Author Archives: Ian Traynor
11th May, 2013
EU will collapse in 2018, says ‘museum of the future’
BRUSSELS: The day Europe dies, according to the Brussels theatre director Thomas Bellinck, will be in 2018. Mired in the “Great Recession”, with the countries of southern Europe traumatised by a wave of “crisis suicides” and neo-fascism,
BRUSSELS: The day Europe dies, according to the Brussels theatre director Thomas Bellinck, will be in 2018. Mired in the “Great Recession”, with the countries of southern Europe traumatised by a wave of “crisis suicides” and neo-fascism,
2nd March, 2013
EU attacks UK plans to rewrite membership
LONDON: The British prime minister, David Cameron, was put on notice on Thursday that no other EU leader is likely to support his campaign to rewrite the terms of British membership of the union and then put the outcome to a referendum
LONDON: The British prime minister, David Cameron, was put on notice on Thursday that no other EU leader is likely to support his campaign to rewrite the terms of British membership of the union and then put the outcome to a referendum
24th January, 2013
Europe signals opposition to UK demands
DAVID Cameron swiftly encountered a solid wall of European opposition to his demands to be allowed to “pick and choose” what Britain wants from its membership of the EU as his continental partners worried about being plunged
DAVID Cameron swiftly encountered a solid wall of European opposition to his demands to be allowed to “pick and choose” what Britain wants from its membership of the EU as his continental partners worried about being plunged
21st October, 2012
EU summit only papers over the cracks
BRUSSELS: The European Union looked condemned to months of bitter infighting over money, budgets and the euro on Friday night following a summit where leaders merely papered over the deep divisions between them.
BRUSSELS: The European Union looked condemned to months of bitter infighting over money, budgets and the euro on Friday night following a summit where leaders merely papered over the deep divisions between them.
14th October, 2012
Crisis pushes towards two-tier Europe
THE stakes are rising again in the euro crisis. A big row between the eurozone and the IMF over how to cut Greece some slack, endless Spanish prevarication, egged on by Germany, over whether to ask for a bailout,
THE stakes are rising again in the euro crisis. A big row between the eurozone and the IMF over how to cut Greece some slack, endless Spanish prevarication, egged on by Germany, over whether to ask for a bailout,
19th June, 2012
An uncertain fortnight for Europe
SUNDAY’S Greek drama kicks off what may be the most volatile and uncertain fortnight in more than half a century of European Union, peaking in a crucial Brussels summit later in the month.
SUNDAY’S Greek drama kicks off what may be the most volatile and uncertain fortnight in more than half a century of European Union, peaking in a crucial Brussels summit later in the month.
25th April, 2012
A democratic backlash
FOR over two years, the mainstream political elites of Europe have been battling to save the single currency, seeking its salvation in a German-scripted programme of austerity and legally enshrined fiscal rigour that curbs the budgetary sovereignty of elected governments.
FOR over two years, the mainstream political elites of Europe have been battling to save the single currency, seeking its salvation in a German-scripted programme of austerity and legally enshrined fiscal rigour that curbs the budgetary sovereignty of elected governments.
