"Petition for Ms. Europe"
Citizens sign up to petition for Ms. Europe
In just one day, over 1000 signatures were collected for an internet petition demanding that heads of state and government appoint at least one woman to the four top positions in the EU.Carla Bruni gushes over blind date with 'six brains' Sarkozy
France's first lady Carla Bruni reveals how she was "swept off her feet" by President Nicolas Sarkozy.America: five eurosceptic myths about sick old EU
With the stock market jittery over Iraq, the housing crisis and huge trade deficits, investors are wringing their hands about the US economy. Chinese and Indian economies roar, but what about Europe on the eve of the EU-US summit in Slovenia on 9-10 June
Europe must end violence against the Roma
It would be bad news for Europe if Italy's approach towards the Roma, of exclusion and expulsion, became the standard, write Emma Bonino, Jan Marinus Wiersma and Andre WilkensUN summit to issue 'hunger plan'
The UN food summit in Rome, called in response to soaring prices, is to oultine plans for urgent action.The Blame Game
Are biofuels behind soaring food prices?The Future of Russia-EU Relations?
So the path is clear for the negotiation of a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between Russia and the European Union. How these talks turn out will be quite interesting as a test of the following:1) Europe's ability to formulate and sustain a common position as the EU-27 when dealing with Russia;
2) Russia's ability to pursue its own strategy of accommodation and integration with Europe on its own terms;
3) The ability of "New Europe" to sustain its own Russia-skeptical approach and to argue for the EU to adopt positions closer in line with American skepticism about Russia
