Politics
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Armies: An austere disarmament
9 June 2010243 Il Sole-24 Ore Milan -
Netherlands: Crisis scarier than Wilders
8 June 2010181 Presseurop -
Romania: Court throws out lustration law
8 June 2010PresseuropGandul -
Balkans: Croatian accession still in limbo
7 June 2010PresseuropVečernji list -
Germany: Gauck für president
7 June 2010PresseuropDer Spiegel -
Slovakia / Hungary: Brussels to defuse nationalist tensions
4 June 2010PresseuropPravda -
Romania: Land recovery law raises swindle fears
4 June 2010PresseuropEvenimentul zilei -
Romania: For sale: crisis stricken country
1 June 2010543 România libera Bucharest -
Denmark: The army, good in times of crisis
1 June 2010PresseuropJyllands-Posten -
Netherlands: Geert Wilders, persona non grata
1 June 2010PresseuropTrouw -
Germany: President deserts Afghanistan debate
1 June 2010PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
Czech Republic: Prince Schwarzenberg's election revolution
31 May 2010PresseuropMladá Fronta DNES -
Czech Republic: One result, four scenarios
28 May 2010Hospodářské Noviny Prague -
Where is the union headed? (4): A harsh wake-up call
28 May 201026 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
European Union: Ignored island paradises fume at Brussels
28 May 2010PresseuropEUobserver.com -
United Kingdom: David Cameron, free to love Europe
27 May 2010The Independent London -
Italy: Berlusconi surrenders to the pain
27 May 2010PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Hungary / Slovakia: And the nationalist tango goes on
27 May 2010PresseuropNépszabadság -
Greek crisis: Et tu, José?
26 May 2010PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Economic crisis: Europe has Everests of debt to scale
25 May 2010PresseuropThe Independent -
Central Europe: Greater Hungary, an imminent danger
24 May 20101029 Lidové noviny Prague -
United Kingdom: First cuts, and more pain to come
24 May 20101PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph -
Slovakia: Skinheads attack Gay Pride march
24 May 2010PresseuropSME -
Health: EU legislates on organ transplants
24 May 2010PresseuropTrouw -
Central Europe: We don't want to play the class clown
24 May 201025 Magyar Nemzet Budapest -
Where is the Union headed? (1): European breakdown
21 May 201042 Die Presse Vienna -
Romania: Bucharest sees mass demo against austerity
20 May 2010PresseuropGandul -
Baltic states and the crisis (4): Estonia, top of the class
19 May 2010273 Hospodářské Noviny Prague -
Greek crisis: Germany has a problem with Europe
19 May 2010362 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
Central Europe: Will flooding engulf elections?
19 May 2010PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
FAR RIGHT IN EUROPE (7): The discreet power of Danish populists
18 May 2010921 De Groene Amsterdammer Amsterdam -
Slovakia: Robert Fico, payola PM
18 May 2010PresseuropSME -
Portugal: Crisis means yes to gay marriage
18 May 2010PresseuropPúblico -
What future for the euro? (3): Europe, stop clowning
17 May 20102 La Stampa Turin -
Belgium: Unity in apathy
17 May 2010PresseuropLe Soir -
Czech Republic: Greek bashing enters election campaign
17 May 2010PresseuropHospodářské Noviny -
Greece / Turkey: Fish dinner diplomacy
14 May 2010PresseuropTo Vima -
European Commission: Barroso, the fireman who got there late
14 May 2010PresseuropLe Monde -
European Council: Sarkozy, the new king of Europe
12 May 2010822 Berliner Zeitung Berlin -
United Kingdom: The birth of two-headed Britain
12 May 2010Presseurop -
Spain: Judge Garzón in exile at The Hague
12 May 20101PresseuropPúblico -
European Union: Goodbye to cardigan and slippers Europe
12 May 2010PresseuropCourrier international -
Portugal: Austerity and His Holiness
11 May 2010PresseuropPúblico -
UNITED KINGDOM: Brown resignation sparks Tory outrage
11 May 2010PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph -
Economic crisis: So, have they saved the euro?
10 May 201017 Presseurop -
Germany: Merkel coalition in danger
10 May 2010PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Europe day: The union isn’t dead yet
9 May 201059 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt -
Czech Republic: Paroubek declares war on the media
7 May 2010PresseuropLidové noviny -
United Kingdom: A very British revolution
7 May 2010The Times London -
Greece: A nation in shock
6 May 2010461 Presseurop
Emergency measures enacted to reduce public spending and deficits are now being applied to the Defence budgets. Pulling out of foreign missions, reductions in weapons maintenance, and a decrease in military purchases are therefore the order of the day, at the expense of efficiency, notes Il Sole 24 Ore.
