Leading France’s Front National to its best first-round result in her first presidential campaign, Marine Le Pen counts herself as the big winner.
The frontrunner in the French presidential election François Hollande wants to push the European Union to spend big money on growth and jobs.
Brussels has condemned Spain for planning to go against European Commission rules and not focus on its targets.
As a clear damp dawn rose over Brussels on December 9, the tired and tetchy leaders of Europe emerged bleary-eyed.
Europe is sliding into a war with international credit-rating agencies it may struggle to win, following a tumultuous week.
An Anglo-American attempt to hand over the Libyan operation to Nato was rejected by several key member countries.
No image available
/ 10 December 2010
The EU executive launched a campaign this week for a new Europe-wide system of penalties, fines and possible jail terms in financial services.
No image available
/ 25 October 2010
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s obituary for multiculturalism in Germany is at one with the temper of the times in Europe.
When Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Berlin for a fraught summit with Angela Merkel, an aide to the French president gave him a good tip: "No kissing.
Despite overwhelming evidence of genocide, the ‘butcher of Bosnia’ denies all. Ian Traynor reports.