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Poland: Solidarity’s dispersed legacy
30 August 201042 Presseurop -
Opinion: Would the EU please wake up, please?
27 August 201088 1 La Stampa Turin -
Balkans: Montenegro - come if you're rich
26 August 201058 The New York Times New York -
Northern Ireland: State and church protected terrorist priest
26 August 2010PresseuropThe Belfast Telegraph -
Slovakia: Bratislava beats back Berlin
26 August 2010PresseuropPravda -
Germany: Military service scrapped
24 August 2010PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
Czech Republic: Moscow just can’t let go
24 August 2010PresseuropRespekt -
Immigration: Romanians non grata at Paris summit
24 August 2010PresseuropEUobserver.com -
Hungary-Slovakia: Two towns divided by a consonant
23 August 201026 1 Libération Paris -
External Affairs: Jobs for the old boys
23 August 201083 1 Dziennik Gazeta Prawna Warsaw -
Switzerland: An embarrassment of Swiss
20 August 2010PresseuropTribune de Genève -
Crime: The Mafia among us
20 August 20101PresseuropL'Express -
Immigration: France joins the heavy gang
19 August 201058 2 Le Monde Paris -
Stability pact: That figures
18 August 2010PresseuropPúblico -
Italy: The Axeman goeth
18 August 2010PresseuropIl Riformista -
Switzerland: Le Petit Suisse stuck in Europe’s rump
17 August 201025 1 Le Figaro Paris -
Poland: Dirty business
17 August 2010PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Romania-Russia: But why spy on the Russians?
17 August 2010PresseuropGandul -
Transparency: Spain finally falls into line
16 August 2010PresseuropEl País -
Belgium: A government, sometime soon
16 August 20101PresseuropLa Libre Belgique -
Euro: Why criminals love the €500 note
16 August 2010413 1 La Vanguardia Barcelona -
Austria: Austrian justice neutralised by corruption
13 August 2010PresseuropFalter -
Economic crisis: Crisis boosts European military cooperation
12 August 201022 El País Madrid -
Slovakia: No round for Greece
12 August 201012 2PresseuropLidové noviny -
Taxation: Eurotax is pie in the sky
11 August 201041 1 De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Firefighting: Europe works together as fires blaze
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Poland: Warsaw’s cross row
10 August 2010PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Iceland: Accession talks – and fishing row – with Brussels begin
10 August 201016PresseuropEUobserver.com -
Central Europe: Better flood prevention required
9 August 2010517PresseuropLidové noviny -
Data retention: Is Europe building Big Brother?
9 August 2010127 The Christian Science Monitor Boston -
Romania: The leaf of discord
6 August 2010PresseuropAcademia Caţavencu -
Bikers: Hells Angels ride into the Balkans
5 August 201024PresseuropBerlingske Tidende -
CZECH REPUBLIC: Anti-communists rehabilitated
5 August 2010PresseuropMladá Fronta DNES -
POLAND: Former President in CIA bases charge
5 August 201027PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Greece: The great tax fraud hunt is now on
4 August 201080 1 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
France: Sarkozy, the descent into chaos?
3 August 2010244 4 The Guardian London -
Poland / Russia: Tension surface over Smolensk crash
3 August 2010PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Austria: Haider’s stash sparks reform
3 August 2010PresseuropDie Presse -
Netherlands: Coalition with Wilders looks likely
2 August 20101PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Italy: The long fall of Berlusconi
30 July 2010147 1 Presseurop -
Czech Republic: Prague gets its missile defence shield
30 July 2010PresseuropHospodářské Noviny -
Portugal: Wikileaks takes aim at Portuguese army
29 July 2010PresseuropDiário de Notícias -
Police: EIO - anything to be alarmed about?
