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The EU has been generous to Haiti, but has not shown itself capable of helping the country's longer-term recovery. In the year since an earthquake struck Haiti, the EU has...

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,...

The UN's secretary-general sets out the path towards Haiti's reconstruction. The Petionville Golf Club sits upon a hillside overlooking Port au Prince and the sea. These...

Ministers to discuss prospects of peace talks in the Middle East and long-term economic support for Haiti. The European Union's foreign ministers will discuss the dim...

Foreign policy chief and commissioner for humanitarian aid to see damage caused by earthquake. Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, will travel to...

EU leaders are “receptive” to UN request to send troops to help earthquake victims. EU leaders today agreed in principle to a request by the UN and the Haitian...

Can you be a foreign policy chief and spend most of your time in Europe? Should the European Union's new foreign policy chief spend more time in aeroplanes? Catherine...

For a fast, well co-ordinated EU-led response to disasters, power needs to be moved away from member states. Did the EU fail the Haiti test? Yes, according to a range of...

The aid effort in Haiti is massive and complicated, but help is getting through. The EU's emergency aid teams quietly swung into action in Haiti before any political...

This tragedy showed how little the EU's disaster reponse procedures have changed. On the margins of the evident human tragedy, the earthquake that shook Haiti on 12 January...

Haiti's plight is a reminder of the international community's wider and longer-term responsibilities to the country. The disaster in Haiti shows once again something that...

Who should chair meetings of foreign ministers? In theory, Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, is in charge of convening meetings of the EU's Council of Foreign...

EU pledges nearly €350m, diplomats will discuss military deployment. The EU has increased its aid to Haiti to €337 million in a bid to meet the country's immediate...

Three members of the EU's delegation to Haiti are still missing after last weekend's devastating earthquake. Three staff members of the European Union's delegation to Haiti...

EU executive releases €3 million to one of the countries most affected by high food prices. The European Commission says it will provide Haiti with an additional...

SPAIN'S EU presidency has announced that economic sanctions imposed on Haiti will remain in place until the end of this year, unless democratic reforms are introduced....

Next week's UN conference on least-developed countries should be an opportunity for rich nations to seriously discuss the trade and debts of the poor. Kevin Watkins, senior...