Editorials

Sometimes I have been criticised for not giving enough examples to illustrate my train of thought, which is however drawn from experience. Here is one that summarises perfectly my calls to provide the European Union with the attributes of its power in the world arena. Air transport is not governed...

Of the divisions that have emerged within the European Union the most serious of these is undoubtedly the one now dividing the East and the West. With the exception of the exemplary Baltic States, which are lively democracies reinvented after a period of Soviet occupation, a club of Member States,...

NATO embodies the transatlantic link that unites the democratic nations committed to the promotion of freedom and an organised international order, especially in Europe. It is a vital balanced military alliance binding the two shores of the Atlantic, but it is less and less a symbol of the...

As in all democracies the political landscape in Europe is in turmoil. The traditional forms of exercising power are under challenge. The main parties are contested. The coalitions that emerge after a proportional vote are increasingly difficult to put together. The extreme right and left-wing...