Archive: Eu Economy

EU referendum 'is now inevitable'

A referendum about the European Union will be inevitable according to a new report from the IPPR.

A referendum about the European Union will be inevitable once treaty changes take place, a prominent left-of-centre think tank said today.

People's Pledge referendum diary: Week one

Paterson: EU referendum is inevitable

Cameron open to EU referendum - eventually

Carbon policies 'cost jobs'

Distribution of carbon permits put jobs at risk, a report claims

Europe's distribution of carbon permits may hurt the economy, a report has claimed.

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Cameron challenges 'pact for the euro'

Britain may be left on the margins of Europe

A two-day summit of European leaders is seeing David Cameron bid to undermine the developing 'pact for the euro', according to reports.

Cameron forges alliance to push for austerity in EU budget

Today's agreement on the bailout fund comes as financial markets circle over the economies of Spain and Portugal

The prime minister has claimed support from France and Germany for a more restrained EU budget for the next six-year tranche of funding.

Cameron fights losing battle on EU bailout fund

Spain and Portugal join the list of struggling eurozone economies

Britain will fight to win guarantees that that an EU bailout fund designed for natural disasters will not be used to prop up the eurozone today.

UK ready to offer Ireland bailout cash

Chancellor George Osborne is preparing the ground for a British intervention to prop up Ireland's struggling economy.

Ireland's bailout resistance wavering

Contagion fears are escalating over Ireland's sovereign debt

Fears of another sovereign debt crisis among eurozone members are thought to be weakening Ireland's resolve to resist a bailout.

Alexander 'relieved' Britain didn't join the euro

Joining the euro has been a long-held Lib Dem policy

Danny Alexander has expressed relief at the UK not being in the euro during the economic crisis.

Cameron: EU should open up to Pakistan trade

David Cameron attempts to push Pakistan to the top of teh EU's agenda

The EU should give preferential access to its markets to Pakistan, the prime minister will urge the European Council at its summit on Thursday.

Treasury holds firm over new EU watchdogs

City is vulnerable to overbearing EU regulation

George Osborne is to rubber-stamp the creation of new European bodies tasked with regulating the banking sector at a meeting of European economic and finance ministers.

Osborne unable to stop EU hedge fund law

Osborne is still in his first days as chancellor

George Osborne has had to admit to defeat as a new European law introducing tighter regulation of hedge funds takes the last steps before becoming law.

Lamont brands Greek bailout illegal as EU signs up to help

Athens was crippled by strikes yesterday as Greece's debt crisis gets serious.

An EU bailout of Greece is illegal under the Maastricht treaty, Norman Lamont said this morning, just before EU leaders decided to help.

Protectionist pressures in Brown-Sarkozy meeting

Nicolas Sarkozy establishing the 'entente formidable' last year

French president Nicolas Sarkozy is hosting Gordon Brown for lunch today before the pair head to Brussels for a meeting of European leaders.

Barroso pushes for EU regulator in London

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso pressed his case for a strong EU regulator in London this morning, amid claims such a watchdog would govern aspects of Britain's economy.

Brown: Europe is united

Brown: We will work together and with the US

Gordon Brown has confirmed a 200 billion euro stimulus package across the EU.

Britain odds-on to adopt euro by 2014

Britain is odds-on to join the euro by 2014, according to bookmakers.

Pound again under threat, Barroso hints

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso has said he believes the "people who matter" in Britain are considering a renewed drive to join the euro.

Govt opposed to working week limit

The working week limit vote will take place in the European parliament next month

The government has pledged to oppose moves by MEPs to introduce a 48-hour working week limit in Britain.

Mandelson admits earlier Deripaska meeting

Lord Mandelson admits meeting Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska two years earlier than previously stated

Lord Mandelson has admitted meeting a Russian billionaire at the centre of a two-pronged political storm two years earlier than previously stated.

EU Schengen agreement expanded

The Schengen agreement expands to include 24 countries

The EU's Schengen agreement allowing passport-free travel for non-EU citizens has been expanded to include nine more countries from today.

Euro MPs vote for cheaper mobile phone calls

The European parliament has approved moves to reduce the cost of making mobile phone calls between member states.

Brown 'caves in' over UK rebate

The UK Treasury has failed to convince EU officials to allow the chancellor to claw back some of the EU rebate sacrificed by the Prime Minister.

EU 'incomplete' without Turkey

Geoff Hoon says EU needs Turkey and western Balkan members

The European Union would be "incomplete" without Turkey and western Balkan countries such as Croatia and Macedonia, Geoff Hoon said last night.

EU leaders warned over climate change

EU leaders meet in Finland to discuss climate change and energy security

The world is fast approaching a "catastrophic tipping point" on climate change that could have a major impact on economic growth and security, Tony Blair has said.