United Nations
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Middle East
Europe stuck in the middle of the road
21 September 20112An-Nahar Beirut -
International Aid
How to really help Somalia
28 July 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Diplomacy
EU to take seat at UN
4 May 20114PresseuropEUobserver.com -
Ivory Coast
Exit Gbagbo, with French nudge
12 April 2011PresseuropLe Figaro -
5 April 2011PresseuropLibération
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25 January 2011The Guardian London
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Morocco / Spain
News blackout lifts in Western Sahara
22 November 2010PresseuropEl Mundo -
Greece | Turkey
Armed EU to keep out migrant flow
26 October 2010The Guardian London -
United Nations
Europe's fading voice on human rights
14 October 2010The New York Times New York -
Diplomacy
Portugal and Germany take UN seats
13 October 2010PresseuropPúblico -
Diplomacy
UN General Assembly snubs EU
15 September 2010PresseuropLe Soir -
9 September 2010European Voice Brussels
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Diplomacy
EU vies for special status at UN
24 August 2010PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Denmark
Government – no racism here
21 July 20101PresseuropJyllands-Posten -
Belgium-DR Congo
Atrocities report spoils celebrations
17 March 2010PresseuropDe Morgen -
Haiti
A manmade disaster
14 January 20102The Guardian London -
Turkey
Learning to get over the EU
19 October 20091Sabah Istanbul -
United Nations
Why not a permanent seat for the EU?
15 October 20092La Stampa Turin -
Afghanistan
Germany's good war unravels
7 September 20092Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
21 July 2009PresseuropO Phileleftheros
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26 June 20091ABC Madrid
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. 
As the Council of Europe prepares to demand an investigation into the shady underworld dealings of Kosovo PM Hashim Thaçi, secret Nato documents leaked to British daily The Guardian provide more shocking revelations about a prized Western ally. 
The numbers of immigrants seeking passage through the porous Turko-Greek border has quadrupled in the past year. With the Greek government unable to cope, Frontex, Europe’s external borders agency is to deploy armed guards to the region. 
Could Germany and Portugal's election to the U.N. Security Council revive Europe's declining influence in the world? Don't bet on it, argues the New York Times. 
The UN emission trading scheme is coming under fire for its lack of effectiveness, which may also have a negative impact on Europe's so far successful ETS. The European Commission is starting to take action. 
As the international community scrambles to the aid of Haiti after the January 12th earthquake, Peter Hallward in the Guardian points out its complicity in the island’s enduring economic devastation, which leaves hundreds of thousands all too easily exposed to large-scale natural disaster. 
In its annual report on Turkey's membership bid, the EU has encourage Ankara to keep pushing forward with reforms and democratisation. In Turkish daily Sabah, however, columnist Erdal Safak writes that Turkey's future is as much Asian as it is European. 
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.
After German-ordered airstrikes on two fuel tankers in northern Afghanistan caused massive civilian casualties, European coalition partners are heaping censure on the Bundeswehr. Premature and risky reproaches, says the Süddeutsche Zeitung, which nonetheless go to show that the war finally has to come to the fore in the upcoming electoral campaign. 
For several years now the EU has sought to negotiate between Tehran and the West. But the Iranian regime’s current crackdown shows the limitations of this soft-diplomacy approach and belies all hope of democratic change in view of the deep divide between political cultures.