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(*) This article was published on 5 June 2014 in the LSE – EUROPP Blog. David Cameron and the British press – both tabloid and broadsheet – are up in arms against the candidacy of Juncker for European Commission president. In their view, with the German-inspired Spitzenkandidaten campaign, the European Parliament is attempting a power grab. […]

(*) This article was published in the Financial Times on 5 June 2014. King Juan Carlos was a remarkable monarch, indispensable to Spain’s transition to democracy. The king – who has abdicated this week – skilfully navigated the turbulent waters of post-Franco politics, consolidating the country’s fledgling democratic institutions and defending them from an attempted […]

(Guest Column. This article was originally published on 12 June 2012 in Financial Times Special Report). ‘Exporters could do with more official help’ – William Chislett Richard Boucher, deputy secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-peration and Development (OECD), hit a raw nerve in April when he told a conference in Marseille of the Nato […]

* The Spanish version of this article was originally published on 11 June 2012 in Expansión. Good strategists know that it is risky to have to fronts open at the same time while in a state of internal weakness. That is why the Euro Zone, which is at its darkest hour, has decided to close […]

* The Spanish version of this article was originally published on 5 June 2012 in Expansión. Ever since the Greek crisis broke out, Germany has been mulling over a plan for the Euro Zone. It saw the chance to build the strong and federal Europe it had always yearned for by making use of its […]