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                <language>en</language><item><title>EU-US | Obama honey words ahead of Monti visit</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1493891-obama-honey-words-ahead-monti-visit</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Italy  is taking impressive steps&rdquo;. On the day Italian PM Mario Monti makes  his first official visit to Washington, La Stampa devotes its [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:22:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | And if Greece goes... (Le Figaro, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1137811-and-if-greece-goes</link><description><![CDATA[What if Greece leaves the EU? Professor George Prevelakis argues that it is an eventuality that would prompt a new geopolitical upset in the Balkans. As for the EU, it would be forced to acknowledge its inability to “Europeanise” a member state of 30 years standing. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/exit-greece.jpg" length="87073" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:33:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>NATO  | Spain signs up to anti-missile shield</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1029061-spain-signs-anti-missile-shield</link><description><![CDATA[Spain, following the lead of Turkey, Poland and Romania, will participate in NATO&#039;s anti-missile shield, Prime Minister Jos&eacute; Luis Zapatero, said in a surprise announcement [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Publico-06102011-100.jpg" length="39952" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:21:05 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>NATO | Second anti-missile shield in Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1000091-second-anti-missile-shield-europe</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The Netherlands is contributing towards a missile shield,&quot; announces NRC Handelsblad. On September 26, the country&rsquo;s minister of defence announced the installation of the Smart-L [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/NRC-28092011-100.jpg" length="37865" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:12:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Libyan war | Thanks who? | Cartoon (Le Temps, Geneva)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/882981-thanks-who</link><description><![CDATA[Thanks who? (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/chappatte-libya.jpg" length="63709" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:10:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU-Libya | Libya: the endgame, the future, the risks (La Stampa, Turin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/876251-libya-endgame-future-risks</link><description><![CDATA[The fall of Tripoli marks a victory for NATO and the EU countries that supported the war. But Europe, divided and weakened by the euro crisis, will have to find ways to manage the post-Gaddafi era without bringing chaos to its southern border.  (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/libya-21082011.jpg" length="66240" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:31:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | Smalltime smugglers' war in Kosovo (NRC Handelsblad, Rotterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/813511-smalltime-smugglers-war-kosovo</link><description><![CDATA[As the border post went up in flames, NATO troops moved in to prevent an escalation of hostilities. The tension on the border between Kosovo and Serbia, a smuggling flashpoint, has once again reached fever pitch. A Dutch columnist argues that the solution should be more talks and subsidies for legal businesses. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/kosovo-29072011.jpg" length="128042" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:32:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU-US | Old continent, indeed (The New York Times, New York)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/747091-old-continent-indeed</link><description><![CDATA[Clueless faced with the debt crisis, wavering in Libya and Afghanistan: Europe is not only weakening but also becoming a problem for the United States. Such is the harsh verdict delivered by the New York Times. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/oliver-navy.jpg" length="30956" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:02:54 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Afghanistan | French troops to follow US retreat</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/737731-french-troops-follow-us-retreat</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;France to withdraw from Afghanistan,&quot; headlines Le Figaro. Just hours after President Barack Obama&rsquo;s announcement that a third of American forces will leave Afghanistan by [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110624figaro.jpg" length="7657" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:56:51 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Libyan War | How much longer?