On 15 December 1995, commenting on the Madrid European Council, the British daily newspaper The Guardian outlines the position adopted by the British Prime Minister, John Major, on the introduction of a single currency in Europe.

On 17 June 1997, commenting on the results of the Amsterdam European Council of 16 and 17 June, the British daily newspaper The Guardian sets out British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s positions on Europe.

On 16 December 1995, in the British daily newspaper The Guardian, Dick Spring, Irish Foreign Minister, comments on the decisions taken by the Fifteen at the Madrid European Council and considers the negative repercussions for his country of a refusal by the United Kingdom to participate in Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).

On 16 December 1995, the British daily newspaper The Guardian comments on the implications of the Madrid European Council held on 15 and 16 December and welcomes the decision taken by the Heads of State or Government of the Fifteen to adopt the name ‘euro’ for the future single European currency.

On 23 September 1996, the day after the meeting in Dublin of the Finance Ministers of the Member States of the European Union, the British daily newspaper The Guardian comments on the obstacles which the Fifteen may face in implementing Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).

Nach dem Europäischen Rat von Kopenhagen vom 12. und 13. Dezember 2002 reagiert die britische Tageszeitung The Guardian auf die Schlussfolgerungen des Vorsitzes im Hinblick auf die Erweiterung der Union um zehn neue Mitgliedstaaten und beschäftigt sich vor allem mit der Frage der türkischen Beitrittskandidatur.

Am 22. Oktober 1991 münden die Verhandlungen, die seit Juni 1990 zwischen der EFTA und der EG zur Gründung eines Europäischen Wirtschaftsraumes geführt worden waren, in einer politischen Vereinbarung. Am nächsten Tag betont die britische Tageszeitung The Guardian die Bedeutung dieses Abkommens.

On 3 May 1967, the British daily newspaper The Guardian comments on the decision taken by Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister, to resubmit the United Kingdom’s application for accession to the European Communities and speculates on the attitude of the French President, Charles de Gaulle, towards this new approach.

On 26 March 1957, commenting on the signing, the previous day in Rome, of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC), the daily newspaper The Manchester Guardian analyses the issues involved in the establishment of the Common Market and speculates on the United Kingdom’s participation in a European customs union.