Europe & the World
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Croatia: Disgraced Mr Europe jumps ship
10 December 2010PresseuropVečernji list -
EU-Russia: Silvio and Vladimir, dangerous liaisons
9 December 20101033 La Repubblica Rome -
Geopolitics: Central Europe - we need to make friends
8 December 2010593 Lidové noviny Prague -
Diplomacy: EU / Russia love-in continues
7 December 20101PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Africa / EU: Gaddafi's fear of a black Europe
30 November 2010PresseuropThe Times of Malta -
Moldova: Chisinau fears a hung parliament
29 November 20101PresseuropTimpul -
Elections: Moldova's diaspora looking for a way home
26 November 201031 Timpul Chisinau -
Russia: Anyone for a Trans-Siberian EU?
26 November 2010131PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Morocco / Spain: News blackout lifts in Western Sahara
22 November 2010PresseuropEl Mundo -
Georgia: EU monitors marking time
16 November 201026 Le Monde Paris -
European Union | United States: Let's end the transatlantic squabble
11 November 2010331 Il Sole-24 Ore Milan -
International Trade: Beijing is buying our connivance
8 November 2010170 Público Lisbon -
International Trade: China bites into Europe’s soft underbelly
2 November 20102532 The New York Times New York -
Human Rights: Uzbek child slaves for Europe
29 October 2010268 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
EU / Cuba: Havana gets two months
26 October 2010PresseuropPúblico -
Emigration: Angola, Portugal’s new Eldorado
22 October 2010446 Libération Paris -
Sakharov prize: MEPs split over Fariñas award
22 October 2010PresseuropEl País -
Sweden: Afghanistan consensus breaks down
18 October 2010PresseuropSvenska Dagbladet -
Moldova: How big a slice will Russia get?
15 October 2010PresseuropRomânia libera -
United Nations: Europe's fading voice on human rights
14 October 2010105 The New York Times New York -
Diplomacy: Portugal and Germany take UN seats
13 October 2010PresseuropPúblico -
Italy / Afghanistan: Bomb first, retreat later
12 October 2010PresseuropLa Repubblica -
International finance: Currency, the new WMD?
11 October 2010PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
European diplomacy : The Lady vanishes
7 October 201064 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
Europe / Asia: Stalin’s dream to come true
7 October 201012PresseuropRomânia libera -
EU-CHINA: Time to change tack with Beijing
6 October 2010771 Le Soir Brussels -
Middle East: Sarkozy wants EU at the table
28 September 2010PresseuropLe Figaro -
Union for the Mediterranean: The Med’s adrift
23 September 201055 El País Madrid -
Poland: The problem with Chechnya
16 September 2010PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Diplomacy: UN General Assembly snubs EU
15 September 201015PresseuropLe Soir -
Nationalism: Crisis in Belgium, cracks in Europe
14 September 2010583 Les Echos Paris -
Diplomacy: Libyan patrol fires on Italian fishing boat
14 September 2010PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Netherlands/USA: Wilders makes Ground Zero speech
13 September 2010PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Debate: Not dead yet
3 September 2010742 Il Sole-24 Ore Milan -
Immigration: Is Gaddafi right?
2 September 2010982 La Stampa Turin -
Middle East: Sidelined Europe can still be of help
2 September 2010PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
From America: The European Union is dying
2 September 20102437 The Washington Post Washington D.C. -
Libya: Gaddafi is pulling our leg
31 August 2010762 Corriere della Sera Milan -
Italy / Libya: Gadaffi’s second Roman holiday
30 August 2010PresseuropL’Unità -
Rwanda: West’s ally Kagame accused of genocide
27 August 2010PresseuropDe Standaard -
Afghanistan: Taliban claim two Spanish victims
26 August 2010PresseuropPúblico -
Ukraine / Europe: Back to the Stalinist future
24 August 201085 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt -
Diplomacy: EU vies for special status at UN
24 August 201024PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Terrorism: Was a ransom paid?
23 August 2010PresseuropPúblico -
Humanitarian aid: The problem with Pakistan
19 August 2010262 Presseurop -
Israel: Europe's most costly "member"
18 August 2010931 Público Madrid -
Pakistan: How hard is your heart, Belgium?
18 August 2010PresseuropDe Morgen -
EU-Belarus: EU bows to Europe’s last dictator
17 August 201020 Respekt Prague -
Pakistan: Why is Europe so slow to react?
