Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
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| 1. A weaker Commission? | January 19, 2012 |
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Whose fault it is that the European commissioners in Barroso II are performing below both hope and expectation? Could it be that our expectations of the European Commission... | |
| 2. A good year for God | January 3, 2011 |
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It is time to listen to the core messages of all great religions, that we should never do to others what we would not like to be done to us. It's been a better year for God.... |
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| 3. Ashton urged to step up pressure on Israel | December 10, 2010 |
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Former prime ministers and presidents call on the EU to do more to make Israel freeze settlement policy A group of 26 former of former presidents, prime ministers, and... | |
| 4. Airing Europe's dirty laundry | December 9, 2010 |
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Andrew Gardner considers how much damage WikiLeaks might do to the EU and its relationship with the US. Courtesy of WikiLeaks, the European Parliament can feel vindicated... |
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| 5. Patten's "destructive criticism" does not serve peace efforts | August 12, 2010 |
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Israel's ambassador to the EU says that Chris Patten's piece "The Gaza Prison", which was published on this website on 5 August, fails to take into account the wider context... |
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| 6. Flying the flag for Britain | May 20, 2010 |
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Some familiar faces come to the fore. In the aftermath of the UK general election, some of the backstage participants in the campaigns came to the fore – and they proved... |
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| 7. Choosing the direct, democratic approach | March 4, 2010 |
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Chris Patten understates the nature of US engagement on the issue of Tibet, an engagement that the EU could learn from Chris Patten is right that China's rise should be good... |
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| 8. Whose man in DC? | February 18, 2010 |
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What to read into the João Vale de Almeida appointment. The nomination of João Vale de Almeida to be head of the EU's delegation in Washington, DC is laden with import.... |
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| 9. EU reverts to old habits instead of changing gear | November 26, 2009 |
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Europe will move from being a power in the world to a world power only when the member states show the will for such a change. The reaction to the European Council's... | |
| 10. Grumpy old men | November 4, 2009 |
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My generation is past its political expiration date. Having reached pensionable age, I qualify to be a grumpy old man. I should be boring my children, and the students at... | |
| 11. Look to a small member state and a larger one for new posts | October 22, 2009 |
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Finland's president and a former commissioner should the top posts created by the Lisbon treaty. Reading the various articles in your issue of 8 October about the top posts... |
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| 12. When small is not beautiful | October 1, 2009 |
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Is the European Union capable of growing out of its small-minded habits? In power politics, size matters. So just how big is the European Union and just how big are its... | |
| 13. The portfolio merry-go-round | September 10, 2009 |
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Everybody wants a plum Commission portfolio. A vote on whether José Manuel Barroso is to get a second term as president of the European Commission is expected in the... |
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| 14. America's Groucho Marxists | September 9, 2009 |
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Open eyes and minds trumped faith in communism, but, as the US healthcare debate suggests, reason and evidence sometimes fail to get a hearing in democratic discussion.... | |
| 15. New conservative parliamentary group formed | June 22, 2009 |
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Five small parties join UK, Polish and Czech conservatives to create European Parliament's second-largest conservative group. UK, Polish and Czech conservatives today... | |
| 16. A tale of two elections | June 4, 2009 |
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India has shown how elections can strengthen democracy, but the European Parliament elections will demonstrate the weaknesses of a parliament without an obvious electorate.... |
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| 17. The panthers of identity politics | April 11, 2009 |
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The troubles in the Middle East and Northern Ireland, strange mementos of our times. I was in Jordan, that beautiful oasis of calm and moderation in a difficult and... | |
| 18. Why bipartisanship is good politics | March 7, 2009 |
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Leaders need the benefit of the doubt in crises; bipartisanship helps secure that. Bipartisanship seems to have taken a drubbing in Washington since President Barack Obama... |
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| 19. Who can, and can't condemn, Israel's war on Hamas | February 17, 2009 |
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Chris Patten should consider his own country's history and the report of an organisation he chairs before condemning Israel's actions in Gaza.
Chris Patten adopts a... | |
| 20. Blind in Gaza and Jerusalem | January 26, 2009 |
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‘Wise men' see the outlines of a peace deal, but the conflict in Gaza underscore doubts that peace is possible on those terms. I spent the New Year in Sydney, watching the... | |
