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31 March

Britain's Extradition Treaty With The US 'Must Be Changed' Say Home Affairs Committee MPs

Britain's Extradition Treaty With The US - A History

House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee recommends "substantial reduction in the European Commission's aid programmes given its focus on the EU's neighbours rather than poorer, low income countries that are in greater need"

Austrian FM: Euro bailout fund will be €800 bln

Juncker 'furious' with talkative Austrian minister

Another Failed Grand Plan In Europe

Germany launches strategy to counter ECB largesse

Germany's opposition threatens bailout debt fund

European Bailout Stigma Shifts From Banks To Sovereigns As Bundesbank Refuses PIG Collateral

Greek PM does not rule out third bailout

Irish FM seeks ECB backing for loan deferral deal

Once again, Spain is on the front-line of the euro crisis

Spain burns as strikes bring nation to its knees

Spanish banks: A bank merger sheds fresh light on a sickly industry

Dutch parties try to agree spending cuts, avoid election

Polish minister: EU and Nato might fall apart

MEPs back sweeping derivatives regulations

Migrant boat disaster: Spain challenges Nato over distress call claim

Strong majority of MEPs want single seat

Gary Bushell writes about his visit to the European Parliament

Bring in the Vatican: Divine intervention needed to save the euro, EU officials joke

EU discriminating against low-cost airlines, claims Ryanair chief O'Leary

Was Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah an informant for French intelligence?

RT: Toulouse gunman was informant of French intelligence?

Will India Stop Buying Gold?

Is The Chinese Stock Market About To Crash?

Massive $17 Trillion Hole Found In Obamacare

Report: Israel's Mossad scales back covert operations in Iran

GOP hopeful Mitt Romney fails Brzezinski test on forein policy nuances of perpetual war

RT: "Rock Star" treatment for Ron Paul (video)

29 March

Treaty attacks democracy and enshrines austerity

Bankers warn of No vote risk as EU treaty date set

ECB's LTRO plan flops as banks cut lending

Greece fails to get quorum among Swiss bondholders

Greece may have to restructure debt again, S&P's Kraemer says

Polish central banker advocates 'special currency' for Greece

French GDP grinds to a halt as household incomes stagnate

For Portugal, Moment of Truth Nears

Worries on Italian Debt? Passé. Trouble Seekers Are Now Eying Spain

ECB’s Weidmann says bailout fund expansion won’t solve crisis

Facing Schengen expulsion, Greece locks up immigrants

Schulz: 1 million EU signatures could spur financial transactions tax

EU agency spends €300,000 'on plants for its offices'

Poland indicts former spymaster over CIA renditions

The 'experts' who break up families: The terrifying story of the prospective MP branded an unfit mother by experts who'd never met her

Halliburton charged with selling nuclear technology to Iran

28 March

17 weeks holiday a year for Ashton's EU bureaucrats

Immigration does cut house prices

EU sugar quota threatens jobs - MEP

Rich gas deposits found in survey of Leicestershire countryside

Russian government minister clashes with MEPs over energy 'dependency'

Greece: Troika targets more political ownership

Spain to slash spending as economy slumps back into recession

Ireland plans fiscal treaty referendum on 31 May

German opposition could delay ratification of ‘fiscal treaty’ (Google translation)

'EU risks talking its way back into crisis' says Belgian FM, believing the worst is over

Eurozone needs at least 1 trillion to survive says OECD chief

Eurozone needs 'mother of all firewalls', says OECD SecGen, urging for a bailout fund of at least €1 trillion