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/703221-how-much-longer</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The West should realise that Libya is not Kosovo,&rdquo; runs the front page headline in Dutch daily De Volksrant following a NATO meeting on the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/volkskrant-09062011-100.jpg" length="36382" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:28:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU-US | At last, Obama woos Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/703191-last-obama-woos-europe</link><description><![CDATA[Long-ignored by Barack Obama in the beginning of his term in favour of Asia and Arab nations, Europe is back on the US President&rsquo;s priority [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:21:17 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Libyan war | Eye trouble | Cartoon (Le Journal du jeudi, Ouagadougou)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/648041-eye-trouble</link><description><![CDATA[Eye trouble (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/GLEZ_otan-refugees-490.jpg" length="81156" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 12:22:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Immigration | The shame of Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/645261-shame-europe</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Call for help ignored&rdquo; headlines P&uacute;blico, reporting that &ldquo;61 migrants, among them children, died of hunger and thirst after calling for help in vain.&rdquo; According [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Publico-10052011-100.JPG" length="37029" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 14:37:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Romania | A khaki-coloured American dream (Jurnalul Naţional, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/634441-khaki-coloured-american-dream</link><description><![CDATA[The 3rd May announcement that the former military base in Deveselu has been chosen as the site for part of the American missile defence shield has brought a glimmer of hope to an undeveloped corner of southern Romania. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Deveselu_0.jpg" length="131298" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 17:10:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Italy | Rome joins the war in Libya</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/617231-rome-joins-war-libya</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Italy will also bomb Libya&quot;, headlines Corriere della Sera. After weeks of hesitation over the level of its involvement in the campaign &ndash; the coalition [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110426corriere.jpg" length="6747" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:33:05 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Libya | The expanding war (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/613521-expanding-war</link><description><![CDATA[With its military advisors already in Benghazi, Nato&#039;s military involvement in the civil war in Libya is deepening. But as Colonel Gaddafi’s forces dig in, the outcome could hardly be more difficult to discern. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/libya-destruction.jpg" length="32294" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:26:45 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Geopolitics | EU and NATO in a tail spin (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/601831-eu-and-nato-tail-spin</link><description><![CDATA[The military operations in Libya have shown that NATO is no longer able to control the course of world events. And the EU is incapable of taking over for the same reasons: faultlines among its members, and American reluctance to get involved. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/haddad-nato.jpg" length="29003" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:02:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>LIBYA | A just war - but just what kind? (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/562741-just-war-just-what-kind</link><description><![CDATA[The primary objective of Operation Odyssey Dawn – to protect Libyan civilians – is a just one, says the European press. But the other issues – oil, the fall of Gaddafi and the image of Nicolas Sarkozy – are not neglected. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Libya-Odyssey-Dawn.jpg" length="66793" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:37:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Libya | NATO ready to intervene</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/535161-nato-ready-intervene</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;NATO prepares for armed intervention in Libya,&quot; headlines P&uacute;blico in the wake of remarks made by US President Barack Obama,  who has stated that [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Publico-08032011-100.jpg" length="43250" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:18:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Saying Adiós to Afghanistan</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/453741-saying-adios-afghanistan</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Troops to leave Afghanistan this year,&rdquo; announces La Vanguardia. On 6 January, defence minister Carme Chac&oacute;n said she hopes &ldquo;to begin the process of handing [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/07012011-La-Vanguardia-100.jpg" length="18571" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:31:54 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Military alliance | Towards a EuroNato? (Rzeczpospolita, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/437801-towards-euronato</link><description><![CDATA[Notwithstanding claims made by participants, the Nato summit in Lisbon did not constitute a turning point: the alliance continues to be undermined by a profound crisis, highlighted not only by the problems it faces in Afghanistan, but also by nagging doubts about the effectiveness of  mutual assistance in the event of threats to security. