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The worst job in Europe?
Thursday, 5 June 2008

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Members of the world's second reserve currency would gain enormously from shedding the euro's fragmented decision-making process.
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 [...]
Thursday, 8 May 2008

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

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

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

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