Coming up in today's Carte Blanche, Stephen Clarke explains why British and American press were trying to influence the election, to get the French to vote for their favourite candidate, Monsieur Sarkozy, and why, as usual, the French ignored the advice of the "Anglo-Saxons" and elected François Hollande.
Since British Prime Minister David Cameron vetoed a new European treaty, the British government is having to face an increasingly pressing issue: should Britain stay in the European Union at all? In the midst of the eurozone debt crisis, the British are becoming increasingly eurosceptic, with a growing number demanding a referendum on the issue. Our correspondents Alix Bayle and Yong Chim report from the heart of England.
British Finance Minister George Osborne said on Saturday that the UK was protecting its interests by opting out of the fiscal plan for the EU, adding that much work still needed to be done to stabilise the euro.
In today's international papers - David Cameron set out what he wants from the EU treaty talks, we ask whether Putin could really lose next year's presidential election, and Barack Obama starts speaking the language of Occupy Wall Street.
As Europe’s leaders deal with a titanic debt crisis, Annette Young talks to former British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband. He accuses Prime Minister David Cameron of using a high-handed and arrogant tone with other European leaders as Britain struggles to have its voice heard.
Arnaud Montebourg is the star of the French front pages this morning - after his breakthrough third place showing in Sunday's Socialist primary. The papers ask if he'll push the other two candidates to the left - and what his own political ambitions might be.
In today’s international papers, the spotlight is on Rupert Murdoch and his son James who have agreed to testify to a UK parliamentary hearing on a major phone-hacking scandal. That, as the FBI in the United States opens a probe to see if the now-defunct "News of the World" tabloid hacked into phones of 9/11 victims.
US Senator John Rockefeller has called for an investigation of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp following the phone-hacking scandal at British tabloid News of the World, saying the crisis raised "serious questions" about whether US laws had been broken.
Nearly 168 years of history comes to an end in the UK for the tabloid News of the World. Is it also the end of Rupert Murdoch's influence on British politics? Over a year with no government, Belgium's politicians hit stalemate once again. And a unique town in Denmark is under threat: we meet the residents of Christiania.
We meet the people of Athens struggling to make ends meet in the face of more austerity measures. Also, the British National Health Service is in crisis as critics say proposed government reforms are too much too soon. Finally, sexism in advertising prompts an angry reaction from women in Italy.
