EU offers to buy Belarus for $9bn
Updated: 2011-09-30 15:57:57
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Not content with landing us with the bill for keeping the euro together, European Commissioners are insisting that we cede control of our social security system. As things stand, if someone arrives in Britain without intending to support himself, he doesn't automatically qualify for the same benefits that are available to British nationals – or, [...]
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Not necessarily. The prosperity of the eurozone plainly is in our interests: it absorbs around 40 per cent of our exports, and comprises countries which are our friends and allies. But the survival of the euro and the prosperity of its constituent nations are two very different things. True, the break-up of the euro would [...]
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Ask the Estonians (hat-tip, Roger Helmer). 
Guy Verhofstadt (this Guy) has written an open letter to José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. Like most Eurocrats, he sees the economic crisis primarily as an opportunity to push ahead deeper integration It is, of course, an iron rule of Euro-politics that, whatever the problem, the solution is 'more Europe'. Even by [...]
Being intellectually wrong isn’t the same as being morally wrong. It’s a distinction that is often forgotten in politics, where we habitually dismiss our opponents as liars, blackguards and fiends. Convinced that our opinions are based on demonstrable facts, we easily slip into assuming that the person who disagrees – the person who refuses to [...]
Ever since the bailout was agreed, this blog has been predicting a Greek default. Despite perfunctory official denials, almost no one now seriously expects the Greek government to honour its obligations. What's more, it'll be a proper, château-bottled default: not a deferral of interest, but a straightforward repudiation of liabilities. I've also been predicting that Greek [...]
EU leaders are still, hilariously, claiming that Greece will avoid a default and meet its obligations. Greek political leaders, with equal comedic genius, insist that they really are going to raise revenue and cut spending. Here's a little story about Greek politicians which I came across in an old biography of the Duke of Edinburgh. [...]
'It is with feelings of pride and encouragement that I find myself here in the House of Commons of Canada, invited to address the Parliament of the senior Dominion of the Crown,' the Prime Minister told MPs in Ottawa. 'I bring you the assurance of good will and affection from every one in the Motherland.' [...]
As you know the Grayling team are a diverse bunch of people – not only do we come from 15 different countries, we also have various ranges of physical fitness – some of us are fitness fanatics, others like to pick up the bat and ball occasionally, whilst others prefer to sit on the sofa [...]