Life at 27
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European Union: Barroso calls Danes to order
23 June 20114PresseuropJyllands-Posten -
Greece: Imperial Germany - eager to bury the euro
20 June 201114323 To Vima Athens -
A town in Europe: Sibiu – could almost be Bavaria
14 June 2011172 Adevărul Bucharest -
Italy-Brazil: Battisti’s release is blow for Rome
10 June 2011PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Schengen Area: Sofia and Bucharest kept waiting
10 June 20112PresseuropTrud -
European council: Blair and Merkel want the top job
10 June 20112836PresseuropPresseurop -
European Union: Hungarian Constitution under scrutiny
9 June 2011PresseuropNépszabadság -
Economy: Commission: austerity to create "growth"
8 June 2011381PresseuropPresseurop -
Regions: The Szeklers have come to Brussels
3 June 20111596 România libera Bucharest -
Former Yugoslavia: Mladić arrest won't wash away the shame
27 May 20111071 Presseurop -
Serbia: After Mladic, the way is open
27 May 201172 Nacional Zagreb -
Spain: Zapatero gets heir he doesn't want
27 May 2011PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
European diplomacy: Lady Ashton due for a barracking
23 May 20111PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph -
Netherlands: Greek crisis makes waves at The Hague
20 May 2011PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
Eurozone crisis: Merkel — populism never takes holidays
19 May 20113835 Jornal de Negócios Lisbon -
EU presidency: DSK and Greece frustrate Warsaw’s plans
17 May 2011PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Debt crisis: Athens laments Strauss-Kahn's fall
16 May 2011882 Eleftherotypia Athens -
Spain: “Youth with no future” take to the streets
16 May 2011PresseuropEl País -
Schengen: Back to the nation oasis
13 May 20112255 Die Presse Vienna -
Denmark: Suspending Schengen sparks debate
12 May 201159 Presseurop -
Freedom of movement: Schengen scaleback will kill European ideal
11 May 201132216 Dilema Veche Bucharest -
EU presidency: Poland's logo controversy
11 May 2011281PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Schengen Area: Walking the border tightrope
5 May 201157 Dagens Nyheter Stockholm -
European Union: Patient doing better than expected
2 May 2011733 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
European Union: Reforming Schengen, an absurd gesture
28 April 2011814 Berliner Zeitung Berlin -
European Union: Germany a sceptical spectator
27 April 2011375PresseuropHandelsblatt -
Ideas: Brussels isn't the centre of the universe
21 April 20111235 Die Welt Berlin -
Institutions: Brussels/London clash over EU budget
21 April 20111PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph -
European Parliament: Towards transnational Euro-elections
20 April 2011283PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph -
Italy: Ciao to nuclear power
20 April 2011PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Portugal: EU/IMF/ECB “troika” interviews the nation
20 April 2011Presseuropi -
Populism: Springtime for the anti-euro brigades
19 April 20118911 Berliner Zeitung Berlin -
Hungary: A constitution that worries Europe
19 April 2011175PresseuropPresseurop -
Immigration: EU - French Schengen busting is “legal”
19 April 2011PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Finland: What can the True Finns truly do?
18 April 2011723 Aamulehti Tampere -
Immigration: Schengen a loser in France/Italy duel
18 April 201144PresseuropPresseurop -
Eurozone: Finns to decide fate of euro rescue
15 April 20112PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland -
European Institutions: The wild world of lobbyists
7 April 20112433 România libera Bucharest -
Corruption: Lobbying scandal forces EU's hand
1 April 2011402PresseuropPresseurop -
Corruption: Another MEP gets caught redhanded
28 March 201154PresseuropEl Mundo -
European Council: Eurozone rushes ahead
24 March 2011451 Presseurop -
European Parliament: Three MEPs caught in lobby sting
21 March 20111391PresseuropThe Times -
Opinion: Europeans unite… in distrust of government
14 March 20111PresseuropThe Guardian -
Eurozone summit: Merkel holds the key
11 March 2011672 The Economist London -
Eurozone crisis: A European politics is born
9 March 20111815 Libération Paris -
European Parliament: Lazy MEPs unmasked
9 March 2011PresseuropEl Mundo -
Economic crisis: Iron chancellor will have her way
3 March 201120PresseuropPresseurop -
Debt crisis: Europe, give the Irish a break
28 February 201124 The Observer London -
European Commission: Barroso lays hold of EU budget
10 February 2011PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
European integration: Paris and Berlin play it for Brussels
9 February 2011552 The Times London
In publishing the image of a Greek flag draped over the coffin of the single currency, Der Spiegel has revealed the hidden goal of German policies: German hegemony, argues Athenian daily To Vima. 
