Tony Blair, the former prime minister, has attempted to revive his fading prospects of becoming the European Union's first full-time president by lobbying directly the leaders of France and Germany, EU government sources have told the Financial Time

Tony Blair, the former UK prime minister, faces his first unofficial challenger for the European Union's presidency when Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg's prime minister, indicated he was willing to take the job

From the Number 10 website: The Prime Minister is pleased to confirm the following senior appointments: Sir Peter Ricketts, currently the Prime Minister’s National Security Advisor, to become HM Ambassador to France; Sir Jon Cunliffe, currently the Prime Minister’s Advisor on Europe and Global Issues, to become the UK’s Permanent Representative to the European Union in Brussels; ...

Former Conservative prime minister says government should use move towards fiscal union to demand reductions in European Union regulation

France's ability to remain one of the top net contributors to the European Union budget is coming under growing strain from its mounting debt burden, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said yesterday (28 August).

The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began the press briefing by telling journalists that we had just issued a joint statement from all EU Heads of Government/State. This set out the common position of the European Union in relation do how they were dealing with the financial situation. The Prime Minister had been discussing this with President Sarkozy, who was the President of the European Union ...

Britain's Labour government would back former Prime Minister Tony Blair if he were to stand for the job of president of the European Union, his successor's spokesman said on Wednesday (15 July).

Adam Boulton is exceptionally well sourced in the Blair circle so the extract from his updated history of the Blair years makes for fascinating reading. It shows how Blair is carving out a post-premiership in a way that no other ex-British Prime Minister ever has. What is making news, though, is what Boulton reveals about relations between the Blairites and Brownites. In a way, it is no surprise t...

Ex-prime minister Tony Blair is the UK candidate for president of the European Council, the Europe minister apparently confirms.

Tony Blair wanted to hand Gibraltar over to Spain because it was an "obstacle" to Britain's closer relationship with the European Union, according to a former minister.