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Russia's leaders are discovering that what was accepted yesterday is regarded as intolerable today. Russia is not Egypt. And Moscow is not on the eve of revolution as Cairo...

MEPS approve Irish ECA nominee, reject attempt to block Spanish candidate MEPs on Tuesday (13 December) overturned a recommendation by the European Parliament's budgetary...

Van Rompuy and Barroso will meet Obama; integration and situation in north Africa on agenda. The eurozone sovereign-debt crisis and efforts to contain it will top the agenda...

European Parliament gives ‘freedom prize' to five activists of the Arab uprisings. Five activists involved in the Arab uprisings from Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Syria have...

European Union praises ‘near-perfect' election; Islamist party secures 40% of votes. European Union observers have described an election in Tunisia on Sunday (23 October)...

The EU's next steps on Syria should be about more than rewriting its own policy mistakes of the past. The Arab spring has yet to run its course. The unseating of Hosni...

Israel has never been more prosperous, but it is also dancing on the rim of a volcano. It is difficult not to be struck by the contrast between the ‘Asian-like' energy of...

Spain's prime minister returns from holiday early, while Silvio Berlusconi seeks to allay market fears. Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, has called...

Yves Leterme is said to be looking for a new job and the UN calls on air carriers to help in Horn of Africa aid effort. Yves Leterme, Belgium's caretaker prime minister, has...

We are obliged to say ‘freedom' is our objective in the Middle East when really what we crave is stability. The political and social turmoil in north Africa and the Middle...

The European Union is preparing to ward off what it fears will be an influx of migrants fleeing from Libya, as the north African state descends into bloodshed. • Eu...

The EU must use the means at its disposal to encourage a positive attitude to the changes on Europe's southern border. Watching the tumult in the Middle East, it is easy for...

Concern over what regime will emerge in Egypt and Negative impact feared on Middle East peace process. European Union foreign ministers will meet on Sunday evening (20...

The uprisings in North Africa show the need for a European strategy to ensure the free flow of information. Some have compared the historic events in Egypt to the fall of...

First visit of EU foreign policy chief since military takeover. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, is to travel to Egypt next Monday (21 February) for talks...

Ashton calls on military to heed the call of the Egyptian people, offers support for transition to democracy. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, has welcomed...

EU foreign policy chief says defiant speech by Mubarak does not go far enough. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, has warned that Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's...

Member states want to tighten aid conditions,while Ashton will tell Mubarak that country's aid is at risk. Pressure is growing for the EU to reconsider aid to Egypt worth...

There's always the Union for the Mediterranean to fall back on for Egypt's president. Could a diplomatic solution to sidelining Egypt's president Hosni Mubarak be modelled...

Declaration calls for “an orderly transition to a broad-based government”. EU leaders stopped short at the European Council of urging the immediate departure of Hosni...