14 May 2012 Last updated at 15:59 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Greek citizen: “I am very scared they will not be able to succeed with the coalition” Negotiations on forming a new Greek government have ended after an hour but will resume on Tuesday. Three previous attempts to...
12 May 2012 Last updated at 13:19 ET Europe central bankers have been openly expressing views on the possibility of Greece leaving the eurozone as its leaders struggle to form a government. Germany’s top banker said it was up to the Greeks to decide, but if they did not keep to their bailout commitments,...
6 May 2012 Last updated at 16:52 ET Early results in Greece’s parliamentary election suggest the two main parties have suffered dramatic losses. With 35% of the vote counted, centre-right New Democracy is in the lead with 20.35%, down from 33.5% in 2009. Centre-left Pasok is in third place with 14.10%, down from 43.9%...
30 April 2012 Last updated at 15:56 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Immigration Minister Damian Green said plans were in place for the peak period over the summer. The UK’s Border Force will ensure all immigration desks are fully staffed during summer peak times, Immigration Minister Damian Green has...
14 February 2012 Last updated at 15:48 ET The head of the eurozone countries has downgraded an eurozone finance ministers meeting on Wednesday, saying Greece has not yet given the necessary assurances about its austerity plan. Ministers, who had demanded Greece find an extra 325m euros of savings, had been set to meet in...
9 February 2012 Last updated at 13:21 ET Eurozone ministers have cast doubt over a new Greek austerity plan, as they meet in Brussels to decide on a 130bn euro ($170bn; £110bn) bailout fund. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said the Greek plan was “not at a stage where it can be signed off”....
14 December 2011 Last updated at 10:13 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Britain’s role in the EU is secure Chancellor Angela Merkel has told German MPs that the UK will remain a strong EU partner, despite its decision not to sign up to an...
12 December 2011 Last updated at 13:12 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. David Cameron: ”Satisfactory safeguards were not forthcoming and so I did not agree to the treaty” David Cameron has said he “genuinely looked to reach an agreement” at the EU summit but vetoed treaty change because it...
11 December 2011 Last updated at 12:41 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Nick Clegg says he is ‘bitterly disappointed’ by Mr Cameron’s veto Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says David Cameron’s veto of EU treaty changes was “bad for Britain” and could leave it “isolated and marginalised”. But he...
10 December 2011 Last updated at 15:13 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. George Osborne: “We’re not exiting the European Union” Chancellor George Osborne says David Cameron’s decision to veto changes to the European Union treaty has “helped protect Britain’s economic interests”. He said the country’s financial services and manufacturers...
