eurosceptic amendment, in what initially appears to be an even greater setback for the prime minister than expected.
Podcast: The perils of being Europe minister
We speak to Europe minister David Lidington about the trials and tribulations of life in one of the coalition's toughest jobs.
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ABI International Regulation Seminar
Collision or Convergence? A New World Order for the International Insurance Market? The collapse or forced bail-outs of a series of large, financial institutions in 2008 threw both markets and governments into turmoil. Now the fate of some European economies threatens even larger ructions.
CPA: Eurozone Slowdown and Cost Inflation Pose Major Threat to Construction Product Industry
The Construction Products Association’s latest State of Trade Survey, which has been launched today, shows that although a Eurozone crisis appears to have been averted for the time being, the prospect of an economic slowdown in the major European economies, together with increasing global energy and raw material prices, remain as the major threats to further recovery in the UK construction products industry.
Insurers must be in a position to help Europe fight back to growth, say ABI
Regulation must help drive growth not hinder it, the Association of British Insurers said today at a conference to discuss the new pan European set of rules, Solvency II.
Interview: Europe minister David Lidington
"It's never dull," Europe minister David Lidington says. As the Conservative in charge of a divisive and controversial area, the question of an EU referendum is never far away.
Referendum moves won't make Ukip go away, Europe minister says
Europe minister David Lidington has hit out against Conservative eurosceptics ahead of Wednesday's likely vote by telling them to focus on issues other than the in/out referendum tearing his party apart.
Saved by the president: Obama backs Cameron over EU referendum row
David Cameron has received a major boost from Barack Obama after the US president firmly backed his EU negotiations in their White House press conference.
Analysis: Cameron's referendum tactics reveal a deep, deep weakness
Eurosceptic troublemakers have forced David Cameron into a reluctant equivocation which collapses under scrutiny. By refusing to listen to them, they are making him play a terrible political price.
Abstention tensions: Ministers told to steer clear of referendum vote
Conservative backbenchers are preparing to defy their leader over the EU referendum in another sign of David Cameron's weakness on Europe.
Confrontation in Europe: Cameron sells reform to EU leaders
David Cameron is addressing criticisms his EU referendum plans are creating uncertainty this week, as he takes the case for reform to European capitals.
Comment: UK's euroscepticism could cost Britain power
Size matters in diplomacy. If Britain is forced to go it alone in Europe, it will be an observer of world events - not a shaper of them.
Comment: The treaty which first united Europe
As Europe seems to fall apart, we should remember the 300-year-old treaty which ended decades of war.
Podcast: What next after Cameron's game-changing Europe speech?
It was a speech worthy of the buildup. David Cameron's pledge for an in-out referendum on Europe has transformed the debate about the UK's relationship with the continent.
Divide and rule: Cameron splits eurosceptics over in-out referendum
Hardline Conservative eurosceptics are gearing up to fight their party leader in the European Union in-or-out referendum, regardless of the negotiations with EU leaders to come.
Comment: EU blackmail could be prelude to another U-turn
Offering an in-out referendum on EU membership is the final capitulation to the growing euroscepticism which caused me to leave the Conservative party and join the Liberal Democrats.
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