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Fiscal treaty
Ireland begins bitter referendum debate
1 February 20123PresseuropThe Irish Times -
31 January 2012Le Temps Geneva
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European Council
The Don Quixotes of Brussels
31 January 201248El País Madrid -
European Council
Angela Merkel has gone too far
31 January 201214PresseuropDer Tagesspiegel -
Fiscal compact
Prague keeps its distance
31 January 2012PresseuropHospodářské noviny -
European Union
Myth of equality at an end
17 January 2012149Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
Fiscal Union
New treaty – a legal and economic headache
14 December 20113PresseuropFinancial Times -
United Kingdom
Clegg’s sulk over Cameron’s EU veto
13 December 20113PresseuropThe Independent -
European Council
Britain – like the Cayman Islands, in the rain
12 December 201117The Independent London -
European Council
EU just can’t accept that Britain is right
12 December 2011113The Daily Telegraph London -
European Council
Hungary’s diplomatic zigzags
12 December 20111PresseuropNépszabadság -
European council
The unravelling has begun
12 December 20115PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
9 December 2011Al-Mustaqbal Beirut
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European Union
Union of fear
9 December 20111PresseuropTo Vima -
Eurozone crisis
Van Rompuy and Barroso to the rescue
7 December 20113PresseuropEl País -
27 October 20116Le Monde Paris
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Debt crisis
Portuguese promises, Greek guarantees
24 June 2011PresseuropPúblico -
Europact
Life in the new bloc(k)
25 March 20113Rzeczpospolita Warsaw -
European Council
Eurozone rushes ahead
24 March 20111Presseurop -
European Council
Euro, curse of the 17 Sisyphus
24 March 20114La Tribune Paris -
Portugal
Exit Sócrates, enter IMF?
24 March 2011Presseuropi -
Debt crisis
Portugal – opting for the shipwreck
23 March 20112Público Lisbon -
23 March 2011PresseuropLe Soir
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Eurozone Crisis
Lisbon treaty tweaked for stronger euro
17 December 2010PresseuropEl País -
Kosovo
Was Europe blind?
17 December 20103Presseurop -
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All a blur at the Euro-summit
16 December 20102Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
European council
Euro seeks caring country
13 December 2010PresseuropPúblico -
Lisbon Treaty
How the treaty saved our skins
1 December 20101El País Madrid -
European Council
President Van Rompuy – is it really a year?
18 November 2010PresseuropLe Soir -
EU Presidency
Belgium sets its sights low
30 June 2010PresseuropPresseurop -
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Madrid slumps out
30 June 2010El País Madrid -
Finance
Eurozone overhaul
12 February 2010Die Zeit Hamburg -
Editorial
A new map of Europe
12 February 2010Presseurop -
Eurozone
Let Brussels take the helm
10 February 2010Presseurop -
European Union
Van Rompuy to lay out crisis battle plan
9 February 2010PresseuropLe Soir -
Swine Flu
Was the pandemic a scam?
7 January 2010PresseuropL'Humanité -
Language
French takes leave of Belgium
22 December 20094Le Monde Paris -
High Representative
The bureaucratic monster at her feet
20 November 20091Der Spiegel Hamburg -
European Council
Electing the president, behind closed doors
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Institutions
A man's man's man's EU
17 November 2009La Stampa Turin -
After Lisbon (5)
EU presidency: Round 1
29 October 20091Presseurop -
Debate
Europe, the future frontiers
14 October 20092Le Monde Paris -
After Lisbon (2)
Europe’s plot to take over the world
7 October 2009Financial Times London -
GLOBAL WARMING
The 100 billion euro plan
9 September 2009La Stampa Turin -
Ireland
The rocky road to Lisbon
7 September 2009Financial Times London -
Foreign policy
The trouble with Javier
15 July 20091Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw
At best, the measures adopted at the January 30 summit – the fiscal treaty and the economic growth plan – are meant, at best, to overcome the mistakes of the past year and a half, says columnist Xavier Vidal-Folch. At worst, they’re part of a recurring sham.
Whether it’s the planned European treaty, the S&P downgrade of nine eurozones states or reprimands issued to Hungary, recent events in the EU have highlighted how powerful countries are now imposing their law on their smaller neighbours. Polish columnist Jacek Żkowski aims to set the record straight. 
In walking away from greater European integration in order to defend the privileges of the City, David Cameron has hopelessly relegated the UK to the status of an irrelevant island state at the margins of Europe, argues John Lichfield. 
If Britain is marginalised after last week’s fractious European Council, it’s only because the continent is furious that the UK never signed up to its troubled euro project, argues the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. 
