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europe: after the constitutionWill Europe’s people be owners of their continent’s future, or mere spectators of it? And what would a democratic Europe look like? Reinhard Hesse and Andrew Moravcsik discuss politics, amity, and vision - while Paul Gillespie assesses the role of Irish diplomacy in making the constitution possible.
A stark European Union report on Bulgaria is an anti-populist political wager for hard times
The old continent was once the model for a new world. No longer. But its elites are in denial
Modern European history shows why representative democracy is better than direct
The Irish "no" to the Lisbon treaty is a political test for the whole European Union
George Schöpflin is wrong - Europe's peoples need a direct vote on how they are governed
Turkey's political fissures test its stability and put its orientation towards Europe in question
The idea of a referendum as instrument of the people's will belongs to a pre-democratic era
Ireland's rejection of the European Union's "reform treaty" exposes a democratic deficit in Dublin as much as in Brussels
After the treaty, the EU's test: regulate
globalisation and revive democracy
The European
Union's exhaustive progress carries a bitter price
The European Union's political future depends on myth-clearing and democracy-making
Warsaw's blocking approach weakens the European Union and damages Poland itself
The European Union must now raise its sights and learn to manage globalisation
A plan to link climate-change policy with biodiversity loss renews the twenty-year-old idea of sustainable development, says Ehsan Masood. Read the rest of this post...
The European Union has left the recovery ward. A demanding reform process now lies ahead, says John Palmer. Read the rest of this post...
The addition of a serious environmental dimension to the European Union's internal reform and soft-power diplomacy could yet make 2007 a year of vision, says Mats Engström. Read the rest of this post...
The European Union is marking its half-century in celebration and self-doubt. It is a historic achievement, says George Schöpflin, but the EU now faces two great challenges: renewing its legitimacy, and facing globalisation. Read the rest of this post...
Its first half-century has been a qualified success for the European Union. Its fate in the next depends on its ability to look outward, says Frank Vibert. Read the rest of this post...
A return to the origins of European integration in the 1940s-50s
reveals a more complex story than the official celebrations allow, says
Krzysztof Bobinski.
The European Union's half-century is a time for constructive self-reflection as much as celebration, says Aurore Wanlin.
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