Editorials

The President of the French Republic declared that France was at war and invoked article 42 § 7 of the Treaty on European Union. The Member States “shall have towards it an obligation of aid and assistance by all the means in their power” However, no European leader has wanted to...

The overwhelming emotion caused by the terrorist attacks in Paris is an obligation. Our thoughts immediately go to the innocent victims, but also to the first of these: the idea of a civilised world.The negation of the lives of others and of one's own existence is the absolute crime. Nothing can...

The public outcry caused by the images showing the extreme distress of migrants crossing the Mediterranean has succeeded at least in reminding Europeans that asylum is, first and foremost, a right that is part of their fundamental texts and that it is the result of a moral duty. The surge of...

Alexis Tsipras wanted to dynamite “liberal Europe” and “austerity”. He has demolished some obdurate myths that have been poisoning Europe. The European Union is much more democratic than any government, which after having lied to its electorate, asking them for...