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/euro-otan.jpg" length="59650" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:23:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Baltic states | Following Estonia's lead (Atgimimas, Vilnius)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/427171-following-estonia-s-lead</link><description><![CDATA[On 1st January, Estonia will become the first Baltic state to join the euro zone — a development which an Estonian political scientist believes will offer a strong motivation to neighbouring Latvia and Lithuania to follow in its footsteps and also encourage more cooperation between the three countries. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/baltic-cooperation.jpg" length="77991" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:05:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Geopolitics | Central Europe - we need to make friends (Lidové noviny , Prague)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/421921-central-europe-we-need-make-friends</link><description><![CDATA[The two main forces structuring Central Europe — the EU and NATO — might not go on forever. For this reason, Lidové noviny argues that the countries of the region should take action to heal the wounds left by the wars of the 20th century before they are once again caught in a geopolitical squeeze between Germany and Russia. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/hand-vice.jpg" length="26626" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:33:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Alliances | Nordic countries huddle together (EUobserver.com, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/418891-nordic-countries-huddle-together</link><description><![CDATA[As the world gets bigger, and the rush for the resources beneath the Artic sea intensifies, the countries of Europe’s far North are seeking common cause. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Finlander-bear-Pye.jpg" length="117524" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:18:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>NATO | The death of the west (România libera, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/397711-death-west</link><description><![CDATA[The NATO summit to be held in Lisbon on 19 and 20 November will be marked by the rise of Russian influence in the alliance. A Romanian editorialist highlights the vital importance of the link between Eastern Europe and Washington. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Otan-Lisbon.jpg" length="28309" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:24:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>NATO | Nuclear weapons to stay put</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/394691-nuclear-weapons-stay-put</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Tactical nuclear weapons to stay in Europe,&rdquo; announces De Standaard. The Belgian daily explains that NATO&rsquo;s new strategic concept, to be approved at a summit [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/18112010-De-Standaard-100.jpg" length="12124" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:41:18 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Anglo-French pact is not enough | Editorial</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/377961-anglo-french-pact-not-enough</link><description><![CDATA[The British tabloids may not believe it, but the Hundred Years&rsquo; War and the Battle of Waterloo have been consigned to history. This week, France and the United Kingdom announced an unprecedented agreement to pool military resources, which has no equivalent elsewhere in Europe.
Under the terms of the pact agreed on 2 November, the British and French military will establish a &ldquo;combined joint expeditionary force&rdquo; of 5,000 troops and share two aircraft carriers by 2020. There will also be industrial cooperation to develop drones, satellites and communications technology. But the most surprising and highly symbolic aspect of the deal concerns British military use of French nuclear testing equipment, which is set to begin in 2014. 
For France, to collaborate with a country that already has an extensive nuclear co-operation programme with the US, is a major paradigm shift from the defence doctrine based on national sovereignty established by de Gaulle. It&rsquo;s a move that will blur the traditional distinction between the two philosophies of European defence  &ndash;  one provided by NATO under the American nuclear umbrella, and a European defence associated with NATO but nonetheless capable of autonomous action. Let&rsquo;s not forget that France only rejoined the integrated military command of NATO in April 2009.
The new agreement is both good and bad news for Europe. The good news is that the Franco-British initiative could pave the way for further European synergies in a field that has a critical impact on the global influence of the EU. The bad news is that this will only happen if it is expanded beyond its current bilateral format. Writing in El Pa&iacute;s, Spanish international affairs specialist Jos&eacute; Ignacio Torreblanca remarks that the problem with the 2 November accord is the fact that it does not refer to Europe&rsquo;s defence and security policy. The agreement may well be historic, but without European involvement, it will amount to little more than another cost-cutting measure prompted by the economic crisis.
When they met in Saint-Malo in 1998, Jacques Chirac and Tony Blair announced that a new era of Franco-British military cooperation would push forward the agenda for European defence. However, their plans were later derailed by disagreement over the invasion of Iraq. If they want to revive this ambition, Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron will have to add further political dimension to their vision for military cooperation.
