As Greek bailout talks reached a dramatic turn yesterday (6 February), French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested creating an escrow account to partially reimburse the country's creditors in case of default. EurActiv France reports. More »

Western and Arab states voiced outrage yesterday (5 February) after Russia and China vetoed a UN resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power. French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed creating a "Friends of Syria" group to advance initiative. More »

EU leaders agreed yesterday (30 January) a treaty on tighter fiscal rules to preserve the eurozone from new crises. But the Czech Republic said it would not sign it for now due to ratification difficulties, while French President Nicolas Sarkozy said his country is unlikely to ratify before the 6 May presidential election.  More »

UK Prime Minister David Cameron received a warm greeting from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a handshake from French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the opening of the EU summit in Brussels.

The latest document released by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in preparation of the 30 January European summit is a sad example of micromanagement of the EU Commission and Council, a prominent Brussels-based political analyst told EurActiv. More »

Telegraph View: Europe needs more clear thinking - and fewer summits between German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Nicolas Sarkozy.

UK prime minister angered by French president’s push for member states signing fiscal treaty to set their own European single market policies

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will hold a preparatory bilateral meeting on 9 January in Berlin to discuss ahead of the upcoming EU summits at the end of the month. The FT reports that talks will include discussion for a ‘road map’ to Eurobonds after the European Parliament put forward such a proposal last week.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy spoke of "clearly two Europes" after the spat last week where David Cameron set himself against other EU leaders.

Nicolas Sarkozy, French president, said there were now ‘two Europes’ as Ollie Rehn says veto will not protect City of London