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Old tank in London (Photo: Davesag/ Flickr)

With the Union for the Mediterranean, Europe has once again demonstrated its attachment to diplomatic life. Can EU foreign policy limit it to being a soft power? Interview with Swedish EU representative Jesper Haglund

by Aurlien BORDET // 22/07/08

INTERVIEW
(Photo: www.danielriot.com)

Daniel Riot: 'In France, journalists are almost indoctrinated'


Riot is a self-proclaimed pest. Having fallen for Europe as a young boy, he is a regular critic of both politicians and journalists and tries to join the European debate whenever possible

by Vincent Lebrou // 28/06/08

NEWS
EU is not that sexy for Ireland (Photo: nonfictionfr/Flickr)

Ireland stamps its Eurosceptic foot

A low turnout, but a seismic result that raises more questions than it answers about Europe’s future direction. This and much, much more in our weekly round up from Brussels.

by Stella Willborn // 13/06/08

REVIEW
Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi (Photo: ©2007 PROKINO Filmverleih GmbH)

Cinema: Persepolis hits the UK

Released on 25 April in an English-dubbed version, a review of Franco-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi's Oscar-nominated animation of a girl displaced in Vienna

by Jens Wiesner // 25/04/08

FOCUS
Stand up for Stubb? (Photo: Alexander Stubb website)

No love for lobbyists?

In the upcoming weeks, conservative MEP Alexander Stubb is due to propose a new legislation to control the some 15, 000 lobbyists in Brussels

by Fernando Navarro Sordo // 11/02/08

INTERVIEW
Jean Quatremer (left) with Socialist francophone Elio Di Rupo during the Brussels protest (Photo: DF)

Jean Quatremer: a nation has been born - Flanders

The crisis between the Flemish and francophone Belgians continues. After 172 days without a government and big provocations by the Flemish political class, has Belgium come to a point of no return?

by Donya Feki // 29/11/07

98 year old Margerita at the urns in 2005 (Photo: SusanAstray/ Flickr)

Ukraine crisis and a passive Europe

The fifth elections in three years, the latest by presidential fiat, take place on 30 September. Europe needs to sit up and pay more attention for the country to be an effective stabile democracy

by Thijs Berman/ Anne Dankert // 27/09/07

OPINION

Zapatero, Brown, Sarkozy: turbo-politics, baby

The newly elected French president exemplifies perfectly the new style of European politics, which gets results, at all costs

by Adriano Farano // 25/09/07

Insatiable journalist (Photo: Irène Cevlovsky)

Georges Marion: France as the centre of the world

The French journalist and long time foreign correspondent of the daily 'Le Monde', 64, evokes the subjectivity and relativity of the job, insisting on the importance of an identifiable Europe

by Irène Cevlovsky // 21/09/07

FOCUS
Manuela Gretkowska, founder of the newest Women's Party (Photo: Partia Kobiet)

'Poland belongs to its women'

A new Polish women-only party battles traditional stereotypes in a conservative government

by Inga Pietrusiska // 09/03/07

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