Spiegel March 8, 2010 Trans-Atlantic security needs have changed fundamentally in the last two decades. The East-West confrontation has ended, and Moscow now shares many interests with NATO. It is time for the alliance to open its doors to Russia, say German defense experts Volker Rühe, Klaus Naumann, Frank Elbe and Ulrich Weisser. more
The Wall Street Journal March 8, 2010 Germany expressed support for creating a “European Monetary Fund” that could bail out indebted nations in the euro zone, showing how Greece’s debt crisis is forcing Europe to rethink the institutional design of its common-currency area. more
The New York Times March 7, 2010 QUIMPER, France — HB-Henriot is one of the oldest companies in France, an artisanal producer of faïence — hand-painted glazed earthenware — since 1690. The company was founded here in Brittany for its waterpower and riverbed clay. more
Euractiv.com March 5, 2010 Beyond the headlines declaring a growing transatlantic divide, Europe and the United Sates still share the deepest and broadest economic partnership in the world and need to forge an innovation action plan rather than dwell on inconclusive debates, said US Ambassador to the EU William Kennard yesterday (4 March) in Brussels. […]
EuropeanVoice.com March 5, 2010 Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief, is to present her plans for the Union’s future diplomatic corps to member states’ foreign ministers in Cordoba, Spain, today. The European External Action Service (EEAS) will be the most controversial subject at the two-day informal meeting, at which ministers will discuss the Middle […]