On Europe's 'Stealth' Money Printing

It's Official - The Fed Is Now Buying European Government Bonds

Dudley Doesn’t See New Fed Buffers for U.S. Against Europe

MEPs expected to vote on Acta before summer

MEPs give green light to passenger data deal with the US

Brussels says could drop carbon levy on non-EU airspace

Commission prefers higher alcohol tax to combat binge drinking

27 March

Euro collapse would 'spark new credit crunch', warns Treasury watchdog

Will euro last? Let’s see what William Hill says

Bailed-out RBS could be sold to Gulf at £7bn loss to taxpayers

EU ruling lands pension firms with £2.5bn bill

Peer rejects Tappin jail request

Richard O'Dwyer: I Saw What They Did To Christopher Tappin, And I'm Scared

Jailed banker warns of unfair extradition

European Arrest Warrant detainee granted temporary reprieve by ECHR

Germany Won't Back Full Plan for Bailout Lift

Brian Cowen: I stand by our handling of crisis amid 'limited options'

Spanish banks to merge

Spain could hold presidency of eurozone rescue fund

Will the EU decide to double up its debt funds?

EU Ratings Rotation Plan Said to Face Possible Rejection

European Court of Justice rulings over member states failing to properly implement EU law (Annual ECJ Report - 2007-2011, PDF)

MEPs condemned over vote on 'whistleblowers'

EU agency under scrutiny for Caribbean trips

Europe must adapt to 'decades' of climate change, says EU commission's Connie Hedegaard

US approves 1.3 billion dollars military aid to Egyptian military dictatorship

26 March

UKIP on 8% in Survation/Daily Mail poll

Police warning as flood of illegal immigrants doubles in just a year

Brussels offers UK €7.7bn to adopt controversial bank tax

£80bn noose round the necks of UK firms

Pension liabilities may double under EU rules

Battle to win back 100 laws

EU’s Rehn expects permanent debt fund to be increased

Eurozone debt crisis: Germany 'must let bailout fund grow'

Monti signals Spanish euro risk as EU prepares to bolster debt fund

Euro-countries seek compromise on bail-out funds

Troika returns to Greece as elections loom

State pay freeze in Greece amasses debt of 6.6 billion, or 3% of GDP

Eurozone debt crisis: how Greece could exit the euro

Merkel: Eurozone must avoid Greek exit

ECB gives national central banks right to refuse collateral

ECB Shoots First, Conducts Analysis Of LTRO Inflationary Impact Later

Ireland dutifully gulped down the nasty medicine but is still in pain

Irish referendum date likely to be made known tomorrow

Dutch PM seeks cross-party support for €9bn in budget cuts

Pig industry still under threat, warns Stuart Agnew

Now EU bans plastic bans

Paul Nuttall on the introduction of new EU tax

Those devastating Queensland Election Results: Voters hate lies and the Carbon Tax

The Fed Is Losing The "Race To Debase"

‘Don’t Attack Iran!’ Nationwide anti-war protest held in UK (RT video)

Special Report: Intel shows Iran nuclear threat not imminent

23 March

Britain stood back and watched as an EU Police State grew up - and now it can't protect its own citizens

UK recovery threatened as eurozone powerhouses stumble

UK to stump up another £1.8bn for EU

Parliament president intervenes in row over DSK invite

Concerns About Growth in Euro Zone Rise

Eurozone 'poster bailout-child' Ireland slumps back into recession

Fresh slump for Eurozone on output fall

German Bonds Rise on Global Slowdown Signs as Greek Debt Slides

Bailout worries see Spanish bond rate rise to over 5.5%

EU keen to fine Portugal €40,000 a day for flouting EU law on telecoms services

Bankers urge ECB to keep up purchase plan

Economists: Europe stuck on bailout merry-go-round

Commission says its 'Robin Hood' tax would save EU countries billions

Climate law survives red tape cull

Commission keen to create EU cybercrime centre

Europe Weighs Trade Probes Amid Beijing Threats

Unfree trade: The European Commission is flirting dangerously with protectionism

Sarkozy: Prosecute and imprison readers of “extremist” websites

Syria: EU to blacklist Assad's wife, mother and sister

Tension with Iran adding $20-30 to oil prices - Obama

22 March

We Should All Be Concerned About the Extradition of Chris Tappin

How can the London Evening Standard justify excluding UKIP from their Mayoral debate?

