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Greek parties expected to reach agreement on austerity measures tonight. The finance ministers of the eurozone are to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow night (9 February) to...

Greek deal on write-down of debts to banks would open the way for a second bail-out for Greece. European Union leaders today expressed hope at the end of a one-day summit...

Initiative may not win full support from animal rights groups. The European Commission is weighing up whether to propose dedicated EU legislation on animal welfare, according...

Just who is putting together the inter-governmental treaty? And where are they doing it? Negotiations on an inter-governmental treaty are taking place in the Commission's...

The incoming Danish presidency is split on the bigger questions of European policy, but it should have no problem pushing forward day-to-day work. Those in Brussels wanting a...

EU leaders discussing how to tackle the debt crisis. EU leaders are meeting in Brussels this evening to tackle the eurozone debt crisis and save the single currency.

European Council president tells EU leaders that there is a choice: a quick way or a slower process, involving treaty change. Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European...

If the European Parliament does not adapt to the eurozone crisis, a democratic gap will open up. In all democracies, major economic and fiscal decisions need to secure the...

Papademos gets support of 255 MPs. The new interim government in Greece comfortably won a vote of confidence in the Greek parliament on Wednesday, winning support from 255...

G20 winners and losers.

Prime minister will step down after economic reform package is passed. Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, has promised to resign after the Italian parliament passes...

Tighter rules and more eurozone summits. The sovereign-debt crisis occurred, eurozone leaders believe, because there was insufficient scrutiny of eurozone economies and no...

Emergency talks to be held in Cannes ahead of G20 summit. José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, today issued an appeal for national unity in...

Greek prime minister's decision prompts a party rebellion and creates anxiety on the markets. Papandreou calls referendum on rescue deal George Papandreou, the...

Papandreou to brief eurozone leaders on referendum plan as government faces collapse. Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, and Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, are to...

The European Council's statement of the main results of the eurozone summit. “The euro is at the core of our European project of peace, stability and prosperity.

France's finance minister has a domestic role in a global crisis. It is not in the least to François Baroin's discredit that, in the middle of the most severe...

Troika says Greek government has made progress on economic reforms. Greece is likely to get the next portion of its bail-out loans in early November despite missing many...

Verhofstadt's ideas get short shrift from Barroso. So what did ALDE leader Guy Verhofstadt mean when he sent a letter to European Commission President José Manuel...

Deal for latest €8 billion now not likely to be made until November. Further pressure was heaped on Greece by finance ministers of the eurozone tonight as they...