Editorials

 The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union is an acknowledgement that reminds us what it has achieved on the continent. It is also an appeal to continue and overcome the present crisis.  After the Second World War, the second civilian European conflict which set the planet...

As the summer comes to an end the interminable talks about how to emerge from the crisis are starting again in Europe. Old formulae, timidity and role playing explain why it continues to rage. In the first category we can include the requests to relinquish budgetary seriousness to the benefit of...

Barack Obama, Christine Lagarde, Mario Draghi, David Cameron and all of our major world partners are asking Europe for a clear vision of its future so that the mistrust it has been the focus of can be overcome. Angela Merkel, Mariano Rajoy, Mario Monti and a number of European leaders have...

Any new power, whether in Germany or France, wonders why it should stay in a tête-à-tête, in the privileged dialogue of the unique couple formed by the two countries on the European stage. Jacques Chirac, Gerhard Schröder and Nicolas Sarkozy all at one time or another...