 (Editorial)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:29:52 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austerity | A farewell to arms? (La Repubblica, Rome)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/370201-farewell-arms</link><description><![CDATA[The crisis is forcing European states to make unprecedented cuts in their defence budgets, leaving their armed forces short on men and means – and eventually eroding their technological edge. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/german-soldiers.jpg" length="48097" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:08:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Geopolitics | The game change at Deauville (Financial Times, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/368191-game-change-deauville</link><description><![CDATA[The security summit at Deauville, France, saw the first inklings of a new European geopolitical order. Instead of an EU buttressed by a NATO expanding eastwards comes a &quot;trilateral&quot; Europe, sustaining Turkey&#039;s European ambitions and keeping Russia on board. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/deauville.jpg" length="57110" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:43:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Diplomacy | Letting Russia into the henhouse</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/364211-letting-russia-henhouse</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Sarkozy, Merkel and a strategic game with Russia&rdquo;, headlines Rzeczpospolita on the Russo-Franco-German summit which began in Deauville 18 October with presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/19102010-Rzeczpospolita-100.jpg" length="12100" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:37:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>NATO | Russia divides the alliance (Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/362691-russia-divides-alliance</link><description><![CDATA[Letting Russia join NATO — the new big idea of the alliance&#039;s strategists — might make sense to some, but to others who still fear the bear&#039;s claws, it is pure folly. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/russia-parade.jpg" length="45573" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:35:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Italy / Afghanistan | Bomb first, retreat later</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/359061-bomb-first-retreat-later</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Kabul, Italy&rsquo;s pulling out in 2011,&quot; headlines La Repubblica. The death of four Italian soldiers, ambushed in the Afghan province of Farah, has rekindled the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/12102010-La-Repubblica-100.jpg" length="7214" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:27:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Diplomacy | Will the EU cuddle up to NATO?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/337101-will-eu-cuddle-nato</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;EU leaders to urge closer links with Nato at summit,&rdquo; reveals the Irish Times. A document drafted for the European Council summit on 16 September [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/13092010-Irish-Times-100.jpg" length="13898" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:20:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>From America | The European Union is dying (The Washington Post, Washington D.C.)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/329141-european-union-dying</link><description><![CDATA[Renationalisation of politics, a painful economic slump, hasty enlargement, populism - some of the reasons why insiders in Washington believe the EU is a thing of the past. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/europe-dying.jpg" length="30969" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:27:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Terrorism | Somali lessons for Afghanistan (Financial Times, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/302211-somali-lessons-afghanistan</link><description><![CDATA[Following the leak to the international press of over 90,000 documents related to the war in Afghanistan, there is precious little evidence that the country is stabilising. The west might do well to abandon its counter-insurrection strategy there, and focus instead on counter-terrorism. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/dutch-soldiers-afghanistan.jpg" length="57594" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:18:31 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Poland | Warsaw working on Afghanistan pull out</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/280411-warsaw-working-afghanistan-pull-out</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Afghanistan mission to end in 2013,&quot; headlines Gazeta Wyborcza, on plans currently being drawn up by Warsaw and NATO to withdraw the Polish army contingent [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/24062010-gazeta-wyb.jpg" length="12179" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:49:42 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU – Turkey | Ankara turns its back on Brussels (La Stampa, Turin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/265031-ankara-turns-its-back-brussels</link><description><![CDATA[The tension between Turkey and Israel after the fatal Israeli naval raid on the flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists goes far beyond a breakdown in the traditionally amicable relations between Ankara and Jerusalem. This is in fact the most acute crisis to date in what used to be the solid and productive relations between Turkey and the West. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/turkey-europe.jpg" length="169478" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:13:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Common Defence  | Time to close ranks (European Voice, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/206501-time-close-ranks</link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to defence, each member state has so far been content to pump money into its own army. But challenges posed by the conflict in Afghanistan may force a rethink of this policy. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/somalia-atalanta_3.jpg" length="36265" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:16:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Afghanistan | War comes home (, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/196121-war-comes-home</link><description><![CDATA[Unable to agree on whether to keep their troops in Afghanistan, the Dutch coalition government collapsed on 20 February. The shockwave could hit other European contingents on the ground, predicts the European press. