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19 Dec 09

faz - Schweizer Minarettverbot: Pilatus als Demokrat

  • Nicht so schlimm, sagen mir deutsche Freunde tröstend: Eine Abstimmung über das Verbot neuer Minarette würde hier ebenfalls eine Mehrheit finden. Kein Trost. Eher das Gegenteil: Antiliberale Strömungen haben die Tendenz, über Grenzen hinwegzuwirken.
17 Dec 09

Guardian: This parody of the nanny state helps neither children nor adults

  • A new agency is to vet one citizen in four to see if we are abusers. There is a better way to balance freedom and safety
  • But actually this is a fine example of the process by which good, humane intentions get translated into bad, bureaucratic answers.
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10 Dec 09

fr - Leitartikel zur Finanzkrise: Es brennt schon wieder lichterloh

  • Man hatte schon geglaubt, die Krise sei vorbei. Jetzt kommt sie zurück, weil die Regierungen weltweit versagt haben. Denn die Regulierung der Finanzmärkte ist ausgeblieben.
07 Dec 09

Op-Ed Columnist - Europe’s Minaret Moment - NYTimes.com

  • If the more perfect union promised by the Lisbon Treaty is the European elite’s greatest triumph, the failure to successfully integrate millions of Muslim immigrants represents its greatest failure.
03 Dec 09

Guardian: Obama has charted an Afghan course. Britain must lead the way on Pakistan

  • European states should not simply make foreign policy in reaction to Washington, but look to our own vital interests
26 Nov 09

Guardian: 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
  • Tintin and Mrs Tiggy-Winkle would command more respect on the world stage." This comment in a reader's letter to another newspaper is no doubt horribly unfair – but the appointment of Herman Van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton to the EU's new top jobs is very disappointing.
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21 Nov 09

Guardian: 'Europe has shown it wants to be a supersize Switzerland'

  • The mood in Brussels is bleak as experts agree politicking has triumphed over ambition in the appointment of two new leaders, writes Ian Traynor

Guardian: A great EU stitch-up that demeans democracy

  • The appointments of Herman Van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton lay bare the rot at the core of the Lisbon project
20 Nov 09

sz: Neue Führungsspitze der EU - Fatales Signal aus Brüssel

  • Die Mitgliedsländer der EU haben Personalentscheidungen getroffen, die nur eines bedeuten können: So richtig ernst nehmen sie es nicht mit den Schwüren, aus der EU eine starke Spielerin auf der Weltbühne zu machen.
12 Nov 09

Guardian: Europe's next chapter starts now. It rests on looking beyond our borders

  • Monday's celebration in Berlin was a brilliant closure. The opening of a European foreign policy looks more shaky
05 Nov 09

Guardian: 1989 changed the world. But where now for Europe?

  • Year of revolutions: Mired in the narcissism of minor difference, Europe is failing to face up to the world its revolution helped to create
31 Oct 09

sz: EU nach Lissabon - Aufbruch in eine neue Welt

  • Der Vertrag von Lissabon regelt künftig die Geschicke Europas: Die Gemeinschaft sucht erst nach einer gemeinsamen Identität. Aber sie hat auch die richtigen Mittel, um die Post-Lissabon-Depression zu vertreiben.

    Ein Kommentar von Stefan Kornelius
29 Oct 09

Guardian: 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
08 Oct 09

Guardian: The US has lost its focus on Europe. It's up to us to get our act together

  • If, after the Irish vote, we want an effective foreign policy, we must make it. Obama's Washington will take us as it finds us
  • On balance, the Obama administration would prefer to work with a more united Europe – especially now that the leaders of Britain, Germany and, most surprisingly, France are solidly Atlanticist. Apart from anything else, life would just be that much simpler. The president could usefully say a firm word to that effect in Cameron's ear, if the Conservative leader gets his 15 minutes in the sun. But, unlike during the cold war, the United States is not focused on Europe and does not regard helping to build a strong, united Europe as being among its own vital interests. Europeans may continue to feel that Obama is "one of us"; and in one way he is, but in another way he isn't – and he certainly won't do our work for us. If we Europeans want to get our act together, we must get our act together. If we don't, the United States will continue to deal with us as we are, not as we pretend to be
05 Oct 09

Guardian: Cameron could well be the last ever UK prime minister

  • He loathes the idea, and is right to. But Tory cuts and a row with Europe only add momentum to Scottish independence
01 Oct 09

Guardian: Europe must decide if it wants to be more than Greater Switzerland

  • The centrist triumph in Germany is important for all Europeans. But more crucial still is another vote in Ireland
  • Europe is nice, boring and irrelevant.
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31 Aug 09

fr - EU-Beitritt Balkanländer: Dämonen haben einen leichten Schlaf

  • Die Geschichte zeigt uns, dass Rassenhass und religiöse Verfolgung Dämonen sind, die sich nicht so leicht austreiben lassen und Nationen immer wieder heimsuchen. Wenn sie ihre Verheerungen angerichtet haben, verschwinden sie nicht, sondern fallen in einen erholsamen Schlaf, aus dem sie beim geringsten Anlass erfrischt erwachen und ihr Zerstörungswerk fortsetzen können
07 Aug 09

Guardian: Turkey is part of Europe. Fear keeps it out of the EU

  • Sarkozy's argument won't wash. This great nation, a crucial link with the Muslim world, would be a major asset for the union
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