The Treaty of Amsterdam — 25 years on
The then heads of state and government of the EU member states, with — in the centre — the late Jacques Chirac of France and the late Helmut Kohl of Germany, at the signing of the 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam…
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Was the EU’s response to Shireen Abu Aklek’s funeral enough?
The funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh last month (Photo: Screengrab/Al Jazeera) The assassination of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was widely condemned, especially by the European Union. The image of the EU Representative in Palestine trying to mediate for Israeli Occupation…
Disabled children and the war against Ukraine
The war against Ukraine and homemade policy decisions are causing disastrous conditions for disabled children living in institutions. The EU should ensure its humanitarian aid involves this vulnerable group while also supporting community-based disability support, writes Florian Sanden. Florian Sanden…
Sánchez takes risk by snubbing Catalans
Is Pedro Sánchez (pictured on election poster) afraid concessions will cost him the next election? Catalan autonomy is unpopular in the rest of Spain (Photo: Helena Spongenberg) At what point will Catalonia’s Republican Left decide enough is enough? The separatists…
ALDE Protecting our Future [Promoted content]
As we gather at the ALDE Conference in Dublin over the next few days to discuss the many issues confronting Europe we all know that by working in solidarity we remain stronger than ever. Our core demo are held close…
The last thing Europe needs is another war on its doorstep
Sarajevo. Bosnia was once the poster child for international reconstruction efforts, flooded with attention and $14bn of international aid, making it a laboratory for arguably the most expensive and innovative democratisation experiment in history (Photo: Michał Huniewicz) If Bosnia and…
Putin forgot to ask Russian people’s permission for Ukraine
There are many imponderables in Russia’s Ukraine war — but one thing for sure is Putin will not rule indefinitely, as he envisaged he would from changes in the Russian constitution he made just three years ago (Photo: kremlin.ru) It…
‘2000 Mules’ Repackages Trump’s Election Lies
A new documentary from Trump allies makes the latest case the election was stolen, but the group behind the claim has been assailed even by some on the hard right. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have…
Southern Europe needs a ‘V4’ equivalent
With the re-election of Emmanuel Macron, southern EU member states constitute a fairly homogeneous group led by pro-European governments and pro-EU leaderships, despite their governments belonging to different political groups (Photo: morberg) Regional groupings have been gaining influence in the…
E. Robert Wallach, 88, Lawyer Linked to Reagan-Era Scandal, Dies
Convicted in a fraud case that took down an attorney general, he successfully appealed, and later defended himself in a related case. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have