With this timid choice of leaders, the EU may have the faces it deserves
The holders of the new top jobs can perfectly represent a Europe that does not dare to project its values as a continent
Timothy Garton Ash
This EU job is no presidency. It will rely on another. And it won’t be Blair.
Two people are needed to get Europe’s voice heard in the world. And it is the other one who is more likely to be British.
We need a European foreign policy. Improbable? Yes. Impossible? No
Critics consider us weak and divided. But with political will and public support, we could finally get our act together.
The G20 summit in London will be missing one great power. Guess who?
When President Barack Obama comes to London next week, he will find one great power missing at the world’s summit table: Europe. The US and China may end up carrying on as a G2.
Europe needs to forge a strategy to cope with a shaken, evolving Russia
Our vital interests from energy to security cry out for a new, fully European Ostpolitik – and one nation holds the key
Europe is failing two life and death tests. We must act together, now
Timothy Garton Ash looks at how the EU has appeared divided in both Gaza and the gas crisis
Instead of bullying the Irish, Europe should be working on plan D – and E
As Britain moves to ratify the Lisbon treaty, EU politicians are wrong to threaten Ireland. We’re all in the same boat.
We need a benign European hydra to advance the cause of democracy
Our continent’s diversity should let us promote freedom without the taint of Bush’s neocon project imposed by force
A united Europe must stand up to Russia
The Russian presidential election is such a cliffhanger. Will it be the rising star Dmitry “Obamovich” Medvedev? Or the veteran Gennady “McCainovich” Zyuganov? Aren’t we on the edge of our seats?
This treaty is a mess, but it will free Europe to do more important things
In itself, the treaty will do nothing to convince Europe’s citizens, or the rest of the world, of what the EU is good for. But it will help the EU to do things that may convince them.