Budget 2012: Britain sends an extra £1.8billion to Europe

Taxation: Commission requests the United Kingdom to amend its corporate tax legislation providing for exit taxes on companies (Commission press release)

Permanent bailout mechanism (ESM) challenged in the Estonian Supreme Court

Portugal edges closer to second Eurozone bailout

Germany may allow bailout funds to run parallel, boosting lending scope, ensuring more debt

EU to restrict foreign firms' access to public tenders

Commission takes Hungary to EU Court of Justice over telecom tax

Solvency II reforms clear major hurdle

EU freezes Syrian central bank assets and threatens further sanctions

21 March

The pollsters don't want UKIP to come third

Cameron pushing for gay ‘marriage’ over fear of EU court ruling: Nigel Farage

Is carbon cutting a waste of time? Figures show Britain's 'footprint' has increased by 20 per cent despite green taxes

MEPs fire angry letters over Strauss-Kahn invitation

Strauss-Kahn turns down European Parliament invitation

Greece receives first tranche of new bailout aid

Greek bailout begins to pay central banks

The normally resilient Greeks seem close to despair in this crisis

Europe's fiscal pact in disarray as even Dutch break the rules

Bundesbank chief says banks are overloaded with sovereign debt

Monti meets unions in bid to reform Italian labour law

Spain's sale of €5bn debt shows demand for bonds is still strong following ECB's €1trn cheap-loans-to-banks strategy

Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee votes for obligatory EU-wide corporate tax base (EP PR)

Sweden moving towards cashless economy

EU commission admits mistake on Acta, says EU Court of Justice will rule over treaty

2.5 million-name ACTA petition submitted to EU parliament

Campaigners for ban on EU fish discards declare breakthrough

Industry fears EU raw materials regulations hamper growth

Central Banking Was Responsible for 2008 Meltdown – Nothing Else

Nanny Bloomberg Bans Food Donations to Homeless Shelters: Too Salty!

'Fairytales!' No Russian warships, anti-terror squads in Syria

20 March

Paul Nuttall: Leave drinkers alone

Europhile Tory MP kindly asks fellow MP to join UKIP

Ken Livingstone: I will make London a beacon of Islam

European Arrest Warrant: Briton Graham Mitchell faces retrial in Portugal

Italy is trapped in a monetary Völkerkerker

German 'future of Europe' meeting irks partners

Greece: Central bank governor’s report sees tax collection mechanism worsen while evasion increases

CDS boost as Greece default leads to $2.5bn pay-out

Portugal looks likely to default

Ireland: Queries on fiscal treaty referendum date draw vague reply

Low-Interest Auto Loans, Thanks to the European Central Bank

EU still unsure what 'shadow banking' really is

Brady: One Flew Over the EU's Mess

EU threatens Iceland and Faroe Islands with trade sanctions over fish

India to Ask Airlines to Shun EU Carbon Law

Belarus, EU sanctions and the $1mn bounty

Belarus executes 2 men convicted of subway bombing amid suspicion of a staged event

You Pay, We Build, They Destroy: EU to finance Palestinian water plant

Russian Anti-Terror Troops Arrive in Syria (with edited video of interview with Assad)

West wants united front on Syria

Syria: President Assad's wife to be added to EU sanctions list for shopping sprees

Strange Bedfellows: How the U.S. and Egypt control the destiny of the region

Iran war game predicts dire consequences for US forces after Israeli attack

The Pork Eating Crusader Patch Is A Huge Hit With Troops In Afghanistan

KONY 2012 Scam… a British Perspective (video)
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19 March
NHS caused to pay £20,000 a week for a doctor

Broken down and rusting, is this the future of Britain's 'wind rush'?

