Commentary

Sarkozy and the Olympics

Nicolas Sarkozy will soon announce whether he will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics. He should definitely go

Who is afraid of a ruthless Europe?

A survey carried out after the Irish referendum outlines a very worrying landscape for the future of European integration

Start worrying and learn to ditch the bomb

The world is at the brink of a new and dangerous phase – one that combines widespread proliferation with extremism and geopolitical tension

EU-Russia: avoiding new failures

The biannual EU-Russia summit begins on 26 June in Siberia. Can the EU take advantage of the opportunity to restart the relationship, or will it fall victim to the divisions that have plagued it in the past?

Salvage operation

Whatever the reasons for the Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, the result is devastating for the EU both internally and externally

Saving global Europe

Europe’s citizens – and the world – need an EU that can act more effectively abroad. Failure by European leaders to create such a Union would have serious repercussions