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22.06.2009 @ 09:29 CET
Russia's effective departure from the WTO is beginning to look like self-isolation designed to keep the regime in power in time of recession, Olena Prystayko writes.
22.06.2009 @ 09:28 CET
More than a bilateral dispute that is blocking Zagreb's EU bid, the Croatia-Slovenia border row is harming the EU's credibility in the western Balkans as a whole, writes Sinisa Rodin.
30.06.2009 @ 10:14 CET
Even if they lost the election, there is still a role for the Socialists in the European Parliament - that is the role of the opposition, writes Richard Laming.
17.06.2009 @ 09:22 CET
Human rights dialogues with China must be more result-oriented and concessions must only be granted to Beijing in light of real achievements and political liberalisation.
15.06.2009 @ 09:28 CET
At times the Balkans can deliver a positive surprise and carry fundamental reforms. This is especially true when it comes to compliance with visa liberalisation requirements, write analysts Gerald Knaus and Alexandra Stiglmayer. Therefore, the EU should give the western Balkan countries a clear signal that visa-free travel will be a reality for them by January 2010, they argue.
17.06.2009 @ 16:38 CET
It's not too late for Europe to get back into the driving seat in international climate talks but at least one of the big member states – either the UK, Germany or France – needs to drive it forward, writes Elise Ford, head of Oxfam International's EU office ahead of this week's EU summit.
05.06.2009 @ 17:34 CET
A new deal to carve up power in Ukraine by the country's political "dinosaurs" could damage democracy, security and EU relations, analyst Olena Prystayko writes.
03.06.2009 @ 09:24 CET
The new EU parliament and the incoming Swedish Presidency are expected to flex Europe's diplomatic muscles in the Middle East peace process, but the EU should first take a look at which kind of NGOs it is funding in the region, Dan Kosky writes.
11.06.2009 @ 08:12 CET
The next few years in the EU may well be dominated by the struggle to reconcile the demands made by a Conservative British government with what currently constitutes membership of the European Union, writes Richard Laming.
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11.05.2009 @ 18:21 CET
Pakistan and Afghanistan-origin security threats affect Europe as a whole, not just the UK, but EU governments have a poor track record of explaining this to the public, Raffaello Pantucci writes.
28.04.2009 @ 09:24 CET
Ten years after the start of the ‘Bologna Process', higher education ministers are meeting to compare notes. Yet their Louvain meeting is being faced by a counter summit of students and academics opposed to the process. These opponents are right to be worried, argues Josie Appleton. The formula of x hours study = y credits = z degree wiil only breed intellectual confusion.
19.05.2009 @ 18:03 CET
At a time when Europe's future energy security is imperative, the significance of projects such as Nord Stream cannot be underestimated, argues Sebastian Sass, head of Nord Stream's EU representation in Brussels.
24.04.2009 @ 15:46 CET
Saying the Greens are not sufficiently pro-European because they have not decided to nominate their own candidate for president of the European Commission is unfair, says Juan Behrend, the secretary-general of the European Green Party. Realistically, the only way to get rid of Jose Manuel Barroso is via a green, red and yellow alliance that rallies behind a common candidate.
29.04.2009 @ 18:16 CET
Bulgaria seems to have learnt a lesson from January's gas crisis – namely to Europeanise its energy resources - writes Vessela Tcherneva in a first hand account of the Sofia Energy Conference.
Russia tried but failed to make Sofia into a pro-South Stream event (Photo: gazprom.ru)
This week looks set to be dominated by a Group of Eight industrialised nations meeting (8-10 July) in L'Aquila, Italy, w...
Even if they lost the election, there is still a role for the Socialists in the European Parliament - that is the role o...
This week, Sweden takes over the rotating EU presidency from the Czech Republic for six months. Meanwhile, the German Co...
05.07.2009 @ 17:23 CET
Italian MEP Mario Mauro has pulled out of the race to become the next president of the EU parliament. The move leaves the way clear for Polish conservative deputy Jerzy Buzek to take up the post instead.
03.07.2009 @ 21:50 CET
Sweden is considering holding an informal summit in September to deal with the financial crisis and climate change - two of the biggest issues on its EU presidency agenda. French president Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly supports the idea, says a spokesperson for Swedish PM Fredrik Reinfeldt.
03.07.2009 @ 14:56 CET
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt Friday said that a European Parliament vote on Jose Manuel Barroso's bid to become European Commission president for a second time will not take place mid-July. Stockholm is now pushing to have it take place by 15 September.
03.07.2009 @ 13:58 CET
Turnout in Bulgaria's legislative elections on Sunday will reach 55 to 60%, according to polling agency Gallup. It says Sofia mayor Borisov's centre-right Gerb party will get up to 30% of the votes, followed by the ruling Socialists (19 - 23%) and the Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (15%).
03.07.2009 @ 13:57 CET
The resignation of Croat PM Sanader was his political "rebellion" against Slovenia's blocking of Croatia's EU talks, MP Andrija Hebrang from Mr Sanader's conservative HDZ party said, reports Hina. Meanwhile, Slovenia said it hopes the new Croat government will resume talks on their border dispute.
03.07.2009 @ 09:35 CET
Czech President Vaclav Klaus has attacked a German court decision to allow the Lisbon treaty after a tweak to German national law. "I do not believe that it is possible to annul the known defects of the Lisbon Treaty by an accompanying law," he wrote in the Mlada Fronta Dnes newspaper.
03.07.2009 @ 09:31 CET
The four EU states which had full ambassador-level representation in Honduras - France, Germany, Italy and Spain - have recalled their envoys in protest at a recent coup against President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, the Swedish EU presidency said. Spain has led the EU's opposition to the coup.
03.07.2009 @ 08:32 CET
France has said that draft commission plans for hedge fund regulation are a step in the right direction but will need to be tightened up before they can be accepted. "I will not let this directive be adopted in this state," said the country's economy minister Christine Lagarde, reports Reuters.
03.07.2009 @ 08:30 CET
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will tell leaders from the Group of Eight industrialised countries that measures must be stepped up to end market cyclicality, reports the Wall Street Journal. Economic growth - when it returns - must be tempered she said, to prevent further cycles of boom and bust.
Moody's credit rating agency downgraded Ireland from its top rating on Thursday, following similar moves by other agencies earlier this year. Moody's cited the government's deteriorating public finances as the main reason, as an increasing share of tax revenues is used to service the country's debt.
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