Editorials

Rather than focus on the causes of the Ukrainian crisis, which has now become the Russian crisis, we should look into the effects this will have on Europe. In Europe a permanent member of the UN Security Council has repeatedly breached the UN Charter, likewise all of the regional treaties that it...

The reappearance in 2008 and 2014 of the use of armed force and of outlawed methods within Europe is a serious matter for concern on three counts. The defence of minorities, a frequently used pretext reminds us of the Sudeten crisis. Its rhetoric is lethal for continent. Taking territory to...

In 2014 all of the European institutions will be elected à new Parliament, Commission, Presidency of the European Council and the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy. It is therefore an opportunity for the Union, now that we are emerging from the crisis, to learn...

Defence issues are vital enough for them to be left out of controversy. The European Council meeting will be specifically devoted to them and therefore has to be seen objectively and realistically as good news. In this domain certain things have been known for a long time: Not all Europeans share...