In the wake of his success in local elections in March, far-right politician Geert Wilders was expected to post big gains in 9 June general elections in the Netherlands. However, polls indicate that the Dutch political landscape has been transformed by worries over the economic crisis, which will likely herald a decline in the appeal of the populist leader. 
Hard hit by the crisis and forced to contend with austerity measures and striking workers, Romania is on the verge of bankruptcy. România liberă worries that Russia and China will step in to fill the vacuum left by the country's political leaders and Western investors. 
Tipped to win in the polls, Jiří Paroubek's Social-Democratic Party is likely to take the lion's share of the vote in Czech general elections on 28 and 29 May, but that does not mean it will be able to say goodbye to the opposition benches in the Prague parliament. An alliance of conservative parties could still gain enough seats to form the country's next government. 
For years, the EU has sought comfort in the politically correct fiction which states that all member states have equal rights. Bulgarian political scientist Ivan Krastev believes that Europe's citizens and political elites will now have to embrace a more hard-nosed language if we are to succeed in defending the European model. 
Thanks to his coalition with the Liberal Democrats, the new British PM is no longer a hostage to eurosceptic elements within his own party. This is an opportunity for him to take advantage of current divisions within the EU and make the UK a driving force in Europe. 
The new government in Budapest wants to issue passports to all the ethnic Hungarians living in neighbouring countries. Slovakia, which is one of the main countries concerned, is none too pleased. The measure may prompt an increase in nationalist antipathy that could destabilise the EU. 
The Hungarian and Slovak governments are overplaying the nationalist card, which is not only dangerous for their own people, but absurdly self-defeating, as it merely confirms Western prejudices about Central Europe, bemoans a Hungarian journalist.
Angela Merkel is walling up Germany, Nicolas Sarkozy is rounding up the Mediterraneans, and the EU doesn’t know where it’s headed anymore. Behind the euro crisis and the ongoing row over how to handle it, the mutual trust and the will to work together are ebbing before our very eyes, observes Die Presse. 
Notwithstanding the crisis, Estonia will almost certainly be the next state to join the eurozone in January 2011. In a bid to understand the secret of its success, Czech daily Hospodářské noviny examines the country's social and economic model. 
If the Greek crisis is the most serious that the European Union has ever had to deal with, it’s now also a test of what Europe means for Germany, writes Gazeta Wyborcza. 
In less than a decade, the Danish People's Party has risen from the rank of a small movement to that of a fully accredited member of the political establishment. While it has always theoretically formed part of the opposition, it has nonetheless succeeded in exerting a growing influence on the government in Copenhagen, explains De Groene Amsterdammer.
Contrary to its leaders’ glib pronouncements, the Lisbon Treaty and the bailout mechanism won’t suffice to safeguard Europe’s future. What we need is deeper integration to ward off new crises, urges editorialist Barbara Spinelli. 
The EU is not what it was before, especially from Berlin’s perspective. The financial crisis and the euro rescue parachute have changed the Union from top to bottom. The German taxman has failed. From here on in, writes the Berliner Zeitung, the French take the helm. 
After a thirteen year hiatus, the British Conservatives have returned to power at the head of a coalition with Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrat party. Following almost a week of uncertainty after the British electorate had returned a hung parliament to Westminster, the UK press is partly relieved. Meanwhile, continental newspapers wonder about the traditionally eurosceptic Tories' future relationship with the EU. 
The European press widely welcomes the decision of the EU 27– with the notable exception of the UK – to create a €750 billion financial support mechanism, which should shore confidence back up in the single currency. While the long-term effects thereof remain to be shown, it already outlines what may be the contours of EU economic governance. 
Sixty years after the Schuman declaration that launched the European project, the Eurozone crisis has called into question the essence of the union. To regain confidence, the EU27 must jettison the stereotypes of the past, argues the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 
Britain has voted for a hung parliament, a sign that it has rejected the Labour party, without running into the arms of the Conservatives. This is not a sign of apathy, but of anger with the old order, argues a Times columnist. 
The Greek press is in shock after three people were killed in Athens during a demonstration held by the trade unions against the government’s austerity programme. Three bank employees were torched by Molotov cocktails hurled into a branch office by hooded rioters, and several demonstrators were injured in clashes with the police.