José Ignacio Torreblanca

Debate on Spain’s Foreign Policy

A piece in Spanish, giving a bipartisan assessment of Zapatero’s foreign and European policy and the challenges for the Spanish presidency

Theocracy dot com

Events in Iran show just to what extent the new technologies can affect the political landscape

Rescue plans

The economic crisis has highlighted the lack of respect member states have for the European Commission

Three sad songs

Europe needs to take decisive action on three Portuguese fronts: the Lisbon Agenda, the Lisbon Treaty and Barroso

Democracy without adjectives

Events in Iran look set to have significant repercussions on the rest of the world

European drama

We are victims of a political system designed to be boring

Voting for Europe

Low turnout levels in the EU elections will only be reversed by greater transparency

Bittersweet anniversary

As Europe celebrates the 5th anniversary of enlargement, the concept of Eastern Europe is unfortunately still alive and well

Spain?s place at the table

Spain has managed to obtain a seat at the G-20, but it still has to figure out what it wants to stand for