Ursula von der Leyen’s appointment to the powerful post of Commission President has been approved by the European Parliament. The key ally of German Chancellor
Cameron effectively took Britain out of an alliance with powerful European players in countries such as France and Germany – and locked Britain out of formal channels of discussion with other European centre-right parties.
This was one of those days when it was best to be off doing other stuff (in my case on housing and then in the
You’d be forgiven for getting whiplash if you’ve been watching the Brexit negotiations. At the end of last week, the leaders in Brussels were citing
Thirty-five years ago, I spoke reasonable German, having laboured in Bonn for the Guardian and Observer. Today, most of what passed for my fluency has
Gawd, they even have a State of the Union address in Strasbourg, delivered by President Jean-Claude Juncker. The American version was bad enough as far back
Last week, the European media was buzzing with the news of how the President of the European Commission had once again levelled threats at the UK’s
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