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

We are victims of a political system designed to be boring.

The next generation of EU technocrats will need to be populists as well.

Europe must seize the opportunity presented by Obama’s desire to close Guantanamo.

Twenty years after the massacre in Tiananmen Square, the EU should must help enforce the rule of law in China.

Obama’s flagship Middle East speech in Cairo tomorrow will prove indicative of just how far he is willing to go in replacing the hostile Bush years.

Low turnout levels in the EU elections will only be reversed by greater transparency.

Ukraine is bouncing from one crisis to another emergency. In a speech he gave in Washington, Andrew Wilson discussed the possibility of Ukraine becoming a failed state.

European solidarity is though but necessary – especially in today’s economic, political and security climate.

The EU should cooperate more with the UN in peacekeeping missions if it wants to show its ‘effective multilateralism’ is backed up by muscle.

Obama is redefining the fight against terrorism. But he has come up against some stiff criticism and urgently needs the EU’s help.

This EU-Russia summit is set to be a big disappointment. Nicu Popescu discusses why.

Andrew Duff discusses why European institutions and member states need to respect the European Parliament.

Now that the fighting in Sri Lanka is over, attention must focus on reconciliation.

Given China’s cancellation on the eve of the summit in December, a summit is all Europe can hope for in terms of engagement with China.