Editorials

Defence issues are vital enough for them to be left out of controversy. The European Council meeting will be specifically devoted to them and therefore has to be seen objectively and realistically as good news. In this domain certain things have been known for a long time: Not all Europeans share...

On 17th December Angela Merkel will take up her place as head of the German government again. She is now supported by a grand coalition which comprises 80% of MPs in the Bundestag. The following day she is coming to Paris in preparation for the European Council on 19th and 20th December. This...

Europe has been built on power sharing. Dialogue has been obligatory, negotiation organised, compromise forced - this has been the constrained path of European decision making. It has added a supranational dimension to discussions between States, a painful reminder of the obligations previously...

No one can remain unaffected by the human catastrophe in which hundreds of men, women and children perish as they flee poverty and war. The tragedy continues on a daily basis - this time it was off the coast of Malta but where will it be in the future? Will it be Syrians still. Maybe Egyptians?...