The Eurozone crisis has raised calls for greater political integration of the EU. However, sociologist Jürgen Habermas argues that the tactics adopted by European leaders have sidelined what should be their main priority: the well-being of citizens, established within a democratic framework. 
The europact, which the EU’s 27 member states are discussing today in Brussels, will pave the way for a complete overhaul "of the European economic bloc(k)." To ensure that it will able to weather stormy conditions on financial markets, the chief architects, France and Germany, are emphasising functionality and security over variety. 
The EU27 have gathered for a European Council devoted primarily to an “integrated response” by the Union to the eurozone crisis – starting with the Europact. The European press, however, regrets the postponement of discussions on reforming the European financial stabilisation fund and laments the birth of a two-speed Europe. 
European Council summits organised since the onset of the Greek crisis have not been sufficient to prevent Europe from sinking into recession and political crisis — a fact that will remain unchanged by the 24/25 March meeting of member state leaders, writes La Tribune. Europe is faced with a straight choice: reduce the burden on over-indebted countries or organise their exit from the Eurozone. 
His new austerity plan rejected by parliament, Portuguese PM José Sócrates has resigned on the eve of European Council in Brussels 24/25 March. With elections on the horizon, the country is headed for a destiny similar to that of Greece’s, argues a Público columnist. 
The European Council report released on 15 December accusing Kosovo’s leadership of organ trafficking raises plenty of questions about the EU’s indulgent attitude towards prime minister Hashim Thaçi and former Albanian separatists. 
A naysaying chancellor from Germany, allied with a fickle president from France, up against massive but irresolute resistance at the EU's 16/17 December summit. Is this how Europe saves its currency? 
In the year since the controversial treaty came into effect, Europe has been turned inside out by the crisis. Yet far from being a dead letter, Lisbon could well end up helping get us out of this mess, argues a prominent Spanish commentator 
The six months it spent at the head of the European Union were something of an ordeal for the Spanish government, which had to contend with the economic crisis, the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty and a lack of strategic vision in the EU — circumstances that highlighted the downgrading of the rotating presidency. 
It’s the rebirth of the euro. The EU has decided to bail out Greece, even if it means breaching the terms of its own treaties. The rescue will help not only the Greeks, but also the euro – and even the reluctant German taxpayer, rejoices Die Zeit. 
The EU 27 meeting in Brussels this Thursday could herald the birth of a sort of European “economic government”. This conclusion, long resisted by certain countries, now seems inescapable, what with Europe in the vice grip of an unprecedent financial crisis, reports the European press. 
Not just in international institutions but everywhere in Brussels the French language continues to lose ground to English. As Le Monde's Belgian correspondent explains, in a country with no lingua franca, the language of Shakespeare allows speakers to avoid choosing between French and Flemish. 
With her appointment as the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Catherine Ashton has become overnight one of the world’s most powerful women. But her role, considered even more prestigious than that of EU President, is not without pitfalls, reports Der Spiegel. 
On 19 November, leaders of Europe's 27 member states will settle the question of who is to head the European Council and the EU's diplomatic service. However, for the European press, a process which should have marked a milestone on the road to European integration has been marred by a lack of transparency. 
Though women make up the majority of the European population, they are underrepresented in key institutional posts. As the 27 convene to pick the personages to hold the highest offices in the Union, women are demanding action on the parity principle. 
Though the topic will not be on the agenda at the European Council meeting in Brussels starting 29 October, it’s bound to be on everyone’s mind. Who will be the next face of the EU? The voice that answers on that famed “single telephone number” that Henry Kissinger wanted, in vain, for Europe? The European press are placing their bets. 
As the political situation on its periphery evolves, the EU needs to clearly define its borders, argues geopolitician Michel Foucher in Le Monde, especially in regard to Turkish accession, on which the Commission is publishing its annual report today. 
Strengthened by Ireland’s ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union, it is argued, may now be on the verge of becoming a global superpower. The way to achieve this ambition, notes Gideon Rachman in the Financial Times, is in using the new platform that the G20 offers. 
With three months left to run before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15), Europe aims to lead the way in the battle against global warming. In a document to be presented to the European Council on 10 September, the European Commission has provided details of the measures it intends to propose. 
October 2, Ireland will decide on the Lisbon Treaty for a second time. While many predict that it will come back into the European fold as a means to emerge from deep economic recession, new polls suggest that the No vote is resurgent, reports the Financial Times. 
The EU's High Representative for foreign affairs has just announced that he will leave his post this autumn. Forever dependent on member states' goodwill, his record is a mixed one, reports Gazeta Wyborcza.