Van Rompuy is the right man for the job
Belgian leadership consists of bringing consensus to a fractious coalition, exactly what the president of the EU has to do
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Reflecting for action
What will Europe’s leaders do with the reflection group’s report, which aims to be straight talking, concise and legible, when Felipe Gonz?lez delivers next year?
La eficacia del diablo
The EU was “diabolically efficient” in picking Rompuy and Ashtong to preserve the power of national capitals
After all the horse-trading, the final two
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
Europe’s new leaders
Stop the traffic, they won?t, but Van Rompuy and Ashton will do better: they will build a traffic system
Obama in Asia
Despite dissimilarities between them, a G2 of China and the US haunts Europe
Diplosaurs
Europe’s Foreign Ministers must do all they can to help the new High Representative if the EU is to enjoy a fully functional foreign policy
A new world of diplomacy
We need diplomats to liaise with cities and regions
How Europe can be heard in Washington
Europeans must steel themselves to discuss, within the EU, the big issues on which Europe must engage the US
Welt ohne F?hrung
Obama’s China-Visit was more than an episode: it symbolises the end of a long era of global US leadership. The power vacuum will have to be filled by stronger global institutions. A piece in German