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EU governance

Getting others to do the work is O.K. You need an active subscription to read this article

The worst job in Europe?
Thursday, 5 June 2008

Foreign affairs

Can the EU defend itself against Russian snoops? You need an active subscription to read this article

Their openness and trust are admirable, but EU institutions should look more closely at who wanders their corridors.
Thursday, 5 June 2008

Foreign affairs

The EU needs to show backbone in the Balkans You need an active subscription to read this article

The European Union has allowed its enthusiasm for signing agreements with Balkan states to get in the way of substance.
Thursday, 5 June 2008

Foreign affairs

Telling the unofficial, but true, Soviet story You need an active subscription to read this article

Russians are infuriated by a Latvian film which reveals the extent of Nazi and Soviet collaboration.
Thursday, 29 May 2008

Farming & food

The EU must not make a hungry world hungrier You need an active subscription to read this article

The EU is not a victim of the food crisis – it should ensure its policies do not create any.
Thursday, 29 May 2008

Foreign affairs

Myanmar – the disaster the West knew about for years You need an active subscription to read this article

The cyclone disaster in Myanmar shows the limits of our commitment to prevent genocide.
Thursday, 22 May 2008

EU governance

The daughter on Place du Luxembourg You need an active subscription to read this article

A Place that's more political than the Parliament.
Thursday, 22 May 2008

Foreign affairs

A sad silence from Prague You need an active subscription to read this article

Investing in hard power cannot compensate for closing radio channels because of a weak dollar.
Thursday, 22 May 2008

EU governance

Jean-Claude's halo is starting to wear a bit thin You need an active subscription to read this article

Luxembourg's leader is less qualified for the role of president of the European Council than his powerful supporters would have us believe.
Thursday, 22 May 2008

EU governance

Events will not deflect Barroso from his low-risk policy You need an active subscription to read this article

The Commission president has kicked controversial policies into the long grass.
Wednesday, 30 April 2008

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Columns

Let's build unions east and north, too You need an active subscription to read this article

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 [...]
Thursday, 15 May 2008

Columns

Not everyone buys into engagement with Russia You need an active subscription to read this article

Germany's political and financial investments in Russia are making some of the EU's newer member states uneasy.
Thursday, 15 May 2008

Columns

Riding on the euro in the economic fast-lane You need an active subscription to read this article

Members of the world's second reserve currency would gain enormously from shedding the euro's fragmented decision-making process.
Thursday, 15 May 2008

Columns

Why central banks must take the lead You need an active subscription to read this article

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

Columns

Why the EU needs to stand together over Abkhazia, too You need an active subscription to read this article

Russia knows how to exploit European divisions in foreign affairs.
Thursday, 8 May 2008

Columns

Watching the sun set down south You need an active subscription to read this article

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 [...]
Thursday, 8 May 2008

Columns

Russian propaganda, good and bad You need an active subscription to read this article

The lack of ideological challenge in Russia leads to complacency and smugness in the West.
Thursday, 8 May 2008

Columns

Serbia deal exposes EU to accusations of inconsistency You need an active subscription to read this article

A decade ago, the idea of the EU courting Serbia seemed absurd, but the EU itself now risks looking absurd in its approaches.
Thursday, 8 May 2008

Economics

State-controlled economies – a good idea now? You need an active subscription to read this article

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 [...]
Wednesday, 30 April 2008

Foreign affairs

Where is Tallinn's bronze soldier a year after the riots? You need an active subscription to read this article

The Baltic states must do some soul-searching about how best to confront Russia's propaganda offensive.
Wednesday, 30 April 2008

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