With this timid choice of leaders, the EU may have the faces it deserves
The holders of the new top jobs can perfectly represent a Europe that does not dare to project its values as a continent
ECFR Council
When bad news goes unnoticed
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
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
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
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
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