Indian call centres selling YOUR credit card details and medical records for just 2p

Treaty referendum in Ireland likely in early summer

Irish rejection of EU treaty would cut influence, Smaghi says

Hollande 'not alone' in bid to re-open fiscal treaty

Hollande calls for expanded loans role for ECB

Analysis: Sarkozy, Hollande snipe at EU to woo voters

French election: leftists march in Paris for tax-the-rich, equality-in-poverty candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon

EU spearheads tax crackdown on Greece

Greek Deal Highlights Flaws in Default Swaps

Greece's finance minister elected leader of the socialist party

Persson: Do eurozone voters really want a 'United States of Europe'?

IMF' Lagarde urges fast reforms

East German dissident and Lutheran pastor elected German president

Euro jobs at risk if crude hits $150

Iran retaliates by trading oil in currencies other than the dollar, threatening dollar's global-reserve-currency status

Executive-Order Panic: Has Obama secretly empowered himself to institute martial law in America?

The New Revolution - 2012 Phenomenon

16 March

UKIP polling 3rd in London, LibDems joint 4th with Greens

Why another Tory EU rebellion is now on the cards

Hungarian PM to EU: 'We will not be a colony'

Fiscal compact buffeted by political crosswinds

Elected, but how democratic?

Greek Restructuring Delay Helps Banks as Risks Shift

IMF clears its €28bn share of the second Greek bailout despite opposition

Belgian magazine Trends: Only by creating euros can Greece avoid the implosion of its financial system says Greek Central Bank official

Irish FM does not rule out deal to delay €3.1bn bank payment

Ireland hopes for permission to delay payments

Spanish House Prices Tumble

Anger over EU 'spending €11.1m on orchestras'

No trade war with China, EU presidency says

Plans to ban fishing discards threatened by group of member states

Human rights court (Strasbourg) backs Met police 'kettling'

Hotels must pay royalties, EU Court of Justice (Lux) rules

Karzai demands US pullback after massacre

US threatens India over Iran oil

Is Ron Paul the victim of voter fraud? (RTAmerica video)

15 March

Cameron tells Obama he wants fewer people extradited to the US - Will a new review do?

UK could lose coveted AAA rating, warns Fitch

New EU rules wreck pensions

McKinstry: We must quit the EU to become an economic force

Euro-Zone Countries Sign Greek Bailout Deal

Now even the eurozone admits it has condemned Greece to never-ending austerity

Ireland's bailout agency must sell €4bn more in property to meet troika target

Hungary’s Orban urges EU to lift blocks to bailout negotiations

Icelanders forced to face a fake Hobson's Choice

MEPs urge the Dutch government to condemn the PVV website (EP press release)

Expert warns that CO2 cuts will fail to stop temperatures rising

EU-U.S. Split on Iran Banks Seen Widening

EU to consider 'security training mission' to Niger

Three key members quit Syria's SNC opposition bloc

'Media - West proxy to fuel Syria conflict' (RT video)

'Western intervention in Syria already under way' (RT video)

Is Syria Near The Tipping Point?

Kony 2012 is a scam, 'Invisible Children' are liars (RT video)

14 March

Christopher Tappin's son urges David Cameron to intervene

The DNA of Britons could be passed on in EU data-sharing scheme

European Court of Human Rights president dismisses British reform plans

Record exports as firms shun the EU

Pru Chief blasts EU over new cash rules

Euro court job 'for Qatada QC'

Greece will need more austerity, Commission report says

Greece Lenders Warn of Deeper Cuts Ahead

Greece off course as troika paves way for bailout funds

Greece set to miss targets

China central banker: EU is our biggest uncertainty

Heckles on 'double standards' as EU freezes Hungary's money

British egg producers upset that across the channel 'it pays to disobey EU law' - Agnew (RT video)

Finland becomes latest country to halt Acta approval

Being a soldier in these troubled times is not easy

UK teenager arrested for comments made on Facebook page

Judicial investigation leak: Gaddafi 'contributed €50m to Sarkozy's 2007 presidential election fund'

Redefining the U.S.-Canada Border: The End of Canada as a Sovereign Nation?

