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Denmark's prime minister is struggling to cope on the domestic stage. Here is some good news for European Commission stagiaires, MEPs' assistants – even for the MEPs...

Twice in the past, a British ‘No' has pushed European monetary union forward. At the European Union summit on 8-9 December, British Prime Minister David Cameron vented...

German MEP takes over at the head of the European Movement. Germany is the dominant force in the European Union as everyone searches for ways out of the eurozone's debt...

The EU should not be looking to the past for ways to encourage citizens to engage with elections to the European Parliament. The problem of public participation in...

The claim that crises strengthen Europe may be over-familiar, but it should not be dismissed, even in this crisis. For lots of reasons, there is a widespread preoccupation...

Europe suffers from the same currency disadvantages as the US, but enjoys none of its privileges. For decades, the world has complained that the dollar's role as global...

French MEP has had his share of run-ins with senior politicians. Alain Lamassoure has been a minister for European affairs, can justifiably claim to be the lead author of...

...and other curious arguments for the Lisbon treaty. Ireland's second referendum on the Lisbon treaty draws closer and the campaign groups have been re-mobilised, including...

Jacques de Larosière's report on the financial markets was well received but national governments might yet stop it in its tracks. It seems that the French...

More of the EU's power is being generated by wind energy but there is still work to be done. Wind currently accounts for just 6.6% of the energy that the EU obtains from...

The man tasked with fixing Europe's financial supervision. There are two true grey eminences in the economic-policy world today. These two old men, a year either side of 80...

Is Nicolas Sarkozy the first ‘Westerner' to occupy the French presidency? From the Caucasus in August 2008 to the Middle East in January 2009, is France under President...

The French civil servant behind the EU's response to the financial crisis. For an organisation notorious for chaotic economic policymaking and lacking a united voice on the...

Can Brice Hortefeux keep his career on its upward path with his general, Nicolas Sarkozy? Michèle Alliot-Marie now heads that interior ministry, but Hortefeux has...

The French president's criticism of established institutions leaves him looking powerless. On the eve of France's 12th presidency of the European Union, Nicolas Sarkozy, the...

Responsible leaders need to explain, not just to Irish citizens, but to all Europeans, some fundamentals about European defence. There is good reason to believe the EU has...

DOUBTLESS a great deal of attention at this week's European Council will be focused on the body language and tone of voice in the exchanges between Angela Merkel and Nicolas...

The new president of the European Council might not take up office until the second half of 2009, depending on when and if ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon is completed,...

“Now that the tide has gone out, the state of undress of many participants in the financial markets is there for all to see – bare bottoms all over the place.”Charlie...

Nicolas Sarkozy emerged from the Lisbon summit (18-19 October) proclaiming the value of a “comité des sages” which is to reflect on the future of Europe. But some...