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This is where you will find my view of the big arguments over Europe, its politics and its personalities
10:54 UK time, Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Amongst European officials and ministers there is a huge sigh of relief.
The country that has been at the heart of the eurozone's debt crisis has, for the moment, been taken off the critical list. Some of the pressure on the eurozone has lifted.
15:21 UK time, Monday, 20 February 2012
Dutch finance minister is calling for EU/IMF to take permanent control over spending decisions in Greece. A humiliation too far?
13:19 UK time, Monday, 20 February 2012
Letter from 11 European PM's. 'Growth has stalled. Unemployment is rising....the crisis we are facing is also a crisis of growth.'
13:14 UK time, Monday, 20 February 2012
11 Prime Ministers including Cameron have signed letter saying the European crisis is one of growth. But no Merkel signature! #Eurocrisis
13:03 UK time, Monday, 20 February 2012
Watch out for Europe's leaders moving the emphasis away from austerity towards growth.
10:14 UK time, Monday, 20 February 2012
With Italy heading into recession Mario Monti is saying no more budget cuts. Italian PM increasingly wary of austerity. #Eurocrisis
10:06 UK time, Monday, 20 February 2012
New blog on Greece http://t.co/BEL4Ae12 #Eurocrisis
09:48 UK time, Monday, 20 February 2012
Greek finance minister says he expects long period of uncertainty to end for Greece today #Eurocrisis
09:29 UK time, Monday, 20 February 2012
It would be worth asking Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the eurozone finance ministers, when he last walked the streets of Athens.
The same question should also be put to the EU's Economics Commissioner Olli Rehn. It could also be usefully asked of the eurozone finance ministers gathering in Brussels.
07:30 UK time, Monday, 20 February 2012
French ministers are joining the optimism that a second bailout deal for Greece will be agreed in Brussels #Eurocrisis
12:08 UK time, Friday, 17 February 2012
Sarkozy says Syrian people must unite and organize to help us help them
11:53 UK time, Friday, 17 February 2012
Sarkozy says UK/French relations are excellent
11:50 UK time, Friday, 17 February 2012
David Cameron says to Sarkozy 'I wish my friend well in the battle that lies ahead'. A reference to the French election
11:04 UK time, Friday, 17 February 2012
Resignation of President Wulff of Germany is a blow to Chancellor Merkel at a critical time over Greece #Eurocrisis
11:20 UK time, Thursday, 16 February 2012
Greece under huge pressure to accept more oversight before any rescue agreed. Many see it as more humiliation for Greece #Eurocrisis
19:37 UK time, Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Eurozone finance ministers will take key decisions on Greece on Monday #Eurocrisis
19:33 UK time, Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Eurozone finance ministers see need for stronger surveillance of Greece #Eurocrisis
18:48 UK time, Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Extraordinary comments by Greek President. Says 'I cannot accept German finance minister insulting my country'. #Eurocrisis
12:32 UK time, Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Govt sources in Athens saying that all conditions now been fulfilled for the bailout #Eurocrisis
11:25 UK time, Wednesday, 15 February 2012
New blog on Greece. http://t.co/Paq3F9Ea #Eurocrisis
Gavin was Special Correspondent for BBC News before becoming Europe Editor in 2009.
He covered the Obama campaign in 2008 and was embedded with American forces for the invasion of Iraq.
He has written two books including A Soul On Ice.
He has won an RTS, a BAFTA and a Broadcast award.
He has covered conflicts in Georgia, Lebanon and Zimbabwe and reported from New York after 9/11. He was in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and was in Berlin the night the wall fell.
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