Lisbon Treaty
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Editorial
What now?
9 December 20112Presseurop -
European Union
Goodbye Britain
9 December 201129PresseuropLe Monde -
United Kingdom
PM puts price on support for treaty change
7 December 20113PresseuropThe Times -
Arab revolutions
Europe's not so wonderful example
24 February 20112Frankfurter Rundschau Frankfurt -
European Parliament
MEPs want to bid Adieu to Strasbourg
11 February 2011PresseuropDe Standaard -
Innovation
Europe lagging in the sciences
3 February 2011El País Madrid -
Human rights
The EU’s conscience
31 January 20111NRC Handelsblad Rotterdam -
Denmark
Lisbon Treaty in the dock
12 January 2011PresseuropBerlingske Tidende -
Editorial
The road not taken?
17 December 2010Presseurop -
Lisbon Treaty
How the treaty saved our skins
1 December 20101El País Madrid -
Eurozone
Oh no, Lisbon is back...
29 October 20101Presseurop -
Editorial
Back to the drawing board?
29 October 2010Presseurop -
Editorial
Power to the people
22 October 2010Presseurop -
Enlargement
One day Turkey will run the EU
28 September 20105Die Presse Vienna -
Czech Republic
Klaus opt-out called into question
27 September 2010PresseuropLidové noviny -
European Commission
Barroso, the Union's in a state
8 September 20101Presseurop -
Where is the Union headed? (10)
A multipolar union
29 July 2010Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
Greek crisis
Et tu, José?
26 May 2010PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
European Union
The plot against Lady Ashton
26 February 20102Presseurop -
Editorial
Don't count on Obama magic
5 February 2010Presseurop -
Institutions
A million citizens can change the Union
20 January 20103El País Madrid -
Moldova
First steps to Brussels
13 January 2010PresseuropTimpul -
European Union
Madrid faces challenges in Brussels
4 January 2010Presseurop -
After COP15
Verhofstadt's bilingual moan
23 December 2009PresseuropLe Soir -
European Parliament
See Strasbourg and die...
18 December 20091La Repubblica Rome -
15 December 2009Dagens Nyheter Stockholm
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Editorial
All quiet on the Eastern front
11 December 2009Presseurop -
Institutions
The post-Lisbon paradox
1 December 2009Dziennik Gazeta Prawna Warsaw -
Abortion
Ireland challenged at the ECHR
30 November 2009PresseuropThe Irish Times -
27 November 2009
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Editorial
The coronation of Parliament
27 November 20091Presseurop -
European Council
Herman who? Catherine what?
20 November 2009Presseurop -
EU Presidency
Express exposes Van Rompuy as “clown”
19 November 2009PresseuropDaily Express -
European Council
Electing the president, behind closed doors
18 November 2009Presseurop -
EU-Russia
Sweden pushed onto Baltic chessboard
18 November 2009PresseuropSvenska Dagbladet -
Institutions
A man's man's man's EU
17 November 2009La Stampa Turin -
After '89
Loving Europe, despairing of the EU
10 November 20093The Observer London -
After Lisbon (6)
Calling the sovereignty bluff
6 November 2009The Guardian London -
Diplomacy
A song for Europe, but what's the tune?
5 November 20091El País Madrid -
After Lisbon
French wonder what’s in Britain’s pants
5 November 2009PresseuropThe Guardian -
Lisbon Treaty
Signed at last, time to move on
4 November 2009Presseurop -
Lisbon Treaty
“Iron-clad” Cameron in EU climb-down
3 November 2009PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph -
After Lisbon (5)
EU presidency: Round 1
29 October 20091Presseurop -
Editorial
Divided we fall silent
23 October 2009Presseurop -
Czech Republic
Nation rallies behind Klaus
16 October 2009PresseuropLidové noviny -
Editorial
Czar Klaus
16 October 2009Presseurop -
United Nations
Why not a permanent seat for the EU?
15 October 20092La Stampa Turin -
European Commission
Portfolio season begins
14 October 2009Presseurop -
Czech Republic
What's to be done with Václav Klaus?
12 October 2009PresseuropLidové noviny -
After Lisbon (4)
EU top diplomat, a much better job
12 October 2009The Daily Telegraph London
What must a North African currently following news from the “European community of shared values” be thinking? It’s not just that the community's support for the fight for freedom around the Mediterranean has been half-hearted. It’s that it is taking its own members’ violations of the values the community espouses rather calmly. 