Russia Discloses The Iran Ultimatum: Cooperate Or Be Invaded By Year End

Al Jazeera journalists quit channel citing bias on Syria coverage (RT video)

13 March
Elaine Tappin accuses British courts of failing husband facing US arms trial

Bill of Rights hostage to Coalition infighting

Revealed: Highlights from leaked emails and official papers leaked from Commission on a Bill of Rights

Human rights law review body fatally split, leaked papers reveal

New poll: 60% of UK voters want looser relationship with EU or out

Eurozone approves new bailout, small tranches for Greece

Greece will need third bail-out, leaders told

Eurozone ministers OK Greek bailout, want more from Spain

Greece’s brand new long-term bonds fail to attract investors

Greece should exit the euro, says Treasury Select Committee chairman Andrew Tyrie

Euro zone finance ministers push Spain on budget cuts

EU Budget Deal May Leave Spain Struggling to Meet Deficit-Reduction Goal

Spain to miss goals as Italy hits recession

Spain gets controversial let-off on budget deficit

Mayer Says Portugal Bailout Talks May Start Again

Hungary feels the heat of new EU budget rules

Estonian court to rule on eurozone bail-out fund

Ireland Presses Debt Rescheduling

Irish PM prefers date in late May for treaty referendum

EU ministers to move forward on transaction tax

Dutch PM to defy Strasbourg summons

EU targets profits of organised crime

Poland Tries to Block EU Emission Goal

UKIP's David Coburn: Same-sex marriage is not a left-right political issue, it’s about freedom

Ron Paul muses about the possibility of GOP election fraud and a Goldman-Sachs- vs-Goldman-Sachs national election

12 March

The family torn apart by U.S. extradition law: As Chris Tappin's makes an emotional call from prison to his wife, she reveals cherished pictures of the life he left behind

David Cameron US visit: Will he mention Christopher Tappin?

Budget 2012: David Cameron and George Osborne fail to understand the striving middle classes

Roger Helmer: Why Clegg is wrong to raid the rich

Bill of Rights chief quits in disgust over process rigging by Clarke, Clegg and the Commission

Germany wants new debate on EU constitution: minister

Greek bail-out to get sign-off from eurozone ministers

Slovakia votes to return to the Europhile fold

Lagarde to recommend €28bln IMF contribution to new Greek bailout

Germany turns up pressure on ECB to start mopping up its extra cash

Belgium extends austerity plans to meet EU’s budget restrictions

Financial tax deal sought by nine EU member states

Sarkozy gets tough with the EU over trade and immigration in attempt to save his presidency

More pre-election babble: Sarkozy Threatens to Exit Schengen Area

The Eight Hundred Pound Greek Gorilla Enters The Room

Youth unemployment: Europe's scariest chart just got scarier

Detlev Schlichter: The deflation delusion

Top EU economist says euro crisis may not be over. Duh!

Mark Grant On The Increased Risks of Owning European Sovereign/Bank Debt

Encumbrance 101, Or Why Europe Is Running Out Of Assets

Aviation plea to leaders over EU price on carbon emissions

Government finally sees through wind-farm scam – but why did it take them so long?

Gerald Warner: Fuelling An Inconvenient Delusion That Spells Ruin For Scotland

Ashton to spend €15mn on private security firms

Finnish FM: “We should move forward” with EU militarism without the UK

Tories want UK troops to stay in Afghanistan (Video, Question Time)

09 March

Tappin lawyer urges government to intervene over bail refusal

We must demand justice for Orpington’s Christopher Tappin, says Ukip leader Nigel Farage
Tory MPs call for removal of ‘monster’ chairman Warsi over MEP defection

Greece clinches do-or-die bond-swap deal

Disaster stalks triumph for Greece as debt deal leaves Eurozone taxpayers at risk

Legal skull-duggery in Greece may doom Portugal

Greek youth unemployment hits 51.5pc (includes colour-coded EU map)

