'It is not rational to delight in a eurozone collapse. But the euro has become the supreme icon of all we despise about the EU'

François Hollande's lack of clear convictions won him the presidency. Will France regret saying non to Sarkozy?

'After the elections in France and Greece the idea of Ed Miliband as prime minister is moving from late-night fear to probability'

'The problem is not austerity versus growth. The problem is that our social model — whether in France or Greece or elsewhere in Europe — no longer works'