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The proclaimed ambitions of Spain's foreign minister have caused confusion about EU foreign policy, but typify the challenges it now faces. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Spain's...

Nuclear programme causing great concern, but the EU is unable to respond to strong Iranian threats. Iran has been a formidable challenge for international diplomacy since...

Ambassadors to hear protests about the continued detention of UK embassy staff. Iran's ambassadors to the 27 member states of the European Union have been called in by the...

Incoming Swedish presidency believes killing of more protesters obliges EU to send stronger message. The incoming Swedish presidency today said that the EU needs to...

Germany's foreign minister voices respect “courageous people of Iran” and Brown rejects Iranian criticism of "evil" UK. The leaders of the EU today unanimously condemned...

The Czech government's Iranian elections gaffe. The Czech government, which holds the presidency of the Council of Ministers for another fortnight, is, it should be...

Foreign ministers say Iran “must” investigate allegations of fraud, withhold recognition of result. EU foreign ministers today expressed “serious concern” about the...

In making overtures to Iran and Libya, Italy is trampling agreed EU policy underfoot. Franco Frattini, the foreign minister of Italy, broke ranks with his European Union...

More than €8m being spent to support election in Lebanon. The European Commission is providing €8.7 million to support a general election in Lebanon on 7 June that...

Speaking out against racism. Many analysts have argued that the EU demonstrated weakness and lack of cohesion at the recent (20-24 April) United Nations Durban review...

Ahamadinejad denounces Israel as “racist” minutes after Commission criticises EU member states for boycotting Durban II conference. Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

There are moderate Islamist groups that are increasingly open to Europe; Europe should explore the possibilities. If the war in Gaza pushed the Palestinian and Israeli...

Israel might achieve its military objectives in Gaza; Hamas will find it difficultto restock missiles. Asymmetrical warfare is quite possibly the scariest form of war for...

Messages from the streets of the Islamic Republic. “Hello, welcome to Iran. Where are you from?” a female voice says. I hesitate, confused about how to respond to...

EU foreign policy chief prepares offer to Tehran; member states agree about the nuclear risk. Preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons has been one of the toughest...

“When the Federal Reserve cuts rates, things get better. When we don't cut ours, we sink.” Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France, on the rate cut by the US Federal...

“We do not, for example, seek such information as data on consumers from supermarkets.“Max-Peter Ratzel, head of EU police agency Europol, saying that the kind of data...

In the coming weeks the Council of Ministers will begin sending out documents explaining to groups and individuals why they are included on the EU's list of banned terrorist...

“It is by recovering margins for manoeuvre and of sovereignty that the states could do more.” Dominique de Villepin, French prime minister, calling for a redefinition of...

“At the end of the day, the government of North Korea is spending lots of money for something which is not going to be for the benefit of the people, while the people in...