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The Lisbon treaty should be buried and new approaches, based on a popular consensus, should be explored.
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Left to the car lobby, progress would be snail-like; with the same application as computer-makers, they could make exponential progress.
Thursday, 2 October 2008
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Targets can be met without hurting food supplies or changing land use.
Thursday, 2 October 2008
An MEP bloodied by Entre Nous responds.
Thursday, 2 October 2008
MEPs leading the say in pressing for changes to assistants system.
Thursday, 2 October 2008
MEPs could learn a great deal (of good) from NGOs.
Thursday, 2 October 2008
Which commissioners are likely to get a second chance – and which will not – in the next European Commission?
Thursday, 2 October 2008
Europe, and Brussels, are showing all too many signs of admiring great Southern traditions: hysteria, demagoguery, spite and babble.
Thursday, 2 October 2008
The financial crisis will hasten historians' judgement that eastern Europe wasted years of potential reform.
Thursday, 2 October 2008
EU governments should listen to the European Court of Justice rather than denounce its ruling against an Irish law refusing residency to an EU citizen.
Thursday, 2 October 2008
British politicians must recognise that the EU matters to the UK's security and prosperity.
Thursday, 2 October 2008
We press over-hard for trade, while shamefully soft-pedalling on our aid commitments.
Thursday, 2 October 2008
Bosnia's first attempt at a Gay Pride festival brought the lurking intolerance in Sarajevo out violently onto its streets.
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
Democrats should leave John McCain's running mate to the tender mercies of bloggers.
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Deregulation was the root cause of the financial crisis; more regulation is needed to uproot the causes.
Saturday, 27 September 2008
A study of political families in Europe finds national parties reluctant to surrender power.
Thursday, 25 September 2008
The Mediterranean region continues to provide the EU with threats and opportunities.
Thursday, 25 September 2008
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Europe is, rightly, surrendering its national flag-carriers; it should press others to do the same.
Thursday, 25 September 2008
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Electricity prices should reflect pollution Thursday, 25 September 2008
MEPs must be braver on energy Thursday, 18 September 2008
The father of the European Central Bank's monetary policy pulls back the curtains, a little.
Thursday, 25 September 2008
The EU is rapidly losing influence at the United Nations' general assembly.
Thursday, 25 September 2008
The European Parliament might do better do concern itself with protecting our privacy than with launching EuroparlTV.
Thursday, 25 September 2008
The Baltics want NATO to offer greater protection from attacks – but there is much to be lost by panicky talk.
Thursday, 25 September 2008
A once-in-50-year storm has arrived – and may change the political climate.
Thursday, 25 September 2008
German Trojan horses are dangerously increasing the EU's dependence on Russian energy.
Thursday, 25 September 2008
The Lisbon treaty would not have given the EU the teeth to tackle either the Georgia crisis or the global financial turmoil.
Thursday, 25 September 2008
Containment is implausible; a Yalta-style conference would border on appeasement. A third, principled policy is needed.
Monday, 22 September 2008
