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future of europeEurope’s divisions over war in Iraq have not prevented it agreeing the enlargement of ten new members and an constitutional treaty. What will a continent-wide European Union look like? Which vision of Europe do you want?
Start with our interactive visions map, or dip into Europe Prophecies, a rolling diary of stories from the corners of Europe. And if you want to know what's new with the European Constitution, read what Convention members Frans Timmermans and Jens-Peter Bonde have to say - they're living it.
Send your own thoughts to openEuropa@openDemocracy.net, or post on the discussion board...
The reality of Europe's interdependence takes longer to penetrate on British shores
France's Euro vote reveals a rearmed right, lost left, and broken centre. But there's a green gleam
Latvia’s financial meltdown raises questions about the role of a neighbour and regional power
The sacrifice of an institution without a purpose would strengthen the European Union itself
The EU's democratic flaws make elections to the European parliament matter less than they should
Europe's parliament, an institution set to play a greater role, leaves European Union voters cold
The EU's east-west divisions reflect a failure to understand the union's own history
The idea that the EU should try to solve the continent's financial crisis gets its nature wrong
The countries' fight over gas supplies is a lesson in a relationship gone wrong with no exit door
The EU's leadership passes its overflowing in-tray to Prague. A bumpy ride is in prospect
The "Agos" editor
killed in Istanbul on 19 January 2007 speaks for life and
truth. Plus: Hratch Tchilingirian on
Dink's background, and Fatma Müge Göçek on memory and hope
How the fears of Ireland's voters could shape the European Union's destiny
Two crises - the financial crash and climate change - reveal two faces of Europe
Alexander Lukashenka has won a total victory. But is that what Belarus's president wanted?
The Caucasus war is Europe's opportunity for coherence vis-a-vis Moscow. Here's how to take it
The Georgia-Russia war provokes European governments into surprising initiatives
The Georgia-Russia crisis is a challenge to Europe to make its own foreign policy tell
Turks should not give up on Europe - it's still an agent of progress. But a silence must end
A stark European Union report on Bulgaria is an anti-populist political wager for hard times
The search for a political solution to the Cyprus problem is at a delicate stage
The formation of a new government offers modest hope of progress in the path to Europe
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
Afghanistan's hope of progress and security is withering. It's now or
never for Europe
The Kosovo-Serbia endgame is an alarm-call for Europe's policy in the region
The agreements that govern European-African trade need a late rethink
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