Israel
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28 September 20111PresseuropLa Vanguardia
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Middle East
Europe stuck in the middle of the road
21 September 20112An-Nahar Beirut -
Mediterranean
Gas pressure rises a few bars
20 September 2011PresseuropPolitis -
Turkey-Cyprus
Ankara starts spat with EU
19 September 20111PresseuropLa Stampa -
Social unrest
The street bankers
11 August 20115Der Standard Vienna -
Israel – Palestine
Ashton letter fails to impress Americans
15 June 20111PresseuropHa’aretz -
Diplomacy
5 billion to aid Arab revolutions
26 May 2011PresseuropEl País -
Middle East
Sarkozy wants EU at the table
28 September 2010PresseuropLe Figaro -
Union for the Mediterranean
The Med’s adrift
23 September 2010El País Madrid -
A town in Europe
Berlin, the new Tel Aviv
7 September 2010Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Middle East
Sidelined Europe can still be of help
2 September 2010PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
18 August 20101Público Madrid
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ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Europe got it right... in 1980
14 June 20101The New York Times New York -
Editorial
Turkey and Israel in the EU
4 June 20101Presseurop -
Middle East
Author may ban Hebrew editions of his work
3 June 2010PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
EU – Turkey
Ankara turns its back on Brussels
2 June 2010La Stampa Turin -
2 June 2010
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Diplomacy
A blunder that alienates Israel
1 June 20107Presseurop -
28 May 20102Irish Independent Dublin
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Israel/Palestine
Barcelona summit bogs down in semantics
14 April 2010PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Middle East
Europe should rethink its aid to Palestine
22 March 20104Financial Times London -
26 February 2010PresseuropLe Soir
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EU-Israel
Union and Tel Aviv on collision course
19 February 2010PresseuropEl País -
Editorial
Invisible diplomacy
19 February 2010Presseurop -
19 February 2010
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17 February 2010PresseuropThe Independent
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Italy-Iran
Silvio's Teheran love affair on the rocks
10 February 2010PresseuropLa Stampa -
Israel/Palestine
No EU passports for Mossad, asks Hamas
3 February 2010PresseuropEUobserver.com -
European Union
The truth about Serbia
23 December 20091The Guardian London -
16 December 2009PresseuropThe Times
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European Union
The push for a capital of Palestine
8 December 2009Expressen Stockholm -
Literature
Kafka’s Trial in the dock
24 November 2009PresseuropDie Zeit -
Geopolitics
The new old order
20 October 2009The Independent London -
United Kingdom
Tony Blair, Europe's main man?
24 September 2009PresseuropThe Independent -
Automotive Industry
Might electric cars just fizzle out?
17 September 200910Handelsblatt Düsseldorf -
Middle East
Secret talks with Hamas
15 September 2009PresseuropEUobserver.com -
27 August 2009PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza
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Middle East
Moving closer to Syria
27 August 2009The Guardian London -
26 August 2009
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Diplomacy
Bad blood between EU and Israel
24 August 20095Presseurop -
Turkey
Go East
19 August 2009The Guardian London -
11 August 2009PresseuropEUobserver.com
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International Cooperation
Sarkozy's Club Med on the rocks
13 July 20091El País Madrid -
Middle East
Italy "sets pace" on Israel plans
19 June 2009PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Middle East
Israel and Palestine – a Eurovision
22 May 20096The Guardian London
In offering an alternative to the U.S. position on recognition of a Palestinian state, the EU is exposing itself to criticism and pressure from both the Palestinians and the Israelis. 
Europe is bailing out its financial centres, but not its youth. Three basic conditions – education, employment and housing – are denied them. So when they fight back, says Der Standard's writer, they're just following the message from the top: take what you can and get out. 
The enthusiasm with which the Union for the Mediterranean was launched two years ago has been steadily waning ever since. The main reason why, says French political philosopher Sami Naïr, is the lack of a serious EU commitment to the region. 
"You’ve never experienced a city like this one before,” they say. Berlin is the European city of choice for Israelis. Above and beyond bitter remembrances of expulsion and extermination, what they seek there now is, first and foremost, fun. 
Even though it is supposed to be a privileged partner of the European Union, Israel regularly targets infrastructure paid for by the EU during its attacks on Palestinians.
So why is Europe not demanding compensation? 
Thirty years ago, Europe advocated self-determination for the Palestinian people. In the aftermath of the Israeli army attack on the Gaza flotilla, two Israeli authors argue that it remains the only viable solution to the Middle East conflict. 
The tension between Turkey and Israel after the fatal Israeli naval raid on the flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists goes far beyond a breakdown in the traditionally amicable relations between Ankara and Jerusalem. This is in fact the most acute crisis to date in what used to be the solid and productive relations between Turkey and the West. 
The Israeli military's attack on Gaza Freedom flotilla, which resulted in at least nine deaths onboard the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara has prompted an outcry in Europe, where the press is calling for the EU and the international community to take Israel to task, and worrying about the consequences of an escalation of tensions between Israel and Turkey. 
The Eurovision Song Contest is not just a festival of tackiness, cheese and camp, argues Irish author Martina Devlin. It’s also a chance to have a look at the countries with whom we now have inextricable links. 
Following Catherine Ashton’s trip to Israel and Palestine, EU foreign ministers are gathered in Brussels on 22 March seeking to define union policy in the Middle East. According to the Financial Times, it should start by rethinking the question of aid to the Palestinian territories. 
Serbia’s formal application for EU membership on 22 December has been hailed as a great step forward. David Cronin in the Guardian, however, accuses Europe of “brazen hypocrisy” in its dealings towards the former pariah state. 
The Swedish EU presidency proposes the 27 member states recognise East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Though fiercely contested by Israel, this move would stop the situation going from bad to worse, opines the Stockholm daily Expressen.
With America increasingly disengaged from European affairs, and Russian influence tentative at most, the Independent wonders whether in this new age of alignments Europe might not be reverting to the order of old. 
Frankfurt is holding its 63rd International Motor Show from 17 to 27 September. This year’s high mass for fast cars gives top billing to clean machines. But, warns the German daily Handelsblatt, this sudden craze may well prove a flash in the pan. 
Britain’s recent call to bring Syria into the EU’s European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is part of a wider western strategy to tempt the previously isolated Ba'athist regime away from Iran and continue co-operation with the west in Iraq and Lebanon. Chris Philips at the Guardian wonders whether we are witnessing another example of human rights and democracy being sacrificed for political expediency. 
The Israeli prime minister’s visit to Europe tomorrow, the 25th of August, could not be taking place under worse auspices: the Swedish EU presidency is embroiled in a diplomatic crisis with Israel since last week’s publication of an article in the Stockholm daily Aftonbladet accusing Israeli soldiers of killing Palestinians for their organs back in 1992. 
The EU rose out of the ashes of war. Perhaps, with a little patience and pragmatism, a Middle Eastern Union is not such a distant fantasy. And Turkey, as East-West linchpin, is well-placed to be that unifying force. 
Launched on 13 July 2008 in Paris, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is basically a remodelling of the Barcelona Process that Spain helped get off the ground back in 1995. There was really no need to go to all that trouble, but Nicolas Sarkozy originally had something very different in mind when he initiated this second phase. 
Israel has long taken part in the Eurovision song contest and in European football tournaments. And what if it became a member of the European Union? Unlikely, argues Sarfraz Manzoor, but a tantalising prospect for peace in the region.