13 August 2010291PresseuropPresseurop -
Spain – Morocco: Royal phone call defuses tensions
12 August 2010PresseuropABC
Many of the leaked US embassy cables reveal the close personal ties between Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi. For Washington, suspicion is growing that Russia is using Italy as a Trojan horse to influence – by hook or by crook – Europe's energy policies. 
The two main forces structuring Central Europe — the EU and NATO — might not go on forever. For this reason, Lidové noviny argues that the countries of the region should take action to heal the wounds left by the wars of the 20th century before they are once again caught in a geopolitical squeeze between Germany and Russia. 
On 28 November, Moldovans will go to the polls to elect a new government. The vote, which will prove crucial in the country’s bid to overcome a political and social crisis, will also play a determining role in a choice between pro-European or pro-Russian policies. Many Moldovan emigrants in Europe are hoping for an outcome that will allow them to return home. 
European observers sent to monitor the peace plan between Moscow and Tbilisi after the 2008 blitzkrieg are wondering what purpose they serve there. In the absence of political headway, the situation is stymied and prospects for a long-term solution are slipping away. 
After a “golden age” of coordinated reaction to the bank crisis, European and US economic policies are diverging again. And this dearth of policy coordination is threatening the stability of the recovery. The EU-US summit in Lisbon on 20 November will be a chance to re-establish a transatlantic entente – an opportunity that had better not be passed up. 
Portugal, a nation battered by the crisis, is welcoming Chinese investment with open arms – as are Greece and France. But there’s a price to be paid for doing business with Beijing: the end of the West lecturing China on democracy. 
Beijing is fast building a bridgehead in Europe by buying up government debt and key strategic assets on the cheap in countries like Greece, Ireland and Spain that have been enfeebled by the crisis. But its long-term ambitions are not just to make money — it wants more of a say in Brussels too. 
Every autumn, children in Uzbekistan are forced to work in the cotton harvest, for little pay. German companies are among those profiting from this violation of human rights. 
For three years now, thousands of Portuguese have been fleeing the crisis at home to try their fortune in the erstwhile African colony, whose economy is taking off. This is a replay of the Portuguese exodus back in the 1960s – and harks back to the Age of Discovery. 
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. 
An efficient diplomatic service is not enough: EU's member states are still lacking a coherent common foreign policy, writes Gazeta Wyborcza. 
Europe lacks the necessary political armour to defend itself against China’s ongoing monetary and commercial offensive. A number of experts argue that a change in its historically benevolent attitude to Beijing is now on the cards. 
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. 
The divisions threatening the integrity of Belgium, the heart of Europe, have dire repercussions on the stability of the Union and its image overseas. And yet, argues political scientist Dominique Moïsi, Belgium and the EU need each other to survive. 
US political scientist Charles Kupchan’s pronouncement of the death of the EU has caused quite a stir in Europe. The handling of the euro crisis shows, however, that, despite all the recent trials and tribulations, EU integration is still forging ahead, argues Il Sole 24 Ore.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has demanded 5 billion euros from Europe, and unless he gets what he wants, he has threatened to stop policing the Mediterranean for illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa in search of a better life in Europe. Isn't this blackmail? Perhaps. But in the absence of an alternative to the problem, Gaddafi's proposition at least makes financial sense for the EU, according to economist Mario Deaglio. 
Renationalisation of politics, a painful economic slump, hasty enlargement, populism - some of the reasons why insiders in Washington believe the EU is a thing of the past. 
When it comes to foreign policy, national interests will sometimes trump lofty moral principles. But the Libyan leader’s latest provocations and blackmail attempts beat all. 
The clocks run backwards in the Ukraine: hardly six months have elapsed since the last elections and nearly nothing remains of the “Democratic Awakening” that rocked the nation in 2004. Writer Yuri Andrukhovych depicts the “internal occupation” of his country and implores Europe to watch closely what’s happening there. 
Three weeks after the Pakistan floods claimed their first victims, Europe is finally reacting. Is this a case of complacency or prejudice, or is there a deeper malaise? 
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? 
With little or no progress toward democracy in Belarus, Brussels has shelved its decade-long campaign of sanctions against the country's autocratic leader, Alexander Lukashenko, and decided to talk directly to him