Europe Inside Out
A regular appraisal of the foreign-policy challenges facing the EU.
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Solidarity, co-ordination and co-operation – not words to apply to Europe's response to the financial crisis.
Thursday, 9 October 2008
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We press over-hard for trade, while shamefully soft-pedalling on our aid commitments.
Thursday, 2 October 2008

Europe is, rightly, surrendering its national flag-carriers; it should press others to do the same.
Thursday, 25 September 2008

More than its own television station is required for the European Parliament to become transparent.
Thursday, 18 September 2008

Ineffectual gestures are not the way to win enduring respect.
Thursday, 11 September 2008

Passivity – and complacency – are faults.
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Regardless of how the world around it changes, the European Union maintains its traditional summer close-down period with an almost religious determination. Even as this issue of European Voice goes to press, the EU institutions are still largely deserted – and in one case quite literally in a state of collapse.
Thursday, 28 August 2008

Seven years of talks have helped the EU; it needs to lock in those gains.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
In six months, Europe may face a tougher challenge than it is prepared for.
Thursday, 24 July 2008

The EU has been strong on generalities and wobbly on meaningful action.
Thursday, 17 July 2008
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