European Union
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Austerity: German Zeppelin
7 May 2013981 Le Vif/L’Express Brussels -
Solar Power: ‘EU Readies Solar Tariffs In China Fight’
7 May 201316937PresseuropThe Wall Street Journal Europe -
Euro: Hitting the wrong note
6 May 201341 SME Bratislava -
Eurozone crisis: An end to ‘stupid’ Europe
6 May 2013388137 Le Monde Paris -
European Commission : ‘The EU should not be meddling in our democracies’
6 May 20138212PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
United Kingdom: Surge of the ‘fruitcakes’
6 May 20136618PresseuropThe Guardian -
Tax Evasion: ‘Brussels boosts tax avoidance measures’
6 May 2013312PresseuropFinancial Times -
Textile industry: Bangladeshi blood on EU shoppers’ hands?
3 May 2013144594 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam -
Croatia: After accession, next comes Schengen
3 May 2013631PresseuropDer Standard -
Debt crisis: Irish president condemns ‘hegemonic’ EU
3 May 201313522PresseuropFinancial Times, The Irish Times -
France: ‘A year later, Hollande isolated in Europe’
3 May 2013369PresseuropLe Figaro -
Economy: There is no euro crisis
3 May 201331787 Lidové noviny Prague -
Eurozone: ‘New low rate eats away at savings’
3 May 20136612PresseuropDie Presse -
Eurozone: ‘An insufficient step’
3 May 2013202PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
European Union: Workers’ blues
2 May 201365 Al-Mustaqbal Beirut -
Enrico Letta: A new player, hardly a new game
2 May 2013148107PresseuropLa Stampa, Il Sole-24 Ore, Die Zeit & 2 others -
European Elections: Reinforce the European Parliament, not the Commission
2 May 201327717 Dagens Nyheter Stockholm -
Ukraine: ‘Strasbourg backs Yulia’
2 May 201334PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Eurozone: ‘ECB: what is the reason for the lower rate?’
2 May 20132110PresseuropLa Tribune -
Austerity: European Spring
1 May 20131641 De Groene Amsterdammer Amsterdam -
Democracy: Dare to be a little more Swiss!
1 May 201385542 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt -
Agriculture: Pesticide ban to end the slaughter of the bees
30 April 2013431011 Presseurop -
Defence: Disarmed Europe
30 April 2013567 Le Monde Paris -
Religion: Divided EU to preach religious freedom abroad
30 April 2013267183 Trouw Amsterdam -
European Commission: From Dalligate to Olafgate?
29 April 2013391PresseuropThe Times of Malta -
European Union: Prisoners of the Eurobabel
29 April 2013537231 The Guardian London -
Editorial: Balkan hopes
26 April 2013547Presseurop -
Design: The runaway architecture of the ECB
26 April 201312835 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
European Union: ‘Shadow hangs over Europe’s fraud investigators’
26 April 2013622PresseuropDie Presse -
European Union: Stalled and in crisis
25 April 20139048Presseurop -
Ideas: What happened to the European dream?
25 April 201394266 Kultura Sofia -
Free movement: Switzerland keeps door closed on Europeans
25 April 201310018PresseuropNeue Zürcher Zeitung, Le Temps -
Diplomacy: Europe still has no single foreign policy voice
25 April 20136810PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Greece: Three years of collective failure
25 April 201315529 I Kathimerini Athens -
Economy: ‘Car industry: freeze on European market’
25 April 2013293PresseuropLa Tribune -
Eurozone crisis: Austerity absurdity?
24 April 2013977131 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
EU-United States: Film-makers defend European cultural exception
24 April 2013764PresseuropLes Echos -
Economy: ‘Germany defends austerity against EU’
24 April 201310554PresseuropDie Welt -
Economy: ‘Europe: heading for an end to austerity?’