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/afghanistan-netherlands.JPG" length="100312" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:37:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | The truth about Serbia (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/160671-truth-about-serbia</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Serbie-slobodan-milosevik.JPG" length="148232" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:40:08 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Language | French takes leave of Belgium (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/159521-french-takes-leave-belgium</link><description><![CDATA[Not just in international institutions but everywhere in Brussels the French language continues to lose ground to English. As Le Monde&#039;s Belgian correspondent explains, in a country with no lingua franca, the language of Shakespeare allows speakers to avoid choosing between French and Flemish. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/bruxelles-anglais_2.JPG" length="126836" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:21:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Pepsch, Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich) | War crime and reimbursement | Cartoon (, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/picture/153041-war-crime-and-reimbursement</link><description><![CDATA[War crime and reimbursement (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/PEPSCH-otan-allemagne.jpg" length="135775" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:58:57 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Afghanistan | Mission : Blurred (Die Tageszeitung, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/149341-mission-blurred</link><description><![CDATA[The US wants more German soldiers in Afghanistan. The current Bundestag debate goes to show the governments involved have yet to clarify their objectives or give up the myth of the noble warrior, and they adamantly refuse to put the public in the picture, deplores the Tageszeitung. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/afghanistan-germany-soldier.jpg" length="22713" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:44:07 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU-Russia | Sweden pushed onto Baltic chessboard</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/139701-sweden-pushed-baltic-chessboard</link><description><![CDATA[The EU-Russian summit in Stockholm has prompted some reflections on Sweden&rsquo;s foreign and defence policy in the Svenska Dagbladet: &ldquo;Now that the Lisbon Treaty is [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Svenka-dagbladet-181109.JPG" length="39764" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:18:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>France/Poland | Paris and Warsaw cosy up on defence</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/131351-paris-and-warsaw-cosy-defence</link><description><![CDATA[In Paris today, the French President and Polish prime-minister will announce a common defence initiative for Europe. According to Gazeta Wyborcza, the Franco-Polish declaration will [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/gazeta-051109.jpg" length="40845" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:00:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>UNITED KINGDOM | The reluctant leader (The Independent, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/125221-reluctant-leader</link><description><![CDATA[With Tony Blair and David Miliband as possible candidates for top EU offices, London is aiming for greater involvement in Europe. However, as Mary Dejevsky argues in The Independent, conservative David Cameron may call a halt to this trend before it makes any impact. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/little-britain.jpg" length="30656" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:45:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | Washington controls the Bosnian game (Novi List, Rijeka)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/115281-washington-controls-bosnian-game</link><description><![CDATA[Europe and America are trying to obtain an agreement between Bosnian leaders on the reform of the constitution of Bosnia-Herzegovina. However, the Croatian daily Novi List reports that the EU appears to be unable to exert much pressure in the negotiations, which may prove crucial to the future of the country. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/billboard-bosnia.jpg" length="57813" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:49:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU-Georgia-Russia | Striking the wrong balance (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/108171-striking-wrong-balance</link><description><![CDATA[An EU report released on 30 September blames Georgia for starting the war with Russia in August 2008. But it also accuses Moscow of provocation and a disproportionate reaction. This both-to-blame verdict leaves a number of questions unanswered, bemoans the European press. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Conflit-Georgie_0.jpg" length="132846" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:18:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Central and Eastern Europe | Taking charge of our own security (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/103121-taking-charge-our-own-security</link><description><![CDATA[The countries of Central and Eastern Europe feel betrayed by the Obama administration&#039;s decision to scrap plans for a missile defence shield. However, the European press argues that this disappointment should herald a rethink in military strategy. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/armée-roumaine-otan.jpg" length="144528" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:07:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Anti-missile shield | Russia inspires fear and foreboding (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/99821-russia-inspires-fear-and-foreboding</link><description><![CDATA[Barack Obama&#039;s decision to abandon plans for a missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic - promised by George Bush - has not been welcomed in either country. The European press expresses its concern about the influence of Moscow in the region. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/obama-antimisiles_0.jpg" length="170477" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:17:56 +0100</pubDate></item>
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