European Union
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European Union: Cameron-Merkel, a courting couple
15 April 2013245 67 The Times London -
Luxembourg: ‘Banking secrecy at death’s door’
15 April 201363 3PresseuropLa Voix du Luxembourg -
Eurozone: ‘IMF sounds the alarm for European failure to respond to the crisis’
15 April 2013207 23PresseuropEl País -
Eurozone: ‘Wealth tax to pay for EU bailouts’
15 April 201352 83PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph -
Tax havens: Dragnet
12 April 201389 International Herald Tribune Paris -
Romania: Incorruptible to the end
12 April 2013188 10 Revista 22 Bucharest -
Eurozone: Germany puts the brakes on banking union
12 April 2013100 12PresseuropExpansión -
Corruption and transparency: European Parliament hamstrings Dalligate probe
12 April 2013256 2PresseuropMediapart -
European Elections: Croatian cast their first ever votes
12 April 201365 2PresseuropTportal , Novi List, Jutarnji List -
Luxembourg: Secrets revealed
11 April 201376 La Libre Belgique Brussels -
Biomass: Wood – Europe’s fuel of the future, really?
11 April 2013794 4 The Economist London -
Switzerland: ‘Tax data: Switzerland again isolated in Europe’
11 April 201356PresseuropLe Temps -
European Union: Thatcher ‘to blame’ for British split on Europe
11 April 201343 7PresseuropThe Times -
Hungary: ‘Europe’s bulldog’
11 April 201334 1PresseuropHeti Válasz -
Society: The day the middle class will rise up
10 April 20133266 24 Wprost Warsaw -
United Kingdom: A minute for Maggie
9 April 201388 2 The Daily Telegraph London -
Media: British tabloids and their Euromyths
9 April 2013848 45 Mladá Fronta DNES Prague -
North Korea: And the band played on
8 April 201335 Cicero Berlin -
European Union: The Roma: Europe’s guilty conscience
8 April 2013157 24PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
European Union: All citizens are equal (but some are more equal than others)
8 April 2013277 17 Dilema Veche Bucharest -
European Union: David Cameron tries to sell his EU views
8 April 201357 10PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza, The Daily Telegraph, Le Monde & 3 others -
Editorial: The Great Evasion
5 April 2013690 40Presseurop -
Tax havens: More than €200bn in lost revenue for EU
5 April 2013336 14PresseuropEkonom -
Democracy: For a European Republic
5 April 20131260 299 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt -
Offshore Leaks : Tax havens are killing our democracies
4 April 2013258 40 Le Monde Paris -
European Union: ‘Crisis leads us to have fewer children’
4 April 201343 6PresseuropPolitiken -
Interview with Luuk van Middelaar: ‘Don’t be afraid of counter-democracy’
4 April 2013PresseuropBlog -
Tax havens: ‘The riches’ tricks’
4 April 2013264PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Serbia-Kosovo: Old flames
3 April 201321 Danas Belgrade -
Institutions: Caught in a democratic tangle
3 April 2013174 21 Trouw Amsterdam -
Unemployment: ‘What is destroying Europe’
3 April 2013281 226PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Democracy: Making laws ain’t easy
2 April 2013187 12 Dilema Veche Bucharest -
Eurozone crisis: Beast of burden
1 April 201380 Der Standard Vienna -
Editorial: Our European divisions
29 March 2013206 108Presseurop -
Syria: Paris Pinocchio
29 March 201382 3 Al-Mustaqbal Beirut -
Television: A newscasting Tower of Babel
29 March 2013209 22 La Croix Paris -
European union: ‘Can this woman save Europe?’
