"While America votes, Europe cannot sleep....
Guardian While America votes, Europe cannot sleep. The to-do list looks like this Timothy Garton Ash: Progress in three vital areas - jobs, Muslims and neighbours - will enable our leaders to look the new president in the face
The Return of al Qaida SWP An 8-page German paper assessing the current status of al Qaida and the implications for Europe
As if to prove that “when it rains, it pours”, Pakistan took yet another step towards chaos with the assassination on December 27th of Benazir Bhutto, the country’s former prime minister. This comes on the heels of months of protests by the country’s lawyers and judges, a mounting Islamist challenge to Pakistan’s secular nature, and the increasing isolation of Pervez Musharraf’s regime. With Bhutto’s untimely death, the country’s best hope for stability – a power-sharing agreement between Bhutto and Musharraf – is no longer possible. And while Pakistan remains relatively calm for now (it could be worse), a violent regime change or even a civil war no longer seem implausible....
Battle of Kosovo By: Anna Di Lellio | The Guardian
Kosovo's aspiration for independence has come face to face with the very same forces that bloodily denied it to Bosnia.
Walker's World: A Union of the West By MARTIN WALKER (UPI) -- Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur this week proposed in a long essay "a true union of the West" between Europe and North America, which received a warm response from France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy.
France: Nicolas Sarkozy's public romance may make headlines but it does nothing to assuage the concerns of his peopleEngaging EU voters, especially in London, is important because:...........
What, if anything, is Europe to do about Pakistan?
by Melissa Ball and Tomas ValasekAs if to prove that “when it rains, it pours”, Pakistan took yet another step towards chaos with the assassination on December 27th of Benazir Bhutto, the country’s former prime minister. This comes on the heels of months of protests by the country’s lawyers and judges, a mounting Islamist challenge to Pakistan’s secular nature, and the increasing isolation of Pervez Musharraf’s regime. With Bhutto’s untimely death, the country’s best hope for stability – a power-sharing agreement between Bhutto and Musharraf – is no longer possible. And while Pakistan remains relatively calm for now (it could be worse), a violent regime change or even a civil war no longer seem implausible....
Liverpool ready for Europe party
A cast of more than 600 performers will officially launch Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture.Battle of Kosovo By: Anna Di Lellio | The Guardian
Kosovo's aspiration for independence has come face to face with the very same forces that bloodily denied it to Bosnia.
Walker's World: A Union of the West By MARTIN WALKER (UPI) -- Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur this week proposed in a long essay "a true union of the West" between Europe and North America, which received a warm response from France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy.
France falls out of love
Philippe Marlière: Excitement about Nicolas Sarkozy's romantic life masks a growing public malaise over his reforms
A president in love
France: Nicolas Sarkozy's public romance may make headlines but it does nothing to assuage the concerns of his peopleEngaging EU voters, especially in London, is important because:...........
Kosovo's independence and its global ramifications
C. Cem OĞUZSarkozy's mixed report card
France's president has asked private sector consultants for a performance report on his ministers. Here is their confidential report on the presidentEU-Africa economic partnership agreements: opportunity or car crash?
If the EU's trade policy is to fulfil its potential as a "powerful instrument for African development", its system of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) needs a rethink, argue Kalypso Nicolaïdis and Paul Collier for Open Democracy.NGOs slam draft version of EU biofuel law
A group of NGOs have written to EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, calling on him to introduce much tougher standards for biofuel production or give up mandatory transport biofuel targets altogether. The warning came ahead of the publication of new legislative measures aimed at promoting the use of these alternatives to oil.ECB attacks on wage claims raise tension with trade unions
A series of attacks by European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet on collective bargaining agreements that adapt wages to increased costs of living have been strongly criticised by trade unions throughout the EU.DOSSIER: New nuclear power plants for the UK | 11/01/2008
Like France and Finland, the UK is promoting greater use of nuclear power. Given increasing oil prices and climate warming, the British government sees nuclear power as a clean and secure source of energy, and has approved construction of new atomic power plants.
DOSSIER: The Portuguese will not be voting on the European Treaty | 10/01/2008
Portuguese Prime Minister José Socrates announced on January 9th that he will be submitting the Lisbon Treaty to Parliament for ratification, thus dropping the idea of organising a referendum on the new European Treaty. The European press analyses the implications of this decision.
Georgia's Election: Article Roundup
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Hospitals in Europe: pain in the wallet
A guide to social security the French way (to help avoid a head-ache or heart attack when you check your bank balance)Why Engaging EU Voters is Important
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