The disgrace of trading refugee quotas
But to offer those opposing refugee quotas an ‘easy way out’ simply further diminishes the idea of solidarity in the European Union, both inward and outward.
Future of Europe
Savage continent: the longer term will not resolve the shorter
Europe is forgetting where it has come from: a savage continent, but also the one that gave birth to the Enlightenment and Human Rights.
EULEX: a mission in need of reform and with no end in sight
The EU’s once ambitious EULEX (European Union Rule of Law in Kosovo Mission) needs to be reformed so that it can put an end to its presence in Kosovo after having helped strengthen the Rule of Law.
Intentionally or otherwise, Schäuble has killed off the prospect of a Grexit
The hard-line taken by the German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, and the subsequent U-turn by the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, has paradoxically reduced any real potential for a Grexit to take place.
Bad is better than worst, but Europe has lost out in the endeavour
The Eurozone, and by extension the EU adn Europe, has avoided a serious trip-up with Greece, although the danger is by no means past.
Give Greece a chance… again
Angela Merkel must not amputate the Greeks from the eurozone.
How to avoid a Grexit
Greece needs to make reforms if it is to return to growth, and it is more likely that this will happen inside the euro than outside. The key is to reactivating the logic that has worked so many times before in Europe: solidarity in exchange for reforms.
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Towards more effective global security governance through UN@EU cooperation
The complexity of current security threats requires that the UN work more closely with regional organisations, including the EU, through improved cooperation and partnerships in several areas, such as conflict prevention, crisis management, peacekeeping and peace-building.
The euro: uncertainty about tomorrow, but plans for 2025
We do not know what is going to happen to the Greeks and the Euro zone in less than a week, but the EU’s institutions are already thinking and planning ahead for 2025.
We should welcome a Greek referendum
Let democracy concentrate minds in Athens — and in Brussels. The Greek population needs a referendum, and if Brussels and Berlin want a yes vote, they still have two weeks for changing their narrative.
The Long Road to Europe: Spain and the European Community, 1957-1986
This article seeks to commemorate thirty years of Spanish membership of the European Union by providing an account of the evolution of the country’s relationship with the European integration process from its origins to the moment of accession in 1986.
The ‘New Turkey’ that was not in Erdogan’s plans: the aftermath of the critical June 2015 elections
A significant point of the latest Turkey parliamentary elections is that Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not have enough support in Parliament to change the Constitution and the regime, at least for the time being.
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