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EU member states must withstand protectionist pressures and present a united vision of how to tackle the global recession. The UK has been devaluing the pound in order “to...

Many extremists are drawn to terror in a misguided search for adventure. Like terrorism itself, fighting terrorism is a creature of fashion. The latest on the catwalk is...

It is hardly a secret that the vast majority of Europeans would have preferred John Kerry rather than George W. Bush as the next occupant of the White House. But Europeans...

HE IS the world's most powerful politician but has famously claimed that “people misunderestimate me”. Yes, George W. Bush's frequent bouts of foot-in-mouth disease have...

European Commission President Romano Prodi and Enrique Barón Crespo, leader of the Group of European Socialists in the European Parliament, were absolutely right in...

THE US decision to abandon the treaty creating a permanent international war crimes court does not preclude Washington's participation in future tribunals, according to an...

Richard Morningstar, the feisty US ambassador to the EU, says he will leave his post in September - regardless of whether President Bush has found a replacement for him. A...

Former US Ambassador to the EU Stuart Eizenstat has moved to the private sector, but he is still a key transatlantic player. He tells Craig Winneker that EU-US relations are...

Dubya's boots The European Union is increasingly taking centre stage as a serious foreign policy player while the US administration rethinks its strategic priorities. Simon...

US PRESIDENT George W. Bush's strong links with his country's energy industry have clouded the chances of securing a global deal on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases,...

THE EU stands a better chance of ending its long-running banana dispute with the United States after the new administration takes over because George W. Bush's team is more...

Al Gore must have lost the November election on his personality since George Walker Bush certainly did not win it with his policy programme. Nowhere is this more vividly...

THE EU is planning to step up pressure on Washington to lift its sanctions in the long-running battle over bananas after farm ministers agreed a deal to revise the Union's...

A FRENCH campaign to 'fast-track' euro-zone approval for international agreements to manage exchange rates is close to collapse in the face of opposition from eight...

Despite Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy's best efforts to launch a new round of trade liberalisation talks this year, the consensus among seasoned officials is that his...

INCOMING Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy has attracted more media interest than the latest French film starlet since news of his appointment was transmitted round the world....

PRESSURE is growing for an early deal over who should represent the euro area on the international stage following the stuttering European response to the economic crisis...

IF EURO-LAND ever does speak with a 'single voice', as the European Commission has urged, the voice on the other end of the transatlantic phone line could well be that of US...

Geoff Meade takes a light-hearted look at life in the European UnionLADIES and gentlemen of the European Commission, and in particular membersof the Single Currency Awareness...

The truth can now be told about those cowboy boots world leaders were given at the recent G7/8 summit in Denver. Commission President Jacques Santer did not wear his, not...