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Gavin Hewitt, Europe editor

Gavin Hewitt Europe editor

This is where you will find my view of the big arguments over Europe, its politics and its personalities

09:27 UK time, Thursday, 24 May 2012

Europe dithers

Europe is divided and uncertain and the euro - at least initially - has fallen to a 22-month low against the dollar.

Its leaders spoke for six hours but the decisions have been put off until another summit at the end of June. This was an informal dinner "without taboos" but Europe may not be granted the time to talk rather than act.

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10:41 UK time, Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Dinner in Brussels

It might only be an informal dinner but this is the 18th time in the past two years that Europe's leaders have gathered in Brussels.

The menu might have changed but the agenda has not: to fix a crisis threatening the future of the euro and the world economy.

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12:04 UK time, Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Why Cameron is backing Europe

We live in strange times. After one of the many European summits last year I can recall the British prime minister being asked whether he was a "Eurosceptic". After searching for some context, he indeed confirmed he was a Eurosceptic.

Now David Cameron has emerged as the champion for much closer integration of the eurozone. From the touch line he urges the European Central Bank to act as lender of last resort.

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About Gavin

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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