"Support for European unity runs far deeper in the political structures of most continental countries than we grasp. British eurosceptics constantly remark that the euro was a political project, as if that is a killer argument. It was. It was supposed to be..."

Jon Worth decides that he cannot bear the prospect of running for the European Parliament as a Labour candidate in the UK.

Myth 1) Greece faces disaster; Myth 2) the remaining Eu doesn't.

First ever attack by any EU military mission?

When Andy met Herman. #fb

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For Europe Day.

#fb Pacific islands threatened by climate change.

Crucial meeting happening in the building next to my office.

Krugman welcomes anti-austerity election results.

And discussion of how her replacement should be chosen.

What lay behind Ashton's trip east.

My mate Hugo explains what he does all day. (Gosh, I was at that reception last Wednesday too, though I don't appear in shot.)

Intermittent clashes since January have in the past month turned into substantial military engagement on the ground, with repeated reports of aerial bombardment by Sudan.

The flaws of the ECI.

Not many people, I suspect.

"In the last two years British newspapers have been promising more or less the same thing to Eurozone citizens: collapse, soon." Yet it hasn't happened.

"The euro is a long way from both collapse and recovery. But no nearer one than the other."

10-year-old suggests restoring drachma to Greece.

The European Commission's attempts to counter UK media lies.

much more mundane than anyone wants to admit.

Shore attacks planned.

As usual, I agree with all of this.

"Increasingly, “email us your thoughts and ideas” is being used by those who don’t really want those thoughts and ideas but want to say they have asked" - esp if the email address in question bounces!

Dismal chronicle of something which seemed like a good idea at a time, but wasn't.

Simon Hix (contra Jack Straw)

In his own words.

He wanted his seat to go to a UFO expert.

Jon Worth was actually at the meeting and reports on how the other speaker's views were rather better received: "Who, of course, was it that decided on the UK’s closed list election system for the EP? Labour’s 1997 cabinet, of which Straw was a member."

Former European Parliament official hits back: "The record of Mr Straw and his colleagues in office was to campaign halfheartedly at best during European elections"