Politics
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Czech Republic: ‘Amnesty for Klaus’
28 March 2013274PresseuropLidové noviny -
Croatia: At the end of the EU obstacle course
27 March 201322212 Jutarnji List Zagreb -
Cyprus: The clear-out begins
27 March 2013367PresseuropPolitis, Cyprus Mail -
Spain: ‘Eta decries end of Oslo talks and vows to continue its dialogue and agenda’
27 March 201317PresseuropGara -
Portugal: ‘Brussels fears for political cohesion following Constitutional Court’s decision’
27 March 2013422PresseuropDiário económico -
Croatia: ‘€655m. Vukovar, Osijek, Rijeka and Porec will be first to benefit from EU money’
27 March 2013432PresseuropVečernji list -
Italy: ‘Bersani: “We need a miracle”’
26 March 2013592PresseuropLa Stampa -
Spain: ‘Falciani makes surprise appearance in Gürtel case with another list of tax evaders’
25 March 2013422PresseuropEl País -
United Kingdom: ‘Cameron to deny aid for immigrants’
25 March 20131635PresseuropThe Times -
Russia: ‘Rootless genius’
25 March 2013183PresseuropKommersant -
European Commission : Was Dalligate a tobacco industry trap?
22 March 2013662PresseuropLibération -
Italy: ‘Bersani to be invited to form government today’
22 March 201323PresseuropLa Repubblica -
France: ‘Bettencourt affair: Sarkozy charged’
22 March 2013384PresseuropLibération -
Moldova: ‘Success story is over’
21 March 2013604PresseuropTimpul -
Cyprus: Do your homework, Mr Schäuble!
20 March 201343347 O Phileleftheros Nicosia -
Diplomacy: Berlin calls for more powers to EEAS
20 March 2013942PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Italy: Beppe Grillo prepares to storm Europe
20 March 201329345 Il Fatto Quotidiano Rome -
Portugal: ‘Criminals from 60 countries in Portugal’s gangs’
20 March 2013851PresseuropDiário de Notícias -
France: ‘Cahuzac: Forced departure of a pillar of the Hollande apparatus’
20 March 2013171PresseuropLes Echos -
Cyprus: We are not Europe’s fools
19 March 201340634 O Phileleftheros Nicosia -
Cyprus: The crisis? Merkel’s fault, of course!
19 March 2013813139 El Mundo Madrid -
Romania: ‘Adrian Năstase – free’
19 March 2013151PresseuropJurnalul Naţional -
Portrait: Andreas Georgiou learns the unwritten rules of Greek statistics
18 March 201311415 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam -
Eurozone crisis: Byzantine lessons for Europe
18 March 201398844 The Guardian London -
Romania: ‘Missile shield remains in Romania’
18 March 201335PresseuropRomânia libera -
Balkans: ‘Government condemns, Brussels stays quiet’
18 March 201322PresseuropKoha Ditore -
Malta: ‘PM seeks to make new friends and maintain existing ones in the EU’
15 March 201311PresseuropThe Malta Independent -
European Council: ‘Group therapy’ for growth-crisis countries
14 March 201310114PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung, Financial Times -
Diplomacy: Stupidity and stinginess in Mali
14 March 201317970 Le Monde Paris -
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 -
Balkans: ‘Belgrade and Pristina reach agreement’
14 March 201335PresseuropBlic -
Hungary: ‘The 1848 Revolution was the breaking point — The question is who accepts its legacy today’
14 March 2013201PresseuropMagyar Hírlap -
Spain: ‘Catalonian parliament increases majority supporting the right to decide’
14 March 201390PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Portugal: ‘Government promotes debt sale in Europe’
14 March 201317PresseuropJornal de Negócios -
European Parliament: A loaded chamber
13 March 201312316 Financial Times London -
Denmark: ‘Greenland’s new political star wins landslide victory in elections’
13 March 201362PresseuropInformation -
Belgium: ‘Half of Belgians back abdication’
13 March 2013372PresseuropLe Soir -
Hungary: ‘A blow to the heart of the rule of law’
12 March 201315324PresseuropFinancial Times, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Público, Le Monde -
Hungary: The opposition struggles in vain
12 March 2013342 Magyar Nemzet Budapest -
Greenland: ‘Natural resources question could decide election’
12 March 201326PresseuropJyllands-Posten -
Balkans: ‘Slovenia allows us into the EU, we allow its banks into Croatia’
12 March 2013241PresseuropJutarnji List -
Czech Republic: ‘Amnesty is growing. More than 50,000 people avoid penalties’
12 March 2013405PresseuropMladá Fronta DNES -
Hungary: ‘The end of the constitutional era’
12 March 201357PresseuropNépszava -
Italy: ‘PDL storms a court’
12 March 201316PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Turkey: Accession impossible
11 March 201318736 Cumhuriyet Istanbul -
Hungary: ‘Vote to take place all the same’
11 March 201328PresseuropNépszabadság -
Greece: ‘Europe in the dock’
11 March 2013315PresseuropTa Nea -
Malta: ‘Malta votes for change’
11 March 201325PresseuropThe Malta Independent -
Austria: ‘Austrian amnesia’
11 March 201325827PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza
The news has been confirmed: after more than 10 years of negotiations, the Croats are set to join the EU on July 1. Convinced that they had been burned by previous enlargements, the EU’s 27 members were even more strict with Zagreb than they were with other countries which recently joined the Union. 
After the failure of the EU's €10bn Cyprus rescue plan, the German Minister of Finance has questioned the island’s low tax regime. However, a well known journalist argues that following the 1974 Turkish invasion, Nicosia had no option but to offer tax breaks. 
The comedian's Five star movement was the revelation of last Italian election. Its anti-establishment views and "digital democracy" methods are shared by many political movements across the EU, and they could form a common front at the European elections in 2014. 
After three days of protest, the government of Cyprus decided to tax only bank accounts above €20,000. But wanting to tax all accounts to pay for the international bailout plan, showed that, for Europe, the people of Cyprus do not count, complains a leader writer. 
The aid plan launched by the Eurogroup in return for a tax levied on Cyprian bank deposits has provoked violent reactions. Germany is often accused of wanting to punish a struggling country. However, it’s not the Chancellor who is to blame for the mistakes of the island, writes an economist. 
Greek statistics are now finally reliable, even according to Eurostat. However, the man largely responsible for a shake-up of working practices in the country is now facing charges of treason. 
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. 
Despite what its European partners say in public, France is alone in fighting the armed Islamists and helping rebuild the Malian state. The EU's inability to agree on major global issues will cost it dearly one day, argues Le Monde. 
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. 
In reforming the constitution once again, the government of Viktor Orbán has taken another step to weaken democracy in Hungary – against a powerless EU, laments the European press. 
The Hungarian parliament's reform of the country's constitution was decried by the opposition and sparked controversy within the EU. However, for one pro-government newspaper, the protests were nothing more than a rear-guard action by an opposition without legitimacy. 
Although a member of numerous regional and international organisations, Turkey is still not in the EU, despite negotiations dating back some 50 years. A columnist wonders if the the country has missed its chance to become anything more than an auxiliary to US foreign policy in the Middle East.