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The EU is failing to show political leadership at a crucial time. Over recent months, you have on several occasions focused on how the EU is trying to – and could – make...

Recommending a book arguing that the EU places too much emphasis on non-governmental organisations in the Balkans yet also turns them into mere project managers. Behind the...

Heather Roy on how volunteering in her student days led her to battle in EU policy circles for Europe's marginalised groups. Heather Roy is used to explaining what diaconia...

An appreciation of Kristalina Georgieva, European Voice's European of the Year. Oxfam congratulates Kristalina Georgieva, the European commissioner for international...

The EU must improve its political response to crises and not just its ability to deliver aid. Is the European Union good at saving lives? This year, Haiti's earthquake,...

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Our efforts in Afghanistan are too focused on military security. We read with interest your profile of Vygaudas Ušackas, the EU's new special representative to Afghanistan...

Marielle Helleputte on her fight to give unpaid parents and carers a voice. Marielle Helleputte, now in her late 60s, gave up her job at a local authority when she had her...

Civil Society Communication Officer The EIB, the European Union's financial institution, is seeking to recruit for its Strategy and Corporate Centre (SCC), Communication...

What the EU needs to do as the Lisbon treaty says it must, "promote peace". The pages of

NGO backs decision by Court of Auditors. European Voice recently reported that the Court of Auditors believes the European Commission is failing to involve non-governmental...

Human Rights Watch's criticism of Ethiopian law falls into a pattern of unfounded allegations. It seems that Human Rights Watch (HRW) is continuing what can only be...

A senior associate in a public affairs consultancy also moonlights as head of a film company. Combining a career in public affairs with running a film production company is...

China views human-rights lectures as neo-imperialist, writes Willy Fautré Dialogue on human rights in China failed in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics and became...

The president of the International Crisis Group explains the genesis of his effort to define the international's responsibility to protect. We might say it's pure reason,...

MEPs could learn a great deal (of good) from NGOs. Predictable as the rain in Brussels you regularly publish letters from MEPs complaining about the representativeness and...

Europe needs to be more outward-looking if it is to re-gain the influence it has lost on human-rights issues. The EU may struggle to achieve a common foreign policy, but...

NGOs do not always adhere to the same standards of transparency they demand from others. As a member of the European Parliament I receive many emails, faxes and letters from...