MEPs fail to test Almunia
EuropeanVoice.com January 13, 2010 It would be misleading to say that Joaquín Almunia got an easy ride from the Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee, as there was hardly a ride at all. more
Month: January 2010
As NATO Redrafts Priorities, Albright Says Alliance Must Adapt To New Realities
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty January 12, 2010 Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says now is the time for NATO to “renew its vows” to provide security to its members in an increasingly dangerous world. more
So, who’s running the EU now?
The German Marshall Fund of the United States January 12, 2010 WASHINGTON – On January 1, Spain became the first country to take over the six-month rotating EU Council Presidency since the Lisbon Treaty went into effect a month earlier. To Madrid, therefore, falls the challenge of shaping how the new and improved EU will […]
The gain with Spain
The EuropeanVoice.com January 11, 2010 Mark Twain, the author of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, is credited with having said “history may not repeat itself, but it rhymes a lot”. Twain’s aphorism has particular resonance now, with Spain occupying the EU’s rotating presidency, for it was 15 years ago, during an earlier Spanish EU presidency, that […]
UK’s Ashton seeks ‘more credible’ EU
BBC January 11, 2010 The EU is now in a position to assume a “stronger, more credible role in the world,” the nominee for the EU’s top foreign policy post says. more