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A thorough evaluation of existing decentralised agencies and inter-institutional dialogue will help answer the question of how to organise European administration.
Thurday 15 May 2008
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On Europe Day, Traian Ba?sescu, the Romanian president, made a small blunder in his speech, delivered in American style in the garden of the Cotroceni Palace. Ba?sescu first pleaded that the Romanian parliament, government and judiciary should play by the rules of Europe. Then he encouraged the political class to be “an obstacle to the institutional reform”.
Thurday 15 May 2008
Like terrorism itself, fighting terrorism is a creature of fashion. The latest on the catwalk is ‘countering extremism'.
Thurday 15 May 2008
The three US presidential candidates are committed to a cap-and-trade system similar to Europe's bold plans. Might 2009 see the EU and the US shaping a global treaty together?
Thurday 15 May 2008
The lessons of the West's financial crisis are numerous, but the underlying one is that we should be more open-minded and commonsensical.
Friday 9 May 2008
France has been the paragon among EU health systems. But the situation is changing, in France as elsewhere, as the medical profession comes under ever-greater pressure to ration services and to prescribe the cheapest drugs.
Thurday 8 May 2008
The strongest signal the EU could send to Iran that it means business is to take the People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran off its terror list.
Thurday 8 May 2008
Policy areas from procurement to taxation should be updated to foster the development of environment-friendly technology.
Thurday 8 May 2008
The century ahead will not be a struggle between China and the US for global leadership; there will, however, be a battle of ideas.
Wednesday 7 May 2008
A gas OPEC is in the offing. That is a major danger for the West, even if it were to create one potentially valuable opportunity.
Wednesday 7 May 2008
The lessons of the current food crisis are not those Germany and France are advocating.
Wednesday 30 April 2008
Once upon a time European integration was taken for granted.
Wednesday 30 April 2008
A diplomatic accord with Armenia would benefit the region and Europe, writes Azerbaijan's foreign minister.
Wednesday 30 April 2008
Gambling monopolies are not the only way to combat gambling addiction, or to support amateur sport.
Wednesday 30 April 2008
Wednesday 30 April 2008
Greater attention to and lower expectations of economic co-operation offer a chance for a better relationship with Russia.
Wednesday 30 April 2008
Editor's blog
Editorial
The conviction of a former member of the European Economic and Social Committee for expenses fraud strengthens the case for a European public prosecutor.
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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 [...]
Seen from a German point of view, eastern Europe's disenchantment with the European Union is both untrue and fantastically offensive. How can the [...]
For those of us in at the creation of the euro – albeit in my case in a modest advisory role – the coming tenth anniversary of the May summit at [...]
Central banks must step up to the plate and take a bigger role in financial regulation, however uncomfortable that may be for some.
Russia knows how to exploit European divisions in foreign affairs.
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