Iran's nuclear programme is as scary as the potential of an Israeli air strike on the country.

Closing itself to immigration will not solve Europe's problems, and it will impair its attractiveness as a model open society. An op-ed in Spanish and English.

With a good international image and a key position in Europe, Latin America and the Mediterranean, there is an opportunity for Spain to play a more prominent global role which the new government should explore.

Compared to its original formulation, the mandate given to Felipe Gonz?lez to chair an "Independent Reflection Group" amounts to a substantial shift.

European leaders are set to examine Nikolas Sarkozy's proposal to launch a "Comit? des Sages" but the proposal has so far been received with scepticism by most stakeholders.

Europa ha hecho demasiado poco y demasiado tarde en Afganist?n.

Ratification and implementation of the new EU treaty is an opportunity to win the argument for Europe's global role

Together with monetary union, enlargement is the only real breakthrough the EU has witnessed in the last decade.