In the wake of the Brexit referendum, Spain submitted a negotiation proposal to the UK on Gibraltar that put joint sovereignty, dual nationality for the Gibraltarians and respect for their autonomy on the table.
How to improve and strengthen the political union introducing the technical solutions that most economists agree upon.
Those in the West who argue in favour of detente, of an easing of sanctions and a rapprochement with the Kremlin: difficult to defend it.
Cyprus’s ‘bi-communal negotiations’ have collapsed once again but in a manner that reveals diplomatic cacophony, deceptive international ‘diplomatic’ practices and serious mistakes by both the Greek and Turkish Cypriots themselves.
The Spanish-German cooperation is key to strength the EU. However, does Germany see Spain as a reliable and effective partner? Not quite yet.
The debate about social Europe has relaunched the social dimension as a way of reacting to the attacks from various populist quarters and the discontent.
In Emmanuel Macron, France has secured a pro-European President but in a society that is divided on the issue.
It seems likely that the group of Southern EU countries that met in Madrid will be able to mould the future of Europe in a decisive way.
France has open wounds. Will Macron manage to bind them and push through reforms that have been put off for too long? This is the big issue.
The main question is not the constitutional reform itself, but approval of the governing party, and the figure of President Erdoğan.
Garmany and Washington DC seem to be on the way to pragmatic cooperation, even when there is still significant disagreement.
The EU cannot allow itself to proceed at the speed of the slowest or the most reluctant member, but various speeds could turn into variable geometry.
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