EU
EU and Turkey agree on refugee crisis proposal
Turkey and the European Union have reached agreement on key points of a proposal to handle the overflow of refugees, according to a tweet for the spokesman of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. "Deal. Breakthrough with Turkey," read the tweet from Martin Selmayr. The proposal still needs formal...
EU referendum: Hollande warns of UK exit ‘consequences’
French President Francois Hollande has said he wants the UK to stay in the EU — and warned of the "consequences" for immigration and the economy of leaving. A French government minister earlier suggested his country could end UK border controls in Calais. Asked whether he would do this, Mr Hollande said:...
EU to unveil emergency migrant aid plan
The European Union is preparing to spend hundreds of millions of euros on humanitarian aid, as Greece struggles to cope with an influx of migrants. Under plans to be submitted on Wednesday, EU funds could be deployed within Europe in the same way they are used to help crises outside the bloc. The UN has warned of a humanitarian...
BREXIT BOMBSHELL: Map shows how people will vote in EU poll and it’s bad news for Cameron
THE crusade to get Britain out of the EU was handed a massive boost today after a bombshell map showed huge swathes of the country want to sever ties with Brussels. Most of England wants to see an end to EU supremacy over the UK according to a landmark survey gauging the mood of the nation ahead of the upcoming in/out...
EU’s Tower of Babel may fall while leaders distracted
It's little wonder the European Union can't find common solutions to Europe's urgent problems when its main members are having such different national conversations. Like the biblical Tower of Babel, Europe's ambitious construction is in danger of toppling because its peoples are not speaking the same political...
Yet ANOTHER reason to LEAVE the union: UK to splash out £1BN on welfare for EU migrants
THE COST of welfare to unemployed EU migrants in the UK is on track to breaking the £1billion mark new figures have revealed. In a huge blow to the Remain campaign a 43-page government dossier has revealed that in 2013/14 welfare to jobless EU migrants cost the taxpayer £886million. The colossal bill for the...
Migrant crisis: Greece needs EU help to avoid chaos, says Merkel
Europe cannot allow Greece to fall into "chaos", German Chancellor Angela Merkel says, amid sharp divisions among members over the migrant crisis. Austria and several Balkan countries have introduced restrictions stranding migrants in Greece. Mrs Merkel said EU nations had not battled to keep Greece in the euro just...
UK EU exit would be global economy ‘shock’ — G20 leaders
Finance ministers from the world's leading economies have warned of a "shock" to the global economy if the UK leaves the EU. The ministers gave their opinion in a statement released at the end of a two-day meeting of G20 nations in China. Chancellor George Osborne, who is at the event, told the BBC the referendum...
EU failure to cope with refugee crisis ‘threatens its very survival’
Austria draws Greek ire with controversial plans to restrict migrant flows, as there are warnings the EU’s failure over refugees could push UK to leave Greece has criticised Austria amid warnings that the EU’s failure to deal with the refugee crisis threatens its very survival. Ministers meet in Brussels on...
Big firms warn EU exit ‘threatens jobs’
Leaving the European Union would threaten jobs and put the UK's economy at risk, leaders of some of Britain's biggest companies have said. Bosses — including those of BT, Marks & Spencer and Vodafone — signed a letter published in the Times, saying an EU exit would deter investment in the UK. Leave...
Leaving EU ‘would threaten UK jobs’
Leaving the European Union would threaten jobs and put the UK's economy at risk, business leaders from some of Britain's biggest companies have said. Bosses — including those of BT, Marks & Spencer and Vodafone — signed a letter published in the Times, saying an EU exit would deter investment in the UK....
UKIP’s Nigel Farage brands EU a BURNING BUILDING and urges public to RUN for the exit door
NIGEL Farage has likened the European Union to a “burning building” and urged the British public to dash to the “exit door”. The UKIP leader said: “The more I look at the EU — we’ve a currency crisis tearing north and south apart, a migrant crisis leading to walls being built in Austria...