29 July 201030PresseuropEUobserver.com -
Czech Republic: Underworld's "last Mohican" behind bars
29 July 2010PresseuropHospodářské Noviny -
Where is the Union headed? (10) : A multipolar union
29 July 201035 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
France / Romania: Roma in the firing line
28 July 201070 1 La Croix Paris -
Netherlands: State must help children of migrants
28 July 2010PresseuropTrouw -
Diplomacy: Can Cameron put Turkey on the table?
28 July 201019 2 Presseurop -
Greece: Revolutionary Sect issues death threats
28 July 2010PresseuropTa Nea -
Portugal: Lisbon to sell off state companies to Emirates
27 July 2010Presseuropi
Solidarity – a movement supported by almost 10 million members in 1981, and with less than 600,000 members today – will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1980 “August Agreements” that led to the creation of the first independent labour representation in the Soviet-dominated bloc. The anniversary has sparked a heated debate in the Polish press. 
The EU is plunging in the polls, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. The ranks of the disillusioned are swelling not with Eurosceptics, but with Europhile integrationists. Meanwhile, the Commission marks time and Van Rompuy gone AWOL. 
Eager to join the European Union, Montenegro is cleaning up its image of corruption and pulling out all the stops to attract foreign capital. 
Komarno and Komarom are twin towns divided by the Danube and centuries of rancour between Slovaks and Hungarians. But this flashpoint of nationalist tension that spilled over into an international incident last year is not all what it seems... 
Only two of the EU’s 115 ambassadors come from central Europe, all the rest come from Old Europe. As the "Foreign Affairs ministry" gets up and running, Poland warns that it will not tolerate the stitch-up. 
Nicolas Sarkozy has put France squarely in Europe's extremist camp with his new hardline stance on security and immigration. But other countries have found far less confrontational answers to the same problems 
The Swiss are about to reveal their future stance in their increasingly fraught relations with Brussels. One thing is sure, they are not about to join the anytime soon 
The 500 euro note is a runaway success. Smugglers and money-launderers much prefer it to the dollar, making it the underworld's currency of choice. 
Blocked by national interests, European military cooperation is still at an embryonic stage. However, the economic crisis has encouraged member states to break new ground in their quest to take advantage of synergies and share common resources and defence infrastructure. 
The Commission proposal to introduce a European tax is an attractive one, especially for countries which are net contributors to the EU. However, De Volkskrant argues that it will have little chance of overcoming opposition from national governments, who are reluctant to surrender control in an area as delicate as taxation. 
What the European Union is giving to Internet users and online privacy activists with one hand, it's taking away with the other, argues an American newspaper, reporting on a groundswell of opposition to increased surveillance of personal data. 
To refill the public coffers and fulfil its international obligations, George Papandreou’s government is pulling out all the stops – and cracking down on Greek tax evaders. 
In the wake of recent events which have seen French President declare war on “foreign born” delinquents and disturbing scenes of an eviction of African squatters near Paris, a writer in the Guardian argues that the Sarkozy adminstration has been characterised by increasingly widespread social disorder. 
The European press is convinced that the definitive rift between the Italian leader and his main ally Gianfranco Fini announced on 29 July will herald a full-blown crisis in the system of power controlled by Il Cavaliere. Shaken by scandals and, according to Fini, the "moral question" they raise, his political movement is falling apart, while Italy’s influence in Europe, which was already weak, continues to wane. 
With countries following their own national agendas, France and Germany vying for the top spot and major decisions being taken in informal meetings, divisions within the EU are deepening, argues Polish philosopher and European expert Marek Cichocki. 
In the wake of a spate of violent incidents, the French president has announced his intention to attack “the problem of the behaviour of certain elements in the Rom and itinerant community,” recommending that foreign troublemakers be deported to their country of origin — a controversial policy in both France and Romania, which highlights the European dimension of this issue. 
In one of his major speeches on Europe, the British prime minister made his strongest endorsement to date for Turkish accession to the EU. While the British press is in general well disposed, the continent, and even some elements of the Turkish press remain dubious about the impact of his declaration.