The doyen of German monetarism slams ECB's 'shocking' balance sheet

ECB trillion-euro cheap-loans-to-banks plan a success, says Draghi

Confrontation is the only way, new EP president Schulz says

Britain calls for emergency border controls with Greece over illegal immigration

Germany, Austria warn Greece to tighten border controls

EU budget has never been so green

Poland not buying into carbon scam

China blocks Airbus orders over CO2 tax scam

Federal Reserve attempts the impossible: inflation-free inflation

Be very afraid of nuclear threat, says Clegg, in line with coalition's 'Blair doctrine'

Celente: Hawks circling over Iran as only ally Syria on ropes (RT video)

US State Department Hands Terror-Cult US Base in Iraq

Congressman Introduces Resolution Reaffirming Use of Military Without Congressional Approval is an Impeachable Offense

US Elections: Watch Diebold machine in action

08 March

Nick Clegg keeps defending European Arrest Warrant amid widespread criticism

18 years after he was cleared of attempted murder Briton faces being sent back to prison in Portugal

1.4billion ways to squander our cash

Why on earth is the EU giving millions of our money in aid?

MPs call for Eurozone collapse plan

Greek €206bn debt-restructure deal likely as deadline nears

Greece on brink of default as bond deal falters

Goldman Secret Greece Loan Shows Two Sinners as Client Unravels

Alexander Higgins: Greece Scammed By Goldman While Trying To Meet EU Financial Terms

Merkel worried about Portugal, coy on debt fund

Eurozone gripped by fresh fears of a second bailout for Portugal

The true, tragic cost of British wind power

Poland defies Europe over 2050 low-carbon roadmap

Fined £50... for dropping a tenner

The Era of the Creepy-State is Here

European Commission forced to pull nonsensical ad on enlargement after racism row

Smuggled cash, arms, jihadists fuel Syria war - James Corbett, RT video

'Syrian Girl' reports on situation in Syria (Video, AJ Show, Part One)

Syria video: Part Two

07 March

UKIP: Government cannot impose marriage views on religions

Flood of Loans Reflects Rising Risk at ECB

European Banks Now Face Huge Margin Calls As ECB Collateral Crumbles

Greece ups pressure in trillion-euro gamble

Deadline looms for Greek creditors to sign up for 'voluntary' bond swap

European markets plunge as Greece threatens to default

Carefully Orchestrated Moves Set Stage for Greek Debt Deal

EU figures show crisis-busting arms sales to Greece

Bailed out RBS shifts 300 UK jobs to India

Italian debt yields rise as ECB cash injection wears off

Spain Strikes Budget Deal With Regions

Collapse in euro zone output in final quarter of last year

EU countries ink legal procedures for new treaty

Elusive Enda's on a tightrope over picking referendum date

Ireland: Getting the troika's support on a banks package is just a first step

Iceland puts former PM on trial over financial crisis

Seeking re-election: Sarkozy says France has too many foreigners

War-loving Cameron does a Blair on Iran

'Israeli spies warn against military strike on Iran' - ex-ambassador

Britain admits funding Syria rebels

Wikileaks document reveals: US-led NATO troops operate inside Syria

Eastern Libya declares autonomy (with RT video)

FBI Tries To Coax Muslim Into Bombing US Capitol (RT video)

06 March

Swann: Leaving the Tories for Ukip was about freedom and aspiration

Tappin case bail refusal 'outrage'

Greeks move billions from local bank accounts to the UK

Private Creditors Back Greek Debt Swap

IIF: Danger of 1-trilion-euro fallout from Greek default

German opposition seeks more in loan deal

Secrecy of Finnish-Greek loan deal challenged

Dutch Freedom Party pushes for referendum on euro as €2.4 trillion debt bill looms

