Life at 27
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European elections 2014: Martin Schulz, Europe’s other German
14 May 201320234 The Economist London -
Pew Research Center Study: Faith in the EU seriously shaken
14 May 20137654PresseuropLibération, Die Welt -
The State of Europe : The Old Continent is still fit, thank you (2/2)
13 May 201318713 Foreign Policy Washington DC -
The State of Europe: The Old Continent is still fit, thank you (1/2)
10 May 201321047 Foreign Policy Washington DC -
“Dalligate” : ‘We have a ‘bomb’ — Green MEPs’
8 May 2013362PresseuropThe Malta Independent -
European Commission : ‘The EU should not be meddling in our democracies’
6 May 20138212PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Enrico Letta: A new player, hardly a new game
2 May 2013148107PresseuropLa Stampa, Il Sole-24 Ore, Die Zeit & 2 others -
European Elections: Reinforce the European Parliament, not the Commission
2 May 201327717 Dagens Nyheter Stockholm -
European Commission: From Dalligate to Olafgate?
29 April 2013391PresseuropThe Times of Malta -
France-Germany: ‘The big chill’
29 April 201314949PresseuropLe Figaro, Le Monde -
European Union: Prisoners of the Eurobabel
29 April 2013541231 The Guardian London -
European Union: ‘Shadow hangs over Europe’s fraud investigators’
26 April 2013622PresseuropDie Presse -
European Union: Stalled and in crisis
25 April 20139048Presseurop -
Diplomacy: Europe still has no single foreign policy voice
25 April 20136810PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
European Union: ‘Europe has become its own worst enemy’
19 April 201317675PresseuropIl Sole-24 Ore -
European Union: Cameron-Merkel, a courting couple
15 April 201324567 The Times London -
Corruption and transparency: European Parliament hamstrings Dalligate probe
12 April 20132562PresseuropMediapart -
European Union: Thatcher ‘to blame’ for British split on Europe
11 April 2013437PresseuropThe Times -
Hungary: ‘Europe’s bulldog’
11 April 2013341PresseuropHeti Válasz -
Media: British tabloids and their Euromyths
9 April 201381145 Mladá Fronta DNES Prague -
European Union: All citizens are equal (but some are more equal than others)
8 April 201326817 Dilema Veche Bucharest -
European Union: David Cameron tries to sell his EU views
8 April 20135710PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza, The Daily Telegraph, Le Monde & 3 others -
Institutions: Caught in a democratic tangle
3 April 201317421 Trouw Amsterdam -
Democracy: Making laws ain’t easy
2 April 201318712 Dilema Veche Bucharest -
European Union: ‘EU Commission frets over deficit of billions’
28 March 20131394PresseuropDie Welt -
European Commission : Was Dalligate a tobacco industry trap?
22 March 2013662PresseuropLibération -
Diplomacy: Berlin calls for more powers to EEAS
20 March 2013942PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Eurozone crisis: Byzantine lessons for Europe
18 March 201398944 The Guardian London -
European Council: ‘Group therapy’ for growth-crisis countries
14 March 201310114PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung, Financial Times -
EU budget: Negotiations to begin between member states and MEPs
14 March 2013991PresseuropAdevărul -
European Parliament: Change looms ahead of 2014
14 March 201312436 Hufvudstadsbladet Helsinki -
European Parliament: A loaded chamber
13 March 201312316 Financial Times London -
Greece: ‘Europe in the dock’
11 March 2013315PresseuropTa Nea -
Romania: The EU must stop stepping on our toes
7 March 201313971 Jurnalul Naţional Bucharest -
Romania: ‘Halt Ion! Verboten Simeon! Nein!’