29 March 201389 11PresseuropTime -
Shale Gas: Brussels douses hopes of a “revolution”
28 March 2013452 10PresseuropHet Financieele Dagblad -
EU-Russia: Brussels’ Cyprus slip-up
28 March 2013165 7 Lidové noviny Prague -
Kosovo: ‘Government adopts Ashton Plan for North’
28 March 201319 1PresseuropKoha Ditore -
Eurozone crisis: ‘Europe agonises over the crisis’
28 March 201319 34PresseuropDie Presse -
European Union: ‘EU Commission frets over deficit of billions’
28 March 2013140 4PresseuropDie Welt -
United Kingdom: Cypriot lessons in courting the Russian Bear
27 March 2013140 4 The Guardian London -
Eurozone: ‘You should not always be honest in Brussels’
27 March 201348 25PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
Croatia: ‘€655m. Vukovar, Osijek, Rijeka and Porec will be first to benefit from EU money’
27 March 201344 2PresseuropVečernji list -
Debate: The “Latin Empire” should strike back
26 March 20133222 491 Libération Paris -
Latvia: Cypriot crisis is a boon for “Switzerland of the Baltic”
26 March 2013122 7PresseuropHospodářské Noviny -
Cyprus: Money-laundering audit casts shadow over bailout
26 March 201360 1PresseuropEUobserver.com -
Cyprus: ‘Merkel’s pawn considers Cypriot haircuts elsewhere’
26 March 201329 17PresseuropEl Mundo -
Cyprus: ‘Eurozone shifts burden of risk from taxpayers to investors’
26 March 201350 3PresseuropFinancial Times
As David Cameron’s recent visit shows, a growing band of people in Germany support the British PM’s tough approach to the EU. Ahead of Germany’s September election, Chancellor Angela Merkel looks quite tempted to align herself with Britain’s open market ideas, rather than those of protectionist France. 
Rather than accept an honorary position, the former head of the anti-corruption office quit and is now denouncing politicians' meddling in the appointment of Romania’s judges – a practice that is slowing the country's entry into the Schengen area. 
In order to produce energy without further increasing CO2 emissions, what could be easier than using existing furnaces to burn trees that could be replaced as they are used? Although this idea has much financial backing, it is only efficient over the long term.
When the middle classes revolt, our political leaders will realise that they have been sitting on a powder keg, warns Polish philosopher Marcin Król. In the absence of any prospect of social advancement, they may choose revolution as a last resort to make themselves heard. 
The EU has ruled on the curves of cucumbers, forbidden hairdressers from wearing heels, and even financed a porn film. These urban legends about decisions taken in Brussels are as endless as they are false. And they all get the kiss of life in the same place: the British tabloids. 
European Union treaties guarantee the rights of citizens but in practice consumer rights seem to take precedence over more fundamental EU rights. 
Whether political leaders or citizens, the pragmatics have failed to build a prosperous and wholly democratic EU. Now it’s the turn of the dreamers. Today, they are the true realists, write political scientist Ulrike Guérot and writer Robert Menasse. 
A major investigation of leaked data undertaken by several newspapers including Le Monde has highlighted the vast international scale of offshore banking. For the French daily’s editorial director, it should be viewed as a warning that our political systems are under threat. 
It is often said that the measures taken against the crisis in the EU are opaque and undemocratic. But it is the result of processes accepted by all. It is these processes which must be debated, argues a Dutch academic. 
The European Citizens’ Initiative process, launched in 2011, aims to reflect grassroots political aspirations. If they collect one million signatures, committees of European citizens can instigate changes to EU policies. But Dilema Veche wonders if they will make the right choices. 
Founded in 1993, European news channel, Euronews, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. With 400 journalists from some 30 countries broadcasting in a dozen languages, the channel has managed to develop an image that appeals to a broad audience, from German businessmen to Egyptian protesters. 
The EU's Cyprus solution reveals how it wants to limit Russian influence in the Mediterranean and crack down on international tax havens. While the rescue plan may be a victory for the EU, Moscow could be the long term winner, warns a Czech journalist. 
Cyprus is not the only island nation to roll out the red carpet for Russia’s riches. Since the Soviet Union’s collapse, London has welcomed Russian expatriates who made their fortunes plundering the collapsing state, but at what cost, asks a British journalist.
Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben has revived the idea of a union of Southern European countries, a proposal first launched by another philosopher, Alexandre Kojève, just after World War II. This "Latin Empire" could act as a counter weight to the dominant role played by Germany in the European Union.