Europe & the World
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EU / RUSSIA: What will happen in Rostov?
31 May 2010Presseurop -
EU / US: No more crisis sweet-talking
27 May 2010PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Germany: A private army for Somalia?
25 May 2010PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Morocco: Has Marrakech sold out to Europe?
24 May 201074 De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
FROM CANADA: Europe, an ecological model
21 May 2010PresseuropThe Walrus -
EU-LAC summit: Deal or no deal with Latin America?
20 May 201013 Presseurop -
PORTUGAL/BRAZIL: Sócrates looks to Lula for salvation
19 May 2010PresseuropDiário de Notícias -
International Trade: EU must seize Latin American opportunity
17 May 2010PresseuropEl País -
Diplomacy: Our video-ally Obama
17 May 2010Le Monde Paris -
European of the week: Ahmet Davutoglu, between two worlds
14 May 201031 Adevărul Bucharest -
World War II: Moscow parade, the winners and losers
10 May 2010PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Moldova/Russia: Moscow, an invitation you can't refuse
3 May 2010PresseuropJurnal de Chisinau -
Democracy: African elections, a naive European ideal?
29 April 201073 Trouw Amsterdam -
Ukraine / Russia: Kiev and Moscow love-in worries Europe
28 April 201015 Presseurop -
Economy: Advantage Europe
20 April 2010PresseuropNewsweek -
Ideas: Europe, for globalisation without tears
15 April 201050 6 De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Diplomacy : Van Rompuy gets handshake in Washington
14 April 201011 De Standaard Brussels -
Israel/Palestine: Barcelona summit bogs down in semantics
14 April 2010PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Afghanistan: Italian government leaves NGO high and dry
13 April 2010PresseuropIl Manifesto -
Poland/Russia: Putin kneels at shrine of massacred Poles
8 April 2010PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
POLAND: Russians learn truth about Katyń
6 April 2010PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Diplomacy : EEAS, the toothless colossus
29 March 201013 1 El País Madrid -
Germany / Turkey: Berlin and Ankara agree to disagree
29 March 2010PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
EU-Iran: Brussels to counter Iranian censorship
24 March 20101PresseuropLe Monde -
Afghanistan: A costly miscasting
23 March 2010PresseuropLibération -
Middle East: Europe should rethink its aid to Palestine
22 March 20104 Financial Times London -
Belgium-DR Congo: Atrocities report spoils celebrations
17 March 2010PresseuropDe Morgen -
EU–Mediterranean: On the other side of the Med
17 March 201018 El País Madrid -
EU-Cuba: Dissident death scuppers Havana deal
16 March 2010PresseuropEl Mundo -
Geopolitics: Revolutions fail to change the East
11 March 2010Tygodnik Powszechny Cracow -
European Union: Will Merkel answer Europe's call?
8 March 2010PresseuropNewsweek -
Diplomacy: Granada to host EU Morocco summit
5 March 2010PresseuropEl País -
Ukraine: Yanukovych woos EU
2 March 2010PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Diplomacy: Lady Ashton finally finds Haiti on map
2 March 2010PresseuropEl País -
Turkey: "Sledgehammer" plotters arrested
23 February 2010PresseuropMilliyet -
Switzerland / Libya: Europe supine as Gaddafi blackmails
23 February 2010PresseuropTages-Anzeiger -
Afghanistan: War comes home
22 February 2010 -
Diplomacy: Denmark suddenly remembers Dalaï Lama
19 February 2010PresseuropPolitiken -
EU-Israel: Union and Tel Aviv on collision course
19 February 2010PresseuropEl País -
BALKANS: Kosovo, the problem neighbour
17 February 201020 1 The Guardian London -
Diplomacy: Dubai killing provokes international incident
17 February 2010PresseuropThe Independent -
Diplomacy: Europe sucked into Berne and Tripoli spat
17 February 2010PresseuropTribune de Genève -
Moldova: Transnistria welcomes Russian missiles
16 February 2010PresseuropJurnal de Chisinau -
Poland/Belarus: Lukashenko cracks down on Poles
16 February 2010PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Ukraine: Brussels and Kiev flirtation is over
10 February 2010PresseuropRevista 22 -
Italy-Iran: Silvio's Teheran love affair on the rocks
10 February 2010PresseuropLa Stampa -
Geopolitics: United, but not with Europe
9 February 201019 2 Wprost Warsaw -
Elections: Ukraine turns blue
8 February 2010PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Poland/Russia: Remembering the Katyń massacre
4 February 2010PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
EU/US: White House and the 27 dwarves
3 February 201020 1 Presseurop
The EU-Russia summit in Rostov opens against a backdrop of economic crisis and signs that negotiations between the two blocs may soon move forward. Europe is hoping to convince Moscow to adopt its economic, social and political model, while the Kremlin aims to modernise its economy through increased cooperation with Europe. 
