20 Oct 2014: Andrew Sparrow’s rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including José Manuel Barroso, the European commission president, giving a speech warning David Cameron is making a ‘historic’ mistake over the EU
12 Oct 2014: Peter Preston: If the European commission succeeds in harmonising VAT rates at 5% UK newspapers will no longer be exempt, but news websites with paywalls will get relief
9 Oct 2014:
German farmer has put a nappy on his cow to protest at an EU directive banning fertilisers on hills with a gradient of more than 15%, saying it will prevent him grazing his cattle