7 March 20132126PresseuropJurnalul Naţional -
Romania: ‘Schengen — Willkommen’
4 March 20138642PresseuropJurnalul Naţional -
European Commission: Agreement to allow Brussels more supervision of national budgets
21 February 201337317PresseuropLes Echos, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
European Union: Water is first Citizens’ Initiative
13 February 20132917PresseuropCinco Días, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
Data protection: A platform to flush out the lobbies
12 February 20132424PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
EU budget: The European Union has been paralysed
11 February 2013260124 Les Echos Paris -
EU budget: An austerity budget cooked in German-British sauce
11 February 20134916PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna, Die Welt, El País -
European Union: ‘European budget: infrastructure projects abandoned’
11 February 2013361PresseuropLes Echos -
EU budget: A convoluted compromise
8 February 201332943PresseuropTrouw, Le Monde, El País, Die Welt -
European Council: ‘Wealthy countries try to impose the most restrictive budget’
8 February 20133210PresseuropEl País -
European Council: ‘The last such budget’
8 February 2013209PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
European Council: The selfishness waltz
7 February 201324635 Le Monde Paris -
Poland: ‘Van Rompuy’s Purse’
7 February 2013201PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Portugal: ‘Passos asks Brussels for more than €900m for agriculture’
7 February 201323PresseuropPúblico -
Corruption: First you get the power, then you get the money?
6 February 201311310PresseuropDiário de Notícias, EUobserver.com, Expansión -
EU budget: Roads in Brussels are paved with gold
5 February 2013934PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna, Die Welt, EUobserver.com
The President of the European Parliament has tried to raise the profile of his institution and played the go-between between EU leaders. The next step for him? Heading the European Commission after the 2014 elections. But that will not be so easy. 
The European Union may have problems such as a low population growth and internal divisions, but it is still a dynamic power capable of choosing its own destiny, argue Mark Leonard and Hans Kundnani. 
Pessimists around the world repeat that the European Union is doomed because of structural weaknesses and the economic crisis. But in many fields, the EU holds its own against world powers like the United States and China, argue Mark Leonard and Hans Kundnani. 
The day after he started work, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta went to Berlin, Paris and Brussels to pledge his commitment to Europe and voice his belief that austerity must be eased. But he may not be able to make himself heard, according to the European press. 
With what will likely be the automatic appointment of the next European Commission President, the result of May 2014 European elections should endow the Brussels executive with greater legitimacy. But is this desirable, wonders a Swedish columnist. 
Translation within the EU is a laborious and costly business. So why not save billions and make English the Union’s official language? Unfortunately, the price would be a loss of democracy and integration, not to mention a lot of angry Frenchmen. 
As David Cameron’s recent visit shows, a growing band of people in Germany support the British PM’s tough approach to the EU. Ahead of Germany’s September election, Chancellor Angela Merkel looks quite tempted to align herself with Britain’s open market ideas, rather than those of protectionist France. 
The EU has ruled on the curves of cucumbers, forbidden hairdressers from wearing heels, and even financed a porn film. These urban legends about decisions taken in Brussels are as endless as they are false. And they all get the kiss of life in the same place: the British tabloids. 
European Union treaties guarantee the rights of citizens but in practice consumer rights seem to take precedence over more fundamental EU rights. 
It is often said that the measures taken against the crisis in the EU are opaque and undemocratic. But it is the result of processes accepted by all. It is these processes which must be debated, argues a Dutch academic. 
The European Citizens’ Initiative process, launched in 2011, aims to reflect grassroots political aspirations. If they collect one million signatures, committees of European citizens can instigate changes to EU policies. But Dilema Veche wonders if they will make the right choices. 
From managing a single currency, to ending a recession and negotiating political and fiscal unions among a multi-lingual, multi-ethnic commonwealth, Byzantium’s leaders handled the lot. The EU’s politicians could learn much from their ancient forebears, argues a UK historian. 
The European elections slated for 2014 will be a departure from the past procedure, and that has awoken high hopes among the public. The most crucial aspiration among Europe's citizens is the fostering of a true trans-national debate. 
The EU parliament’s capping of bank bonuses shows it has matured as a political force. 
Germany has announced that it will veto the entry of Romania and Bulgaria into the Schengen Area. Perhaps it is time for Romanians to stop being the victims of their partners' political games, writes a Romanian journalist in a leader article. 
A EU without a vision of the future, turned in on itself, divided, deaf and blind to the world it lives in: this is the face of Europe emerging in the wake of the “impoverished” budget agreement hammered out by the 27 on February 8.
The leaders of the European Union have managed to save face thanks to the Byzantine wording of the compromise agreement they have found for the 2014-2020 EU budget. The austerity measures adopted, however, could be difficult to implement, notes the European press. 
The EU's 27 leaders are now meeting to discuss the European Union's 2014-2020 budget and will probably reach an agreement. But they will do so by making the usual petty deals that compromise the future, warns Le Monde. - 1 of 11
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