Ian Traynor

Merkel: Europe’s unassailable leader

ANGELA Merkel’s triumph in winning a third term with such an improbably high margin sets her and Germany apart in... Published 24 Sep, 2013 07:04am

EU attacks UK plans to rewrite membership

LONDON: The British prime minister, David Cameron, was put on notice on Thursday that no other EU leader is likely to support his campaign to rewrite the terms of British membership of the union and then put the outcome to a referendum Published 01 Mar, 2013 10:25pm

Europe signals opposition to UK demands

DAVID Cameron swiftly encountered a solid wall of European opposition to his demands to be allowed to “pick and choose” what Britain wants from its membership of the EU as his continental partners worried about being plunged Published 24 Jan, 2013 02:02am

EU summit only papers over the cracks

BRUSSELS: The European Union looked condemned to months of bitter infighting over money, budgets and the euro on Friday night following a summit where leaders merely papered over the deep divisions between them. Published 21 Oct, 2012 01:12am

Crisis pushes towards two-tier Europe

THE stakes are rising again in the euro crisis. A big row between the eurozone and the IMF over how to cut Greece some slack, endless Spanish prevarication, egged on by Germany, over whether to ask for a bailout, Published 13 Oct, 2012 10:01pm

An uncertain fortnight for Europe

SUNDAY’S Greek drama kicks off what may be the most volatile and uncertain fortnight in more than half a century of European Union, peaking in a crucial Brussels summit later in the month. Published 18 Jun, 2012 11:02pm

A democratic backlash

FOR over two years, the mainstream political elites of Europe have been battling to save the single currency, seeking its salvation in a German-scripted programme of austerity and legally enshrined fiscal rigour that curbs the budgetary sovereignty of ele Published 25 Apr, 2012 12:00am

Franco-German marriage on the rocks

LONDON When Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Berlin last Monday for a fraught summit with Angela Merkel, an aide to the... Published 20 Jun, 2010 12:00am

Heat on Iceland

ICELAND was put on a fast track to join the European Union on Thursday, but the British government served notice ... Published 19 Jun, 2010 12:00am

Srebrenica genocide

ON July 13, 1995, in one of the last acts of the 42-month Bosnia war, General Ratko Mladic`s Bosnian Serb force,... Published 12 Jun, 2010 12:00am

The deal to save the euro

EVEN by his own high standards, Nicolas Sarkozy excelled himself. The French president bounded out of the emergency... Published 16 May, 2010 12:00am

Poland: a positive legacy

WARSAW Poland is a place where tragedy often appears written into the national DNA. At the mercy of Russians and... Published 13 Apr, 2010 12:00am