Europe is likely to play a big role in tonight’s debate. It is probably the one issue that divides the Liberal Democrats and the Tories as much as electoral reform. Nick Clegg, a former MEP and adviser to then-EU Commissioner Leon Brittan, is a euro-enthusiast who would like Britain to join the Euro, even if it takes time. David Cameron is a euro-skeptic (though not, to the chagrin of many C...

Open Europe has today published a collection of promises that the EU elite made to their citizens from the birth of the euro up to the recent crisis entitled, “They said it: how the EU elite got it wrong on the euro”. Politicians, central bankers and opinion formers warned citizens that without the euro their countries would suffer economically, unemployment would rise and growth would...

Stung by rapid depreciation of their currencies, credit-rating downgrades and capital flight in the past few weeks, many "New Europe" politicians are waking up to the status of the euro as sanctuary in economic hard times.

As EU leaders gear up for a series of key meetings this week, Open Europe has published a new briefing looking at the short-term options available to the eurozone for tackling the most immediate crisis. Open Europe argues that Greece should default on 60% of its debt through a managed restructuring, and that the planned second Greek bailout should be scrapped altogether, replaced by a limited tran...

So, will the Republic of Ireland be the first nation to LEAVE the Euro? "This is war: countries have to defend themselves," said David McWilliams, a former official at the Irish central bank. "It is essential that we go to Europe and say we have a serious problem. We say, either we default or we pull out of Europe," he told RTE radio. "If Ireland continues hurtling down this road, which is close t...

Wen Jibao’s comments to the BBC about the euro crisis dramatise the shift in economic power from west to east. Jibao remarked that: “Trust is more important than currency and gold and now, during the debt crisis, we again bring trust to Europe. "I have total trust in Europe's economic development”. But China’s role in the euro crisis is far less problematic than R...

Turmoil across Europe and the emergency bail-out in Ireland has prompted some to question the future of the euro currency.

So, a group of private companies (ie, not taxpayers are to be gouged in hte making of this) get together and suggest spending €400 billion to get solar power from the deserts of North Africa to Europe. It’s long been one of the green ideas floating around to decarbon electricty generation in Europe. Whether it’s a good

I thought you might be interested to see a couple of Euro-broadcasts from other Green Parties standing in Europe. You don't need to speak any other languages to get the full effect. The first is for the North of Ireland where Steven Agnew, who seems like a lovely, softly spoken young man, is the lead candidate. The broadcast is very environment orientated with even an animal protection bit (cue cu...

With the former communist nations of eastern and central Europe reeling from the global economic crisis, three major lenders said on Friday they would inject some €24.5 billion, or $31 billion, over two years into the region's banks.