While the Lisbon innovation objectives have been postponed until 2020, Europe’s major universities argue that research is still too dependent on the financial sector. 
Although the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has on occasion been criticised by national administrations, Professor of European Law at Leiden University Rick Lawson argues that it remains an indispensable institution for the EU. 
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 
Why decide to revise a treaty that only came into force last year? In the wake of the decision by Europe’s 27 member states, which aims to protect the single currency, the European press is far from impressed. 
Turkey isn’t even a member yet, but deputy prime minister Ali Babacan is already demanding a leading role in Europe for his country. All you have to do is look at Turkey's economic and demographic growth to see it's likely to get what it wants, says Die Presse 
With all that has recently transpired throughout Europe, observers have been awaiting the first EU state of the union speech from its chief executive in Brussels. Though the EU is indeed slowly pulling itself out of the financial crisis, the tone of the speech reveals a marked lack of ambition, according to the European press. 
With countries following their own national agendas, France and Germany vying for the top spot and major decisions being taken in informal meetings, divisions within the EU are deepening, argues Polish philosopher and European expert Marek Cichocki. 
After Jose Manuel Baroso and Herman Van Rompuy, Catherine Ashton is now the European figure that everyone loves to hate. Only a few months into her much criticised mandate as the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, can she hang on? The press laments a rudderless Europe. 
The new Lisbon Treaty authorises popular initiatives backed by at least a million signatures. But that figure will not suffice to provide a regulatory framework for this new tool of participatory democracy. 
Spain is steering the ship of the Union for a six-month stint, with its sights set on two goals: finding a remedy for the recession and putting the Lisbon Treaty into effect. But the dailies El País and EL Mundo are divided over the weakened Spanish government’s odds of success in Brussels. 
Overheard moaning about her stint in the European Parliament, Rachida Dati, ex-French justice minister, has unwittingly raised that nagging question once again: What exactly do MEPs do and how much do they get done? 
Sweden's EU Presidency will mainly be remembered for the final ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, but Fredrik Reinfeldt and his team also made progress on more low-profile technical issues. Dagens Nyheter presents an inventory of the achievements of what it deems to be a globally positive six-month term in office. 
Now that the Lisbon Treaty has come into force, the EU must rise to the occasion if it is to be a global player. But the choice of its new helmsmen runs counter to that objective, regrets Polish political scientist Aleksander Smolar. 
The appointment of Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy to the post of President of the European council and British Commissioner for Trade Catherine Ashton as High Representative for Foreign Affairs has not been well received by the European press, which was hoping for more charismatic European representatives. 
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. 
Twenty years after the fall of Berlin Wall, the hope the event inspired is being thwarted by a European Union that seeks “to standardise behaviour and attitudes”, argues Henry Porter in the Observer. 
Opponents of Lisbon have long claimed that the treaty sounds the death knell of national government. But when it comes to issues like finance, banking and public services, sovereignty doesn’t get much of a look-in from the apparently euroreluctant Tories, argues Seumas Milne in the Guardian. 
The Lisbon Treaty provides for the establishment of a common diplomatic service for the EU 27 presided over by a “High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy”. But the EU’s member states and various institutions have yet to figure out who’s to call the tune. 
With the Czech President's signature on Tuesday, it is now certain the the Lisbon Treaty will come into force on 1st of December. The EU has been given the tools for a new reign of more efficient governance, however, the European press warns that the treaty will bring about progress only if European leaders change their ways.
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. 
The new German government no longer wants a permanent seat for Germany on the UN Security Council, but plans to obtain one for the European Union instead. Meanwhile, Italy's former ambassador to the UN, Francesco Paolo Fulci, explains how the EU could exert greater influence on Security Council decisions.
In a bid to satisfy all of the contenders for a place in the future European Commission, President Barroso plans to create four new portfolios. But, as at least one commentator in the European press has humorously remarked, perhaps the real value of a commission post should be determined by counting the number of gifts received by the previous commissioner.
With cross the board ratification of the Lisbon treaty imminent, Con Coughlin in the Daily Telegraph points out that even with Tony Blair as first EU president, the role will be largely ceremonial. Real power will be concentrated in the hands of the High Representative for foreign and security policy.