24 April 2013607PresseuropLibération -
EU-Syria: Brussels lifts embargo on Syrian rebels’ oil
23 April 201325PresseuropEuropean Voice -
Croatia: Respecting the rule of law
23 April 20131177 Le Temps Geneva -
European Union: ‘End of austerity’
23 April 20133884PresseuropIrish Independent -
Serbia-Kosovo : Everyone’s a winner
22 April 201314115PresseuropDanas, Politika, Blic & 4 others -
Austerity: So what’s the plan, Mr Rehn?
22 April 2013241137 El País Madrid -
European Union: ‘More victims of human trafficking’
22 April 2013941PresseuropJyllands-Posten -
European Union: ‘Europe throws in the towel’
22 April 2013876PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Editorial: One poor man can hide another
19 April 201310773Presseurop -
European Union: ‘Europe has become its own worst enemy’
19 April 201317675PresseuropIl Sole-24 Ore -
EU-Syria: EU considers lifting oil embargo
19 April 2013275PresseuropInternational Herald Tribune, The Irish Times -
Balkans: Playing chicken
18 April 201325 Danas Belgrade
In granting extra time to Madrid and Paris to clean up their public accounts, Brussels has shown good sense. This is in contrast to the rigid position it had adopted until now, which dragged the EU executive into a fool’s game with wayward member states. 
The death of more than 400 people in a Bangladeshi clothing factory once again highlights the appalling conditions in factories where western manufacturers produce clothes. The EU is right to pressure local authorities, but should also probe other countries. 
Don’t believe this “modern myth” that the single currency is teetering on the edge of disaster. The real problem is that the losers – the less competitive countries – are growing in number day by day 
The day after he started work, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta went to Berlin, Paris and Brussels to pledge his commitment to Europe and voice his belief that austerity must be eased. But he may not be able to make himself heard, according to the European press. 
With what will likely be the automatic appointment of the next European Commission President, the result of May 2014 European elections should endow the Brussels executive with greater legitimacy. But is this desirable, wonders a Swedish columnist. 
The EU would do well to take on a little more direct democracy. Switzerland’s example shows that more citizen involvement in deciding on and control the country’s policy can make for a leaner state and lower debt. An EU-wide referendum on euro bonds, however, would be a mistake. 
In response to concerns over declining bee populations, the European Commission voted on April 29 for a two-year ban of pesticides thought to be harmful to the insects. 
The EU is preparing guidelines for European diplomats on how to advance religious freedom and the separation of church and state when working abroad. The mission has its share of pitfalls, since the EU itself is divided and ambiguous when it comes to the subject. 
Translation within the EU is a laborious and costly business. So why not save billions and make English the Union’s official language? Unfortunately, the price would be a loss of democracy and integration, not to mention a lot of angry Frenchmen. 
For the new building of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Vienna architect Wolf D. Prix sought inspiration in the fast-paced game of FC Barcelona. From two twisted, avant-garde office towers, the European Central Bank will soon be steering Europe through the crisis. 
Amnesia, recession, the failure of political elites, divided societies… The free and caring Europe that was the dream of oppressed peoples no longer exists, it is just that European leaders lack the courage to admit it, says a Bulgarian political analyst. 
On 23 April 2010, the prime minister of the day George Papandreou appealed for international help to prevent Greece's collapse. But the three years that followed saw a series of blunders by the Troika and the Greek state, according to a series of economic analyses. 
“The policy of austerity has reached its limits”, says European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, the first time Brussels has questioned its own policy. It’s time we grasped that one path for such varied countries doesn’t work, writes Süddeutsche Zeitung. 
Croatia will join the European Union on July 1, the first such entry since the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008. But this should not mean that membership conditions concerning respect for the rule of law are sidestepped, as there were for some states in the last enlargement. 
In Belgrade and Pristina, the press has hailed the agreement on the normalisation of relations between Serbia and its former province, which was concluded on April 19 under the auspices of the EU, as a historic step forward. 
Discipline and budget cuts: The cure prescribed for the Eurozone no longer has unanimous support. Unfortunately, voters can not settle this debate as it is between unelected officials, foremost among them, is the European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs.