Georgieva’s difficult tasks
The European Parliament votes on the new EU Commission on Tuesday. But for the replacement for the original Bulgarian Commissioner the vote is a minor hurdle compared to the tasks of the next five years
Commentary
Tough snub
Obama’s snub of the May EU-US summit is tough, but fair. If it wants to be taken seriously on the world stage, the EU must stop complaining and learn from this and other recent disappointments
Ukraine decides: What can Tymoshenko do now?
With most of the votes counted, Viktor Yanukovych has a narrow but solid lead. Can Yuliya Tymoshenko find grounds to challenge the results?
Ukraine decides: the first exit polls come out
Viktor Yanukovych is ahead in exit polls after the first Ukrainian presidential election since the Orange Revolution. In his election blog, Andrew Wilson casts his eyes over the first figures
Europe needs to show it has a crisis endgame
The eurozone must end its fiscal ambiguity
Ukraine decides, second round: Part Three
On Sunday 7 February Yuliya Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych go head to head in the second round of Ukraine’s presidential elections, the first since 2004’s Orange Revolution. Andrew Wilson looks at how the temperature is being turned up
The 20 year crisis
Response to the Haiti tragedy; the struggling mission in Afghanistan; the economic crisis. The west is in a ’20 year crisis’.
Obama kicks the European ant nest
Obama’s decision to cancel his attendance to the EU summit in Madrid forces Europe to do some heavy thinking
Ukraine decides, second round: part two
On Sunday 7 February Yuliya Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych go head to head in the second round of Ukraine’s presidential elections, the first since 2004’s Orange Revolution. In the second installment of his election blog, Andrew Wilson looks at the front-runner, Yanukovych
How to deal with a more assertive China?
Western governments need to show they are getting serious. Otherwise we will end up with another Copenhagen.