Persecuted during the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Sibiu has since bandaged its wounds and today it has become one of Romania’s leading cultural cities — a metamorphosis hailed by the editor in chief of Adevărul. 
The Hungarian minority region in Romania is to open an office in Brussels. Bucharest sees the move as a Hungarian provocation, the daily Romania Libera as merely an example of European regions wanting more money and more autonomy. 
While the European press has universally welcomed the arrest of Ratko Mladić, reactions vary according to how the different countries were caught up in the war in Bosnia. 
In arresting one of the generals responsible for the Srebrenica massacre, Serbian authorities have demonstrated their desire to close a dark chapter in their history. But several questions remain about Ratko Mladic’s flight from justice. 
In arguing that Greeks, Portuguese and Spanish shouldn’t have more holidays, Angela Merkel is not only spreading disinformation based on cultural stereotypes, but undermining the very foundations of the EU, argues a Portuguese columnist. 
At a time when Greece is preparing to negotiate a new loan in its bid to overcome the crisis, the departure of Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK) from the IMF is cause for concern, writes Eleftherotypia, which remarks that he had a better understanding than most of the Greek problem. 
Denmark, which has caused a splash with its solo reinstatement of border controls, is leading the dismantling of the EU and the retreat to the nation state. Border controls back up, no foreign students, import restrictions and transit agreements. Sound good? 
On the eve of a meeting at which the interior ministers of the EU are to discuss reforming the agreement on the free movement of people, Denmark announced on May 11 its intention to reinstate permanent controls at its borders with its European neighbours by early June. 
Giving in to demands from France and Italy, Brussels has recognised the principle of the temporary reinstatement of border controls within the EU. A Romanian columnist argues that final approval by the EU27, to be taken on 12 May, would mark a major step backwards. 
A more open Europe with tighter external borders: in a bid to establish a consensus on the issue of the reform of the Schengen Agreement, the EU home affairs commissioner has been forced to walk a tightrope. However, Dagens Nyhter argues that the proposals presented by Cecilia Malmström succeed in striking a delicate balance. 
Amid a virtual consensus that the current crisis has cast doubts over the future of the European Union, Polish columnist Jacek Pawlicki argues that the EU’s ability to adapt along with the contribution made by its more recent members will ensure its continued survival. 
France and Italy have called for reform of the Convention on freedom of movement — they will not have trouble getting what they want, but that does not solve the problem of accommodating immigrants, says the Berliner Zeitung. 
The Hungarian government and the Finnish electorate have demonstrated a desire to break with the European consensus. One of the reasons for this crisis could well be that member states are constantly told that there is absolutely no alternative to the European project. 
The success of the True Finns party in the Finnish general elections is further proof that eurosceptics are making themselves increasingly heard on a European as well as a national scale. 
The 19 percent won by the True Finns on April 17 is a political earthquake for the Finns and a worry for the rest of Europe. But the party of Timo Soini will have to negotiate to impose its ideas, and stay united through the inevitable compromises. This will not happen all by itself, observes the daily Aamulehti. 
The recent scandal surrounding MEPs who allowed themselves to be corrupted by journalists posing as lobbyists has lifted the veil on the often ambiguous relationships between representatives of interest groups and European institutions. 
The EU27 have gathered for a European Council devoted primarily to an “integrated response” by the Union to the eurozone crisis – starting with the Europact. The European press, however, regrets the postponement of discussions on reforming the European financial stabilisation fund and laments the birth of a two-speed Europe. 
On 11 March, as Eurozone leaders gather in Brussels to find a way out of economic crisis, only one woman, it seems, can prevent the EU splitting in two competing blocs. But is Angela Merkel up to the task? 
The government of Europe leans to the right on one side; the "shadow cabinet" made up of the opposition leans to the left on the other. Step by lurching step, the economic and financial crisis is laying the foundations for democracy across the EU, finds the French columnist Bernard Guetta. 
The new government in Dublin deserves a supportive EU, not a punitive one, argues the Observer leader. 
The “pact for competitiveness” is not so much a Franco-German takeover of the EU but a step towards a federal Europe, argues Times columnist Anatole Kaletsky. Which is why its outline for an ‘economic government’ in the eurozone won’t ease the effects of the financial crisis.