Commentary

Fotos de aniversario

An opinion piece in Spanish from the pages of El Pais on our transatlantic report

Besser wird’s nicht

The Lisbon Treaty makes the EU neither efficient nor democratic enough. But it was the best available deal under the outdated and foolish unanimity rule. A piece in German

Cold feet in a Turkish bath

Nobody wants to admit it, but Turkish accession negotiations are dead in the water

Guides for Westerwelle

Two predecessors illuminate how Guido Westerwelle could leave his mark on German foreign policy

Europe is wasting its ?Obama Moment?

National governments in the EU must shake off illusions about the transatlantic relationship if they want to avoid irrelevance on the global stage

Heroines and graves

In contrast to the Nobel Peace Prize given to Obama, the EP has acted soundly in giving the Sakharov Prize to Memorial