Race for top EU jobs turns murkier before elections
PARIS (Reuters) - The race for the European Union's top leadership jobs has turned murkier with news that Finland's prime minister is stepping down to seek a European role while...
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Crimean annexation does Europe’s separatists no favors
MADRID/PARIS (Reuters) - Russia's annexation of Crimea after a snap referendum staged under military occupation has whetted some appetites in the Balkans, but has done no favors to the Scots,...
‘En attendant Godot’: Europe waiting for France
PARIS (Reuters) - As President Francois Hollande goes through the French mid-term ritual of sacking his government and appointing a new one, promising a dynamic "fresh start" after a local...
Cold War reflexes return to Europe over Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) - The Cold War is back. Russia's military seizure of Crimea and preparations for a possible annexation of the southern Ukrainian province have revived fears, calculations and reflexes...
Cold War reflexes return to Europe over Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) - The Cold War is back. Russia's military seizure of Crimea and preparations for a possible annexation of the southern Ukrainian province have revived fears, calculations and reflexes...
Neither U.S. nor EU has strategy for Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - There's nothing like an old-fashioned expletive to add spice to a transatlantic difference of opinion. But when U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland was caught using...
Japan-China tensions take center-stage with Abe in Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Tensions between Tokyo and Beijing took centre-stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday as Japan's prime minister called for military restraint in Asia...
Analysis: Old Europe vs. New Europe in race for Commission chief
PARIS (Reuters) - Donald Rumsfeld sparked uproar among Europeans a decade ago when he depicted a split over the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq as pitting "Old Europe" against "New Europe"....
Analysis: In banking reform, Europe zig-zags but still moves forward
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union does not draw straight lines. Last week's tortuous agreement on a common system for shutting failed banks exemplifies the awkward, often unstable compromises by...
Analysis: ‘Brussels consensus’ widens gulf with EU electorates
PARIS (Reuters) - Call it the Brussels Consensus. A system of beliefs rooted in European Union treaties helps explain the growing gulf between policy elites and ordinary citizens that may...