Merkel: Nationalism and egoism out of Europe
By: EBR | Thursday, November 15, 2018
German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed Europe’s future with the members of European Parliament and the president of European commission Jean-Claude Juncker at the plenary session of European Parliament on Tuesday
Greek minister: Far-right rise in Europe needs a progressive federalism response
By: EBR | Friday, November 9, 2018
The election of Manfred Weber as the European People’s Party (EPP) Spitzenkandidat ahead of next May’s European elections confirms the right turn of the EPP, Nikos Pappas told EURACTIV.com on Thursday (8 November)
Europe: The psychological gap between East and West
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 6, 2018
The rift between Western and Central Europe runs deep. It is the result of different definitions of what the EU is and what it should be
Italy: The new Greece?
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Is Italy’s crisis the new Greece? Is it just as bad? Or different? Could it take just as long to resolve it?
Never mind Europe's ageing, the EU should focus instead on the impoverished young
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 6, 2018
The European Union has rightly been chided for failing to develop a strategy on ageing, but where it has really fallen down is on younger people
Merkel’s Way Out
By: EBR | Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Angela Merkel’s decision to step aside as party leader and not run again as chancellor in 2021 may have surprising consequences
“New” Perspectives For Europe
By: EBR | Friday, October 26, 2018
I am invited to talk about New Perspectives on Europe, but new ones fail me, and the Trumpian decay afflicting even the core of Europe makes me seriously question my old perspectives
EU candidate Alex Stubb calls for net-zero carbon by 2045
By: EBR | Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Should he be picked as the European People’s Party (EPP) lead candidate for the European Commission’s top job, Alexander Stubb vows to “work towards a carbon neutral Europe by 2045”
Greece’s Alexis Tsipras: A remarkably solid politician
By: EBR | Friday, October 19, 2018
Alexis Tsipras admired Hugo Chavez. Then he became Greece’s Prime Minister. Now, he’s Washington’s good friend
Brexit grabs headlines but Asia-Europe ties also matter
By: EBR | Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Britain’s noisy, self-destructive withdrawal from the EU will dominate this week's agenda
German politics: It could have been worse
By: EBR | Tuesday, October 16, 2018
The centre-right CSU and the centre-left SPD lost the state election in Bavaria. This spells some trouble for Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU-SPD coalition in Berlin
Will Italy’s finances shake Europe?
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Five Star leader Di Maio still has not learned that comments which may go down well during an election campaign can easily backfire for a senior politician in office
We must ease the cost burden on Millennials of integrating migrants
By: EBR | Tuesday, October 9, 2018
What is Europe's toughest challenge? Youth unemployment? Populism and Euroscepticism? The future of the eurozone and perhaps of the EU itself? It's none of these, worrying though they are
The EU needs a global leader, not a Spitzenkandidat
By: EBR | Tuesday, September 25, 2018
In years past, when the EU's future leadership was under discussion, the search was at least aimed at finding someone who could win worldwide recognition and respect
“Cool” Germany, really?
By: EBR | Monday, September 24, 2018
The Economist’s recent feature on today’s Germany as a model for all of Europe was fake news. The signs of crisis – mainly a widespread complacency – are already visible in financial markets
Time for Europe to re-evaluate the Nuclear Ban Treaty
By: EBR | Monday, September 24, 2018
In 2017, 122 nations adopted a landmark treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons under international law
A fair European Copyright system fit for the digital age
By: EBR | Thursday, September 20, 2018
On 12 September 2018, European news media closely followed the European Parliament in Strasbourg
Halting the drift between Central and Western Europe
By: EBR | Thursday, September 20, 2018
Two constituencies in Central Europe are essential to countering authoritarian tendencies in the region—and preventing centrist voters from being pushed toward the anti-EU fringe
Oettinger names and shames member states on long-term EU budget cuts
By: EBR | Thursday, September 20, 2018
Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Finland…. The EU’s Budget Commissioner Gunter Oettinger did not hesitate to point the finger at countries reluctant to increase their contributions to the EU’s next seven-year budget during a speech on Wednesday (19 September)
EESC president: MFF proposal is ‘not ambitious enough’
By: EBR | Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The European Economic and Social Committee will discuss on Wednesday the next multi-annual financial framework (MFF) with budget commissioner Gunter Oettinger
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