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Tuesday 20 December 2011

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Bruno Waterfield

Bruno Waterfield

Bruno Waterfield reports from Brussels.

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EU demands £25bn lifeline from the UK

David Cameron will come under pressure today to resist demands to contribute more than £25 billion to a new eurozone bail-out.

18 Dec 2011

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Report exposes Dutch Catholic sex abuse scandal

Up to 20,000 children were abused by Roman Catholic priests or lay workers in the Netherlands since 1945

16 Dec 2011

Liege attacks: elderly woman becomes fifth victim

Death toll from the Liege grenade and gun attack on Christmas shoppers rises to five with death of 75-year-old.

15 Dec 2011

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Liege: 'my baby was in my arms... then I heard gunfire'

Mother of boy killed by gunman Nordine Amrani describes how her "angel Gabriel" was hit by a bullet.

14 Dec 2011

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Belgian gunman had 'grudge against society'

Nordine Amrani launched deadly attack because he knew that he was going to be sent back to prison.

14 Dec 2011

Liege attacks: body found at home of Belgian gunman

Body found in search of 33-year-old Nordine Amrani's home, as first picture of attacker released.

14 Dec 2011

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Lone gunman brings terror to streets of Liege

Gunman spreads terror in Liege, throwing hand grenades onto a square packed with shoppers, killing four people and himself.

13 Dec 2011

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Europe's 26 plotting their revenge

Britain faces a wave of hostile legislation battered through the European Union by a new "Euro-Plus" bloc dominated by France and Germany as senior figures call for the British to be driven out of Europe.

10 Dec 2011

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Sarkozy’s push poses 'biggest threat to EU unity’

France is the biggest threat to the unity of the European Union, a former Belgian prime minister has warned, after Nicolas Sarkozy succeeded in his mission of splitting Britain from Europe to cement French power.

09 Dec 2011

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David Cameron stands as the lone man of Europe

David Cameron took a decisive step to distance Britain from the European Union on Friday as he became the first prime minister to veto a new EU treaty.

09 Dec 2011

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David Cameron makes his euro stand, in splendid isolation

“It’s the right thing to say, 'I cannot do that.’” With those few words well before dawn on Friday, David Cameron announced a momentous shift in Britain’s relationship with the European Union.

09 Dec 2011

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Britain is only nation not to consider EU treaty changes

Britain is the only nation to rule out EU treaty changes aimed at ending the eurozone debt crisis, as every euro country signed up to the planned measures and the other member states said they would consider signing up.

09 Dec 2011

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EU suffers worst split in history as Cameron blocks treaty change

The European Union suffered the most damaging split in its 54 year history after David Cameron used the British veto to block eurozone treaty change after France and Germany opposed “safeguards” to protect Britain’s economy.

09 Dec 2011

Debt crisis: David Cameron 'failing to stand up for Britain'

David Cameron is failing to stand up for British interests in talks over a new European Union treaty, according to Douglas Carswell, a leading Conservative sceptic.

07 Dec 2011

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Eurozone debt crisis: Cameron threatens to veto EU treaty

Prime Minister threatens to veto a far-reaching deal to save the euro unless he wins safeguards for the City of London and the European single market.

07 Dec 2011

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Eurozone leaders insist that rescue 'will survive downgrade'

Eurozone leaders have insisted their rescue plans for the single currency are on track despite a furious row over S&P's actions that threatened to de-rail their efforts and drive a deep wedge between Europe and America.

06 Dec 2011

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Belgium to have new government after world record 541 days

Belgium will wake up today with a new prime minister after a world record of 19 months without government but the incoming administration will not settle longer term questions over the future of the divided country.

06 Dec 2011

Worst drought in 200 years hits Danube river

Shipping paralysed and shrinking water levels expose bombs and debris from the Second World War.

05 Dec 2011

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Can France and Germany keep the euro alive?

Can Germany and France reach agreement on radical new rules that would mean a loss of sovereignty over fiscal policy for euro nations - and can they do it in time to save the single currency?

03 Dec 2011

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EU tightens the screws on Iran

European foreign ministers sought to maximise pressure on Iran’s economy yesterday, adding 180 individuals and entities to their sanctions list, but stopping short of an oil embargo.

01 Dec 2011

Conservatives drop challenge to Brussels on work rules

Demands for the immediate repatriation of social and employment powers from Brussels have been dropped by the Government ahead of summit talks on EU treaty change next week.

30 Nov 2011

It's official: the credit crunch is back, confirms Downing Street

Number 10 says Britain has entered a second credit crunch as America's Federal Reserve forced to intervene to stop eurozone crisis leading to a global financial collapse.

30 Nov 2011

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Germany attacks 'eurobond' plan

Angela Merkel lashed out at the European Commission after it proposed the creation of eurobonds on the same day as Germany's borrowing costs were hit by the eurozone debt crisis for the first time.

23 Nov 2011

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EC pay reduction plans 'unconvincing'

Britain protests that proposals to reduce the pay and perks of EU officials in line with national austerity cuts are "unconvincing" and unlikely ever to be implemented.

22 Nov 2011

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Germany backs down on tax demand for compensation payments

Germany has backed down on a controversial demand that former slave labourers for the Nazis should pay tax on pensions paid to them as compensation after protests from Belgium and Holland.

21 Nov 2011

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