Brussels Blog 5:32pm

Brussels blog: Obama talks it up, EU market down

6:32pm

ECB signals opposition to Irish debt plea

Dublin lobbying to be allowed to restructure debt

From COMMENT 5:43pm

Eurozone banking union is deeply flawed

Rescue mechanism presents a very significant danger, write Hans-Werner Sinn and Harald Hau

From MARKETS 5:37pm

EU’s carbon trading hopes rest on Germany

Consent of Angela Merkel seen as essential to reform

From COMPANIES 8:51pm

UK turns to EU as bad weather hits spuds

Processors seek German and French farms

Wolfgang Munchau from COMMENT 7:21pm

Euro and trade will make EU irrelevant

Appeal will diminish amid a eurozone economic union and transatlantic free-trade zone

Jan 27, 2013

French want UK to stay in EU – or maybe not

Opinion polls disagree on support for British membership

J. McHugh illustration ©J. McHugh Janan Ganesh Janan Ganesh from COMMENT Jan 25, 2013

Tory conflagration has been postponed

The referendum will settle nothing but could slice through the Tories

From COMPANIES Jan 25, 2013

‘Strong’ repayment of ECB cheap funding

Nearly 300 banks to pay back €137bn to central bank

The Top Line from COMPANIES Jan 25, 2013

‘One share, one vote’ must be left alone

Idea of extra rights for long-term shareholders is laudable but ill-conceived

Jan 24, 2013

Cameron pitches new deal as good for EU

Deregulation unavoidable, UK prime minister tells Davos

From MARKETS Jan 24, 2013

EU carbon prices crash to record low

European parliament rejects price support plan

From COMPANIES Jan 24, 2013

Fears over ECB longer-term funding scheme

Threat that Europe’s weaker banks will be stigmatised

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 24, 2013

Bullish Latin America leaders host summit

First meeting with EU counterparts held in Chile

From COMMENT Jan 24, 2013

Cameron leaps into the unknown

PM’s speech was a gamble to get the eurosceptic monkey off his back, writes Paul Goodman

Jan 24, 2013

UK threatened with fine over energy reform

Brussels demands €300,000 a day for failure to open up N Ireland sector

From UK Jan 24, 2013

Merkel says eurozone not ‘closed shop’ to UK

Cameron tells Davos forum new EU settlement is needed

From UK Jan 24, 2013

Business chiefs show backing for Cameron

LSE chief among figures hailing PM’s plan for EU referendum

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 24, 2013

Eurozone business activity improves

January PMI jumps to 48.2, beating expectations

The Short View from MARKETS Jan 23, 2013

ECB repayment provides important signals

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