Andrew Duff explains why the time has come for Britain to decide to join the euro.
The financial crisis highlights that Europe needs to reform its financial institutions. George Soros argues that a eurozone government bond market would bring immediate and vital benefits.
It is up to us, the citizens of Europe, to change their calculation of advantage. That means we ourselves have to wake up to the dangerous world we’re in: a world in which we now face a long struggle to maintain the relatively prosperous, free and civilised way of life we have built up over [...]
Vor einer Woche wurde der amerikanische Senator Barack Obama in Berlin für seine Forderung nach größer europäischer Verantwortung und stärkerem Engagement für Afghanistan bejubelt. Doch ist Europa darauf überhaupt vorbereitet? Eine neue Studie des European Council on Foreign Relations bezweifelt dies… Ein Überblick.
“Europe’s citizens and leaders know that the world will not pause and wait for Europe to resolve its internal debate about better institutions. The threat of a nuclear Iran, the risk of war in the Middle East, the fight against extremism in Afghanistan, the challenge of climate change and the plight of Africa all require a stronger Europe better able to promote peace and prosperity. The new administration in Washington will need a strong European partner to reaffirm the Atlantic Alliance and restore its moral prestige. Europe’s place in the world will be challenged if the Union indulges in self-doubt and paralysis.
After Ireland followed Amy Winehouse’s example and voted “No, No, No” to the rehab of the Lisbon Treaty, which had promised to rescue Europe from its addiction to institutional navel-gazing, the reactions have been predictable: confusion from Europe’s leaders, Schadenfreude from the eurosceptics.” European Council on Foreign Relation über Europas Zukunft.
Wer ist Dmitri Medvedev? Andrew Wilson erklärt den neuen russischen Präsidenten.
Martti Ahtisaari and Joschka Fischer – founding members of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) wrote an interesting article about Europe’s need to assert itself in the world:
November 9 will be a seminal date for the European Union – 18 years since east Berliners tore down the wall and began Europe’s unification. Though [...]
Today the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) was launched to promote a more vigorous European foreign policy. Among the founding members are former prime ministers, presidents, European commissioners, current and former parliamentarians and ministers, public intellectuals, and cultural figures from EU member states and candidate countries — including Martti Ahtisaari, Giuliano Amato, Emma Bonino, [...]