Opinion: A small step toward a European army
An historic breakthrough or just another attempt doomed to peter out? The EU plans to coordinate EU members’ military capacities
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Author: Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle
Greece left alone in the refugee crisis
EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos is “not the happiest person on earth,” he said in Brussels as he presented the
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Opinion: Apple, taxes, and just punishment
Margrethe Vestager reminds us of the purpose of the European Union. Only she – as European Commissioner for Competition –
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Nato and Russia want dialogue, not a new Cold War
The NATO summit in Warsaw is deciding on new troops for Eastern Europe. Russia is to be both deterred and
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Cyprus may torpedo EU-Turkey deal
Two days before the next refugee summit between the EU and Turkey, it is far from certain that a deal
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Opinion: EU levels empty Schengen threat at Greece
The EU’s current plan is to protect external borders and, if necessary, expel Greece – not from the eurozone, but
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Donald Tusk’s first year as European Council president
Do you remember Herman Van Rompuy? You don’t even remember the name? The Belgian was the first president of the
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Opinion: Looking away from the Greece-Macedonia border
Following the reprehensible terror attacks in Paris, politicians and the media have understandably concentrated on the security situation, the hunt
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Opinion: EU refugee summit over Balkan route has saved Europe for now
Facing the complete failure of the handling of the refugee crisis, key European Union (EU) states have agreed upon emergency
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