Thursday, January 16, 2014

Climate policies are more important than targets

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The European Commission is due to publish its proposals for a 2030 climate and energy framework on 22 January. The European Council will dis...
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Monday, January 13, 2014

Gas on troubled waters?

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The discovery of natural gas resources beneath Cypriot waters is complicating the region’s politics. If poorly managed, the development of C...
Monday, December 16, 2013

What Germany's new coalition government means for the EU

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Almost three months after the general election in September, Germany finally has a new government. In a grassroots referendum, members of Ge...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Not flashy but effective: Closer EU co-operation in defence investments

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This month, European leaders will discuss how to strengthen EU military co-operation. It is the first time that defence has been on the Eur...
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Monday, December 09, 2013

The Eastern Partnership: The road from Vilnius leads to …?

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The EU’s Eastern Partnership has run out of steam. It was launched in 2009 with the stated goal of creating "the necessary conditions t...
Thursday, December 05, 2013

David Cameron and EU migration: Nasty, visionary – or just necessary?

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David Cameron said last week that Britain will try to limit EU migrants’ access to the UK’s welfare system, within the current rules. His st...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

The EU's 'yellow card' comes of age: Subsidiarity unbound?

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EU law-making is undergoing a profound change in an oddly-shaped annex to the European Parliament building in Brussels. Here, officials work...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Britain is held back by its business culture, not the EU

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British ministers like to talk of the British economy being in a ‘global race’, and of the need for their countrymen to shape up and raise t...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Ukraine: Edging towards the EU?

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Ukraine, to its sorrow, has always been on the frontier between Russia and the rest of Europe. Its name even means “Borderlands”. For centur...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Is Putin going soft?

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'The Valdai Club' is an annual public relations exercise for the Russian leadership. A group of international think-tankers, academi...
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