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MPs express anger at PCC phone hacking 'whitewash' Adam Price MP said the Guardian had raised legitimate concerns and his committiee would give a fuller picture. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA MPs attacked the Press Complaints Commission last night...
Tags: PCC, Blair EU, phones hacked, Europe, Angela Merkel, phones tapping, The Press Complaints Commission, Berlin Wall
EU leaders gather in Brussels on Thursday (29 October) for a two-day summit to try and shape a common position on climate issues amid the twin distractions of negotiating a treaty-saving deal with Czech President Vaclav Klaus and making informal shortlists...
Tags: Blair EU, European Union
Luxembourg leader Jean-Claude Juncker has said he would be willing to be the first president of the European Council, an as-of-yet non-existent post with a hazy job description. The leader of the Grand Duchy, the smallest EU state bar Malta, told French...
Tags: European Union, Blair EU, European Council, Tony Blair, Mr Blair, eu president, David Cameron Tory, Jean-Claude Juncker, prime minister, Lisbon Treaty
Tony Blair's chances of becoming the first EU "president" nose-dived yesterday when President Nicolas Sarkozy distanced himself from the former prime minister's undeclared campaign for the post. Mr Sarkozy, who had been Mr Blair's most prominent backer,...
Tags: European Council of EU, Blair EU, European Union, Tony Blair, Mr Blair, Nicolas Sarkozy, Mr Sarkozy, eu presidency, prime minister
Tories launch campaigning website based on Obama model MyConservatives.com intended to simplify the campaigning and fundraising process Conservative leader David Cameron claims the website is the best of its kind outside America. The Conservatives today...
Tags: Lisbon Treaty, Czech Lisbon, European Union, David Cameron, Blair EU, Britain, Vaclav Klaus, Barack Obama, Czech Ambassador, Czechoslovakia
Blair has been officially backed by the government to become president of Europe, triggering a constitutional and political row. Europe minister Glenys Kinnock made clear yesterday the government would be pushing for Mr Blair to get the yet-to-be-created...
Tags: European Council, European Parliament, Tony Blair, Blair EU, Gordon Brown, Mr Blair, prime minister, europe minister, Glenys Kinnock, eu president
Having last year been�the first to�identify former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as the ideal candidate for the job, Sarkozy now favours Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, claims French daily Le Figaro.� Sarkozy may play the important...
Tags: Blair EU, Tony Blair, prime minister, EU Council of Ministers, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nicholas Sarkozy, French, Luxembourg, eu presidency, Jean-Claude Juncker
Until now, his biggest backer has been his friend, French President Sarkozy. Senior sources close to the French president say that he is dropping the idea with "regret".
Tags: Blair EU, Nicolas Sarkozy