Spain on collision course with Brussels over budget deficit targets

Spain's sovereign thunderclap and the end of Merkel's Europe

ECB Surpasses €3 Trillion, Still Most Undercapitalized Hedge Fund In The World

Hungary’s ‘Determined’ EU Talks to Lead to Court, Lazar Says

EU commissioner blasts bilateral tax deals with Switzerland

Gender Quotas in European Union Companies

Matt Ridley: The Beginning Of The End Of Wind

Carbon Wars: Russia Limits Sky Space For EU Airlines

Faber: "Middle East Will Go Up In Flames" ... "Have To Be In Precious Metals And Equities"

The Gold Bullion vending machine

How Ron Paul's McGovernite strategy can win on Super Tuesday … and beyond

Sherrif Joe Arpaio: probable cause that Obama's birth certificate is a forgery

05 March

UKIP e-petition in support of Chris Tappin

ACTA in UK: 10 years in jail for a download?

EU Bank Units Tap Cheap Cash

Banks' ECB Deposits Hit New Peak

Greek default fears as debt deal deadline looms

German Banker Widens Europe Policy Rift

Greece bubbles towards a third bailout and boiling point

Austria: Third Greek bailout on the cards

Millions of pounds in EU farm subsidies going to rich landowners

Report shows the Netherlands can leave the euro, says Wilders

The Netherlands & the Euro: The Full Report (pdf)

Critics cry fraud as Putin returns to the Kremlin with 64% of the vote

Ron Paul Revolution: The Great Awakening

04 March

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UKIP's membership surges towards 30,000

Polls: How voters for "others" get their views cut back by YouGov party ID weightings

Godfrey Bloom: The EU is only interested in power over our lives (video)

Sixth member to leave Merton Conservatives confirmed

Give Falklands and Gibraltar their own MP, says Farage: UKIP leader says territories' voices are dangerously 'muted'

Nigel Farage on the Jeremy Vine Show, BBC Radio 2 (from 01:10:25)

Apology over children taken from Ukip foster pair 'too little, too late’

Jeremy Paxman reveals he has heard senior Tories calling activists 'swivel-eyed loons'

David Cameron pledge to Tories: No more divisive issues like gay marriage

Cameron calls on Labour to save gay marriage bill

Coalition will go the distance, say Cameron and Clegg

Stop the loonacy, says Clegg in plea for Tory unity

Nick Clegg to tell off Tory backbenchers for 'game-playing'

LibDems confused over party policy on in-out referendum

UKIP's popularity could pierce man-made global warming bubble, warns Ed Davey

Flashback: The great global warming swindle (Channel 4 documentary)

EU summit set to turn climate agenda upside down (that is, the right way up... but don't cross your fingers)

European Parliament approves mandatory EU-wide share for renewables, but votes down 40-45% target

EU Urges Energy Market as U.S. Shale Gas Widens Price Gap

Dutch to oppose 'bizarre' EU olive oil ban at Brussels summit

Brian Binley: European Union bureaucracy is now the same as the GDP of Holland

Iceland freezes EU membership talks as new government shuns euro

European Union must break out of ideological straitjacket, says President of Iceland

Kenneth Haar: 'Flawed' EU banking union will actually encourage bad behaviour

EU summit to tackle tax fraud and energy

Paul Nuttall hits back at moves by Brussels on tax havens

Cameron urges global action against tax avoidance

Van Rompuy seeks tax compromise by imposing deadline

Ireland does not do special deals on tax - Kenny

City shocked by Brussels’ bonus cap power grab

European Banking Authority press release on material risk takers' remuneration

Eurozone crisis as it happened: Italian PM warns EU could 'implode' without action on growth and jobs (Guardian)

Italy: Premier Enrico Letta issues call for 'United States of Europe'

Italy to outline youth jobs plan as government struggles

London ready to mitigate impact of Cyprus banking crisis on Laiki UK customers

Greek bank borrowing rises through increased use of Emergency Liquidity Assistance

EU, IMF ask Greece for more checks on tax evasion suspects

IMF Tells Central Europe to Spend More

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