Latin America: Events in September
One point that certainly is worth singling out is the career of Fernando Lugo in Paraguay. The ex-bishop could become the county’s next president after next year’s presidential election and…
Articles, Briefings and Essays
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ENP: Georgia is top of the class
The European Commission is currently assessing the progress of its European Neighbourhood Policy launched two years ago, with much talk of an ‘ENP plus’ initiative being in the offing. A…
Hilary Benn Speech – How to make peace in the Middle East
Date: Monday 18 June Time: 6pm Venue: Grand Committee Room, House of Commons, SW1 The Foreign Policy Centre, the Fabian Society and the Young Fabians jointly held a debate on…
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Enlargement Problems
Fears that the ‘big bang’ enlargement of the European Union from 15 to 25 (and later to 27) members – without the adoption of the constitutional treaty – would lead…
Don’t forget the citizen!
Is Chancellor Angela Merkel going the wrong way about rescuing the EU’s constitutional treaty? A new Manifesto by the Euro Citizens’ Action Service (Ecas), issued in advance of next month’s…
Decision time soon for Kosovo?
Next Sunday – 21 January – some six million Serb voters will go to the polls in the first election since the new constitution (which proclaims that Kosovo is an…
A new treaty with Russia?
Perhaps the Polish government did the European Union a favour when it prevented the conclusion of an agreement with Vladimir Putin at last month’s EU-Russia summit, to begin the negotiation…
A Very Sporting Coup
"There's time to win the game ... and oust the government too!" These may have been the words of the Fijian army's rugby team coach at half time, when they…
Turkey – Train wreck ahead?
If it were only a question of meeting the economic requirements, there can be no serious doubt that Turkey would be fully ready to join the European Union by 2015,…
Mexico Hereafter
The seven judges responsible for the decision on a new counting of the votes have unanimously decided on the legitimacy of the electoral process occurred in July. With the confirmation…