8,000 foreigners, for the most part Europeans, have moved to Marrakech over the past few years. Their very presence and purchasing power are changing the face of the age-old Moroccan city. 
Overshadowed by the economic storm which has swept across Europe, the 19 May conclusion of the sixth EU-Latin America and Carribean Summit (EU-LAC) was marked by the announcement of a number of trade deals and well-intentioned declarations. However, the Latin-American and Spanish press is not convinced that 2010 EU-LAC will herald a new era of closer relations between the two continents. 
The first “Pacific” US president, as he describes himself, is not particularly partial to Europe, but he still needs the three main continental powers. The upshot, explains Le Monde, is a long-distance relationship via videoconference. 
Can Turkey reconcile its European orientation with an ambition to play a more active role in the Muslim world? The answer to this question will be largely determined by one man: Turkey's current Minister for Foreign Affairs, an increasingly influential neo-Ottoman academic. 
Blinded by their desire to establish democracy, Europeans are inadvertently promoting the spread of a pork-barrel politics that is detrimental to the well-being of African populations, complains Alphonse Muambi. The Democratic Republic of Congo born writer and journalist insists that Africa's tribes should take charge of the political destiny of the continent. 
The Russians can keep their Black Sea fleet stationed in Crimea in exchange for cheap natural gas: the base-for-gas deal between Kiev and Moscow approved on 27 April by the Ukrainian parliament has made quite a stir in the European press, uneasy at seeing the Ukrainians turning away from the EU. 
The EU needs to do more to protect people against the upsurge of populism. Otherwise the current “second globalisation” will culminate in a crisis of massive proportions, prophesies Dutch philosopher Paul Scheffer. 
At the nuclear security summit in Washington DC on 12/13 April, Barack Obama did not grant Van Rompuy a one-on-one interview, which confirms the European Council president’s lack of international recognition. But we need to remain indulgent for the time being, advises De Standaard. 
Will Catherine Ashton’s new plan for a “European External Action Service” suffice to propel the EU to the world power status to which it lays claim? Nothing is less certain, in view of the sheer size of the envisaged diplomatic colossus, the states’ reluctance to yield any of their prerogatives to it and the institutional wrangling over its powers. 
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. 
In these times of economic crisis, the countries of the southern Mediterranean are displaying unexpected dynamism – a trend the EU is beginning to shore up with regional cooperation projects, reports El País. 
In Ukraine and Georgia, "pro-Western" movements, which are hoping for a second wind even though they cannot count on support from the EU, are not only paying for their poor political performance but also for the fact that they no longer figure in Europe's geopolitical ambitions, explains Polish political analyst Olaf Osica. 
Unable to agree on whether to keep their troops in Afghanistan, the Dutch coalition government collapsed on 20 February. The shockwave could hit other European contingents on the ground, predicts the European press. 
Two years after Kosovo's declaration of independence, the Union is still unable to come up with a coherent policy for the western Balkans. This threatens not only to scupper Serbia’s accession to the EU, but also to destabilise the region itself. 
The good news is that from Asia to the Americas, an increasing number of countries are coming together to create unions inspired by the EU. And the bad news? In the long term these entities may overshadow the EU on the world stage, worries Polish weekly Wprost. 
In turning down Europe’s invite to the upcoming EU-US summit in May, Barack Obama has given Europe a chafing reminder of its own weaknesses. Under the Lisbon Treaty, which was supposed to give the world a single number to call in Europe, the numbers have proliferated, bemoans the press, which quite understands the White House’s exasperation.