Turkey and the EU struck a bargain under which the country whose European Union accession process has virtually ground to a halt will stem migrant flows to Europe in return for €3 billion in aid, fast-tracked visa privileges and the prospect of revived EU talks.
David Cameron has presented claims to the EU that are pragmatic, reasonable and in line with reality, certainly de facto although perhaps not de jure.
This crisis after the Paris attacks would have been a good opportunity to promote a common European defence policy against a common threat.
Spain has changed beyond recognition since General Franco died 40 years ago. The country telescoped its political, economic and social modernisation into a much shorter period than any other European country.
More than three years after the agreement on a banking union for the Eurozone, ¿what has been achieved in making the EMU a more stable construct?
The ruling neo-Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recovered the absolute majority in Turkey’s snap parliamentary election that it lost in June, but with not enough seats to push through constitutional reforms to enable him to become an executive president.
The general elections in Spain must be seen in this context. It is part of Europe’s overall volatility.
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