Three ways to change the course of Europe
We are still far from achieving Europe’s security and defence objectives. A piece in both English and Italian
ECFR Council
Germany and Europe: 1989, 2009…2029
Twenty years on, the chessboard is shaking once again
Fotos de aniversario
An opinion piece in Spanish from the pages of El Pais on our transatlantic report
Auf Deutschland kommt es an
A piece in German on Germany’s place in Europe
This EU job is no presidency. It will rely on another. And it won’t be Blair.
Two people are needed to get Europe’s voice heard in the world. And it is the other one who is more likely to be British
Troika, trio, treat, trick
After the elections for Commission president, we are now drowned in the gibberish of the Council of Europe president elections
No more low-hanging fruit
Since 1989 liberal reformers have helped bring 10 Eastern bloc countries into the EU. Now comes the hard part
Now the EU should get serious in Iraq
The Iraq issue almost derailed the European Security and Defence Policy, but now it presents a chance to show how far the EU has come in learning how to stabilise war-damaged states. The divisions within the EU over Iraq made it look all too foolish in 2003, so now it’s time to get serious
G20 in charge of global economic recovery
The G20 highlights the significant shift of economic gravity from the Atlantic region to Asia
What did we really learn from the economic crisis?
All we have really done is change the decision-making body, while the causes and symptoms of the financial crisis remain unchecked