“The first step for Europe, according to Mark Leonard, will be to pass the new EU Reform Treaty […] which aims at streamlining institutional arrangements in Brussels.” News article
Media mentions
“The conversation centred around issues such as can Europe really speak with one voice; what should we do about Iran; should Europe aspire to be a counter-weight to the US? Blog entry by Gideon Rachman
“At the moment, we don’t have one European policy towards Russia, we have five different ones.” Interview with founding member Timothy Garton Ash
“La Russie est l’un des axes de travail du tout nouvel European Council on Foreign Relations, lanc? par plusieurs personnalit?s europ?ennes.” Analysis by Thomas Ferenczi
Original, English-language version of an op-ed written by Martti Ahtisaari, Joschka Fischer, Mabel van Oranje and Mark Leonard. Distributed through Project Syndicate
“To realise our national interests today, Britain almost invariably has to work through international alliances and institutions, often starting with the EU.” Column by Timothy Garton Ash
“A group of European politicians and intellectuals have started a new think tank aimed at pushing EU capitals to creating a “more coherent and vigorous” foreign affairs policy in an attempt to make Europe a stronger player on the global stage.” News article
“Among their proposals are closer EU co-operation at the UN, the IMF, the World Bank and the WTO, as well as a firm commitment to future membership for Turkey and the western Balkans.” News article
Fischer und Ahtisaari sind die Galionsfiguren eines neuen europ?ischen Think Tank, des “European Council on Foreign Relations”
“50 prominent Europeans, including former politicians and intellectuals, called on the European Union to […] keep its promises made to candidate Turkey.”