David Cronin
Né à Dublin en 1971, David Cronin est le correspondant à Bruxelles de l'agence de presse Inter Press Service. Il a d'abord occupé cette fonction pour le quotidien irlandais The Sunday Tribune après avoir été travaillé comme chargé de recherches et attaché de presse auprès du Parlement européen. Entre 2001 et 2006, il a collaboré à European Voice, hebdomadaire du groupe The Economist.
Serbia’s formal application for EU membership on 22 December has been hailed as a great step forward. David Cronin in the Guardian, however, accuses Europe of “brazen hypocrisy” in its dealings towards the former pariah state. 
EU laws protects our water and air, but as the Union’s environment ministers gather in Luxembourg June 25, no such legislation exists for that other element none of us can live without – the soil. 
On June 18 and 19, EU leaders are likely to support José Manuel Barroso’s candidacy for a second term as President of the European Commission. The former Portuguese prime-minister, however, is not a politician to everyone’s taste, as a swingeing profile in the Guardian demonstrates.