The New York Times March 10, 2010 BRUSSELS — The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, appealed Wednesday to her critics and those waging internal turf wars over the creation of a new European diplomatic corps not to let infighting wreck a “once in a generation” chance to increase Europe’s global influence. more
BBC March 10, 2010 US Vice-President Joe Biden has again condemned Israel over a controversial building project, saying its approval undermined trust in the peace process. more
Spiegel March 9, 2010 A handful of European leaders want to move swiftly to create their own European take on the International Monetary Fund. The idea is to be able to independently address financial crises like that being experienced in Greece without the embarassment of turning to the IMF. But the move would be highly […]
The New York Times March 9, 2010 PARIS — Ten years after the euro, it’s still all about Germany, which isn’t the way it was supposed to be. In the run-up to the common currency’s debut in 1999, the air was thick with talk about harnessing Germany’s economic power, then enshrined in the mark. A […]
The New York Times March 9, 2010 JERUSALEM — Hours after Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. vowed unyielding American support for Israel’s security here on Tuesday, Israel’s Interior Ministry announced 1,600 new housing units for Jews in East Jerusalem. Mr. Biden condemned the move as “precisely the kind of step that undermines the trust […]