Brussels: Berlin plans partial EU treaty change, Italy faces p...

If this email is not displayed correctly, please click on the following link or open your browser and paste the link into the address field: http://view.ed4.net/v/9ULF66/T1WDRG/1JR632/YHDR05/   Brussels Tuesday May 21 2013 How useful are FT email briefings to you and what can we do to improve them? Take our short survey EU - latest Eurozone and European Union news headlines - FT.com   Berlin plans partial EU treaty change German strategy would thwart UK premier's plans to use eurozone reforms to renegotiate Britain's relationship with bloc and repatriate powers http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/Z8W56J/72FH4Q/8ZCZKO/6AN1DC/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Italy faces pressure over Roma 'ghettos' Campaign group accuses Italians of trying to cut gypsies off from society. Country's highest appeal court has outlawed legal basis for camps http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/Z8W56J/72FH4Q/8ZCZKO/WHDQ26/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Robin Hood tax: A long shot European plans for a financial transaction levy are facing such fierce opposition that they are unlikely to survive without being watered down http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/Z8W56J/72FH4Q/8ZCZKO/CWT8SD/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Treaty moves promise fraught debate Changes to EU treaties are intended to shore up the eurozone with moves towards fiscal and political integration. But the process is set to prove divisive http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/Z8W56J/72FH4Q/8ZCZKO/B4LG94/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Oil inquiry widens to trading houses The European Commission has days sent requests for information to Swiss-based commodities traders Glencore, Vitol and Mercuria, and possibly others http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/Z8W56J/72FH4Q/8ZCZKO/Z8EJ7O/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Dublin fears UK opt-out from EU justice Tackling criminality and dissident terrorism in the border area is at the heart of Irish concerns over UK moves to renegotiate its EU relationship http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/Z8W56J/72FH4Q/8ZCZKO/YGISAL/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Irish business warns on EU poll woes British-Irish chamber of commerce says Irish companies are concerned the possibility of a UK exit from the EU is having a negative impact http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/Z8W56J/72FH4Q/8ZCZKO/1O9F50/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Don't wait to fix Europe's banking woes Portugal could well be the next cause for alarm, and if the economic situation does worsen, its banks have no obvious route to fresh money http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/Z8W56J/72FH4Q/8ZCZKO/EKBORX/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Why I shifted sides over Europe Believing that Britain should stay out of the euro but inside the EU now puts me on the other side of the battle lines to the eurosceptics http://link.ft.com/r/9ULF66/Z8W56J/72FH4Q/8ZCZKO/K9CZ1E/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Tools Your account    Portfolio Email Briefings    Price alerts Keyword alerts    RSS feeds Subscribe to FT.com     © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 ABOUT THIS EMAIL You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. FT.com Change Briefings  •   Unsubscribe  •   Change Email Address  •   Forward this email to a friend  •   Privacy Policy  •   About Us  •   Help This email was sent by or on behalf of a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723..