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Germany's finance minister appears to be dusting off his old idea of a core Europe.
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Germany needs to review its historically conditioned aversion to acting as the lead engine in times of crisis.
Thursday, 18 March 2010
How might the emotional scars from sterling's exit from the European Monetary System in 1992 affect relations in the European Union in 2010?
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Modern visitors find interesting, beautiful new things more attractive than sad, beautiful old ones.
Thursday, 11 March 2010
The transatlantic relationship is in need of repair and João Vale de Almeida is not the man for the job.
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Central and eastern Europe may be joining the European club of the ahistorical and apathetic.
Thursday, 4 March 2010
The Commission is, fortunately, taking a more realistic perspective on the challenges facing Europe's economy than it did a decade ago.
Thursday, 4 March 2010
The collapse of the Dutch government over keeping troops in Afghanistan could lead to other countries pulling out of NATO's mission.
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Should French cheese-makers and Italian vineyards be punished for the sins of their governments?
Thursday, 25 February 2010
The eurozone stands at a critical juncture and could be very different after the Greek economic crisis is over.
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Engagement with the political class has not worked, so Europe should turn its attention to Ukraine's citizenry.
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Germany is crucifying Greece but is failing to do what it could do to help the eurozone.
Thursday, 18 February 2010
When discussing Poland, almost everything is off limits and even a Polonophile is likely to cause offence.
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Questions that should have been answered long ago are coming back to upset the EU's summit.
Thursday, 11 February 2010
In memory of Roman Kupchinsky, a scourge of communists and post-communist kleptocrats alike.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Greece's financial problems have been a disaster for the eurozone, and there could be much bigger shocks to come.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Restoring growth in central and eastern Europe is shaping up to be a lengthy business.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
A deal on the EU's institutional spending is ripe for revisiting. The Parliament's hunger for money and power is exposing its defects.
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Editorial
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Press reviews
Columns
A regular appraisal of the foreign-policy challenges facing the EU.
Ness U. Patria ponders southern habits of culture and politics.
The Economist's central and eastern European correspondent casts his eye towards and over the EU's newer borders.
Letters to the editor
The borderlands of Europe should not be left behind, and its visa applicants should not be treated disrespectfully.
Thursday, 28 January 2010
The ECB aside, the EU institutions were poorly prepared to deal with the financial crisis. With Greece, the EU has a chance to show that it can provide economic leadership.
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Under US pressure, Germany and others appear set to answer one of Europe's most fundamental security questions.
Thursday, 21 January 2010
The next European Commission must be more than just competent.
Thursday, 21 January 2010
The warm glow from ratification of the Lisbon treaty has been quickly dispelled by cold blasts of reality from Copenhagen and Athens.
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Georgia should have had the respect and sense not to destroy that Soviet war memorial in Kutaisi.
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Try a bracing northern habit that will do what vodka does not, but invite Latvians and Estonians rather than Brits.
Thursday, 7 January 2010
The proclaimed ambitions of Spain's foreign minister have caused confusion about EU foreign policy, but typify the challenges it now faces.
Thursday, 7 January 2010
The best sort of eastward expansion.
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
