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Leaping beyond the Lisbon treaty

The Lisbon treaty should be buried and new approaches, based on a popular consensus, should be explored.

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Moore's Law and car emissions You need an active subscription to read this article

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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UK proposal would penalise European biofuel production You need an active subscription to read this article

Targets can be met without hurting food supplies or changing land use.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Assistants and unfulfilled duties You need an active subscription to read this article

An MEP bloodied by Entre Nous responds.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Parliament's payment system is 'too complicated' You need an active subscription to read this article

MEPs leading the say in pressing for changes to assistants system.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

NGOs' rigorous spending criteria You need an active subscription to read this article

MEPs could learn a great deal (of good) from NGOs.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Staying or going? You need an active subscription to read this article

Which commissioners are likely to get a second chance – and which will not – in the next European Commission?

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Going south to Lalaland You need an active subscription to read this article

Europe, and Brussels, are showing all too many signs of admiring great Southern traditions: hysteria, demagoguery, spite and babble.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Neck-high in the rubble of the West's pyramid schemes You need an active subscription to read this article

The financial crisis will hasten historians' judgement that eastern Europe wasted years of potential reform.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Protecting citizens does not mean closing the borders You need an active subscription to read this article

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 political parties lose their way in the Channel fog You need an active subscription to read this article

British politicians must recognise that the EU matters to the UK's security and prosperity.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Don't lose sight of aid in quest for trade You need an active subscription to read this article

We press over-hard for trade, while shamefully soft-pedalling on our aid commitments.

Thursday, 2 October 2008

Out, but soon underground

Bosnia's first attempt at a Gay Pride festival brought the lurking intolerance in Sarajevo out violently onto its streets.

Wednesday, 1 October 2008

The Palin non-factor

Democrats should leave John McCain's running mate to the tender mercies of bloggers.

Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Purging the toxins

Deregulation was the root cause of the financial crisis; more regulation is needed to uproot the causes.

Saturday, 27 September 2008

It's my party and I'll leave if I want to You need an active subscription to read this article

A study of political families in Europe finds national parties reluctant to surrender power.

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Europe's southern challenges You need an active subscription to read this article

The Mediterranean region continues to provide the EU with threats and opportunities.

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Editor's blog

From this week's newspaper, 2 October

Editorial

Airlines need to wake up to reality You need an active subscription to read this article

Europe is, rightly, surrendering its national flag-carriers; it should press others to do the same.

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Press reviews

The paper clip, 7 October

The paper clip, 6 October

The paper clip, 3 October

Columns

Europe Inside Out

A regular appraisal of the foreign-policy challenges facing the EU.

 

Voice from the South

Ness U. Patria ponders southern habits of culture and politics.

 

Voice from the North

Rein F. Deer explores the quirks of Europe's Nords.

 

Wi(l)der Europe

The Economist's central and eastern European correspondent casts his eye towards and over the EU's newer borders.

 

Europa

A weekly look at the overarching issues facing the EU.
 

Letters to the editor

Who would your candidate be? You need an active subscription to read this article

 Thursday, 25 September 2008

Electricity prices should reflect pollution You need an active subscription to read this article

 Thursday, 25 September 2008

MEPs must be braver on energy You need an active subscription to read this article

 Thursday, 18 September 2008

 

How Europe brought the euro to life You need an active subscription to read this article

The father of the European Central Bank's monetary policy pulls back the curtains, a little.

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Cash won't do it any longer for the EU in the UN You need an active subscription to read this article

The EU is rapidly losing influence at the United Nations' general assembly.

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Anybody at home on Planet Wiertz? You need an active subscription to read this article

The European Parliament might do better do concern itself with protecting our privacy than with launching EuroparlTV.

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Psychological warfare begins, but spiders won't invade Estonia You need an active subscription to read this article

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 word to the wise: heed the harbingers of doom You need an active subscription to read this article

A once-in-50-year storm has arrived – and may change the political climate.

Thursday, 25 September 2008

From Russia with love: beware of accepting strange gifts You need an active subscription to read this article

German Trojan horses are dangerously increasing the EU's dependence on Russian energy.

Thursday, 25 September 2008

EU is a soft power, even with Lisbon You need an active subscription to read this article

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

A 'third way' to confront Russia

Containment is implausible; a Yalta-style conference would border on appeasement. A third, principled policy is needed.

Monday, 22 September 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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