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One of the shortcomings of the Lisbon treaty is its built-in escape-hatch for those member states which do not wish for any more integration but nonetheless wish to remain in the club. This is known in many languages as “having your cake and eating it”.
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Seen from a German point of view, eastern Europe's disenchantment with the European Union is both untrue and fantastically offensive. How can the countries of eastern Europe feel betrayed by Germany when it was German pressure that got them into the EU (far too early, in the view of some existing members)? Germany is a huge investor in the region, a guarantee of stability, and a strong advocate for the ex-communist countries: that, at least, is the prevailing view in Berlin.
Thursday 15 May 2008
For those of us in at the creation of the euro – albeit in my case in a modest advisory role – the coming tenth anniversary of the May summit at which EU leaders finalised the 1 January 1999 launch date is a moment of extreme satisfaction. Even more so for a Brit persistently infuriated by his fellow countrymen's decades-long attitude “of course it will never happen, and if it does it won't work”. The euro is up there as the world's second reserve currency and soon the citizens of a 16th member state – Slovakia – will be treating it as their own.
Thursday 15 May 2008
Central banks must step up to the plate and take a bigger role in financial regulation, however uncomfortable that may be for some.
Thursday 8 May 2008
Russia knows how to exploit European divisions in foreign affairs.
Thursday 8 May 2008
Some still call this place Nizza, which could loosely be translated as “an Italian city that works”. They don't have many of them left in Berlusconiland proper.
Thursday 8 May 2008
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The conviction of a former member of the European Economic and Social Committee for expenses fraud strengthens the case for a European public prosecutor.
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The lack of ideological challenge in Russia leads to complacency and smugness in the West.
A decade ago, the idea of the EU courting Serbia seemed absurd, but the EU itself now risks looking absurd in its approaches.
It is now 20 years since everyone else realised that communism was mostly a way of making everyone poor and fed up. But certain European leaders were [...]
The Baltic states must do some soul-searching about how best to confront Russia's propaganda offensive.
The Commission president has kicked controversial policies into the long grass.
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