EXPERTS are working overtime to come up with a second Greek bailout worth about €120 billion for Thursday’s emergency eurozone summit.

Greece’s finance minister said a detailed rescue plan from other eurozone nations would be the best way to soothe market fears that Greece could default on debt payments.

Europe is leaning to the right as European Parliament elections take place, with voters in many countries favouring Conservative parties against a backdrop of economic crisis.

A WEBSITE that shows exactly how MEPs vote and how often they attend parliament sessions was launched yesterday, and immediately led to a row between Irish politicians, and changes to the site.

FORMER attorney general Peter Sutherland has landed the post of chairman at the London School of Economics (LSE).

Senior European Union officials will meet US President George Bush in Washington today amid uncertainty about the impact that the crisis gripping the 25-nation bloc could have on transatlantic relations.

Voters in France faced an historic choice today as they cast ballots in a referendum on the European Union’s first constitution.

Europe’s landmark new constitution faces a make-or-break referendum in France tomorrow, when a polarised nation decides whether to boost or block the next giant leap forward in a half-century of efforts to unite the continent.

DESPITE many of his lines failing to get the expected round of applause in Brussels yesterday, diplomats and commentators believed US President George W Bush hit many right notes in his keynote address.