The European Commission stood by its position in an ongoing dispute with China over plans to charge airlines flying to Europe for their carbon emissions, raising the stakes ahead of an EU-China summit in Beijing next week. More »

Open Europe responds to conclusions of 9 December EU summit

UK not so isolated in Europe as the agreement reached at summit begins to unravel

Raoul Ruparel: The UK and the eurozone cannot afford another non-solution from this weekend???s summit

The Sunday Telegraph: Euro divisions set to continue during EU summit

Leading European think tanks have expressed doubt that the EU leaders' pledge to create jobs and growth will be successful, adding to a growing wave of criticism over the outcome of this week's EU summit. More »

This week's EU summit has again illustrated that austerity continues to be Berlin’s only response to the crisis, ignoring social issues and a rising tide of euroscepticism and anti-German feelings among the population, writes Susanne Gratius from Madrid-based think-tank FRIDE. More »

Michael Deacon watches David Cameron defend himself to the Commons over his actions at Monday's European summit.

The new European fiscal treaty on budgetary discipline will be signed by 25 EU member states, after the Czech Republic decided to stay out citing “constitutional reasons”. However, speaking to the press after the summit, Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas hinted that his country could possibly join at a later stage.

Douglas Alexander MP, Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary, responding to David Cameron's comments at the EU summit, said: