Showing posts with label referendum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label referendum. Show all posts

July 13, 2015

Eurozone talks on Greece need 'a lot more progress' before possible deal

Talks aimed at preventing Greece from leaving the eurozone and collapsing into bankruptcy are on a knife-edge amid widespread scepticism from the country’s creditors about whether Athens can deliver on its promises.

July 07, 2015

Greece's vote edges it towards euro exit, but the odyssey is far from over

Greece’s membership of the euro hangs by a gossamer thread after the victory for the no side in the country’s referendum. The cash machines are running out of money and the economy is in freefall.

July 02, 2015

June 26, 2015

David Cameron accepts EU treaty change delay

David Cameron has accepted there may be no change to the EU's treaties to accommodate Britain's demands ahead of a referendum, the BBC understands.

May 25, 2015

U.K. Labour Drops Opposition to Referendum on EU Membership

The U.K. Labour Party dropped its opposition to holding a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union, reversing a position it held before the general election.

May 10, 2015

EU referendum: Merkel will work with Cameron on EU – but will Tories let him?

Next on David Cameron’s agenda is Europe. And Europe is ready and waiting. Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, knows the phoney war of recent years is over.

July 04, 2014

Is Europe's troubled union really ready to change?

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - After six decades of relentless if incremental integration, might the European Union be about to go into reverse?

April 26, 2014

Exclusive: UK business lobby makes U-turn over Scottish anti-independence campaign

(Reuters) - Britain's most prominent business lobby group wants to reverse its decision to be an official campaigner against Scottish independence, after some of its members quit over its stance.

March 25, 2014

Scots Independence Debate Fails to Budge Voters in Monthly Poll

The debate over whether Scotland should become an independent country is failing to convince voters to switch sides even as the rival arguments intensify in the run-up to this year’s referendum, a monthly poll suggested.

March 08, 2014

No impact on euro zone from Ukraine crisis but potential for trouble is great: Draught

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Commission President Mario Draghi said on Thursday that from a purely financial standpoint the crisis in Ukraine should not have much impact on the euro zone.

February 17, 2014

Independent Scotland May Find EU Entry Impossible, Barroso Says

An independent Scotland would find it “extremely difficult, if not impossible” to gain entry to the European Union, Jose Barroso, the European Commission president, said today.

February 13, 2014

Scottish independence: George Osborne will rule out currency union

UK Chancellor George Osborne will rule out a formal currency union with an independent Scotland, government sources have told the BBC. His position will also be backed by Labour shadow chancellor Ed Balls and Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander.