Die Machtbalace in den deutsch-französischen Beziehungen hat sich radikal verschoben.

Der Euro braucht eine institutionelle Komplettierung und es hängt ganz wesentlich von Deutschland ab, ob das erreicht wird oder nicht.

Lisbon Treaty, Von Rompuy, Ashton, External Action Service: what does it all mean for Europe?

The Munich Security Conference was once again at the centre of foreign policy discussion, but Europe was an intellectual absentee

French and German ministers are set to meet in Paris on 4 February. While it looks like the engine that helps drive Europe is running again, we may get nothing more than handshakes.

The European Union will start 2010 under von Rompuy and Ashton. This duo is supposed to provide the Union with a single voice in the wider world. Will it?

With the rest of Europe preoccupied with the van Rompuy and Ashton appointments, the French Europe Minister, Pierre Lellouche, picked the best time to announce some bad news: there will no joint Franco-German minister.

The names Hermann van Rompuy and Cathy Asthon have baffled Europeans today. But they may prove to be exactly the type of names Europe needs at its top.

Twenty years on, the chessboard is shaking once again.

A piece in German on Germany’s place in Europe.

The Icelandic application for EU membership is a little bit special: propelled by the economic crisis, the EU’s eagerness will annoy other potential accession states.

The German Constitutional Court finally approved the Lisbon Treaty this week. But why was this necessary?

Financial crisis, the stalement created by the Czech presidency, the uncertainty surrounding Lisbon and EU institutions: there is certainly a lot on the Swedish Presidency plate.

Europe’s traditional social-democractic parties are being challenged by the far right, says Ulrike Guerot in a piece in Spanish.

Perhaps it is time for a new transatlantic forum, argues Ulrike Guerot.