Saturday

5th Sep 2015

Fighting the prejudice

Instead of outrage at the desperate people who are trying to reach Europe’s shores, public anger might be better directed at the prejudice which people from certain religions or with a certain skin colour face every day.

EU needs a European Media Fund

Instead of gambling away our future as suppliers of journalistic content to Silicon Valley platforms, we should create our own European media initiative.

Crisis situations are laboratories for human trafficking

Trafficking in persons not only flourishes during a disaster, it is a direct result of disasters, every bit as much as the infrastructural damages, the loss of life or the food shortages which garner far more attention.

News in Brief

  1. UN climate chief: No such thing as ideal pace for pre-Paris talks
  2. UK to accept 'thousands more' Syrian refugees
  3. Talks next week to soothe Northern Ireland tension
  4. Putin wants new 'coalition to fight terrorism'
  5. Lithuanian President: We must show solidarity on migration
  6. ECB signals plan to buy more bonds
  7. Report: Bulgaria and Hungary turn to Israel for fence technology
  8. EU to start destroying Mediterranean smugglers' boats
Russia's coalition of the unwilling

Western observers often say the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation was designed as a counterweight to Nato. Will it become one?

EU needs to step up its game in Ukraine

The EU should not expect Russia to change its posture in the foreseeable future, because confrontational EU and US relations suit the Kremlin.

Involving people in EU governance

The standard of EU governance should be a reason for citizens to want to stay in the Union, rather than an excuse to leave.

Nord Stream: The Sequel

Film studios like to back sequels as safe options, but why's Gazprom doing a follow-up to its German gas pipeline story?

EU needs to confront Dodik

Past concessions have merely delayed the day of reckoning with Bosnian Serb separatists.

Turkey's dangerous gambit

The statement issued by the North Atlantic Council on Tuesday said little but was still unable to hide the disunity within Nato.

Kiev's far-right problem

A far-right group is tapping into growing frustration among Ukrainians over the declining economy and tepid Western support.

The EU's darkest day

Monday July 13 will go down in history as the day Greece lost its independence, the day democracy died in the country that invented it and the day the EU took a decisive step towards self-destruction.

Yes or No: The consequences will be dire

The EU shares the blame for this sad and avoidable situation. It should do some soul-searching while it watches up to 10 million Greek voters make their fateful decision.

Europe commits suicide in Greece

With the current neoliberal austerity policies, other European countries will end up in the same misery and hopelessness as Greece.

How to combat anti-Semitism and Islamophobia?

The deadly attacks in Paris and Copenhagen have served as a wake-up call to European policy makers of the escalating reality of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and racism in Europe

Migrant crisis is just beginning

Mandatory quotas have become the main issue in the European debate on the immigration crisis. But the heart of the problem lies in source countries.

Srebrenica revisited

Twenty years after the massacre, Srebrenica still triggers dispute, and an endless stream of resolutions.

The 'Little European' mentality

Macron, Gabriel and their supporters can keep the red flag flying. The rest of us want less socialism and less centralisation in Europe.

Does Hahn get the Macedonia crisis?

Last week’s statement by Hahn on Macedonia’s election record comes at a terrible time and gives the impression he's out of touch with reality.