The problems in Greece are forcing the creation of the European Union’s own instrument to tackle financial crises in the euro zone.
Proposals have surfaced from the European Commission which builds on suggestions from France and Germany to create a European Monetary Fund, in order to reinforce economic coordination and provide help to countries in difficulty.
The [...]

Bulgaria has begun parliamentary proceedings for staging a referendum on whether public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) should continue a special daily news bulletin in Turkish.
In a move which resembles the recent ban on Minarets in Switzerland, the Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boiko Borissov, and his ruling party GERB have publicly endorsed the campaign launched by [...]

In an astounding act of collective self-harm, EU leaders have chosen the perfect partnership of mediocrity and disappointment to be their Council President and Foreign Affairs representative.
The appointments managed to surprise and disappoint everybody in every country of every political persuasion. The Guardian and the Daily Mail’s front pages called it “the great EU stitch-up” [...]

I have been working for our French colleagues in the Parti Socialiste for 6 months now, and though I don’t know what a Jedward is, I have been able to experience ‘continental democracy’.
The debate about electoral reform in Britain has always been “PR or not to PR”, with the third way of AV or AV+ [...]

The Conservatives are always ready to implode over the continent. It’s a testament to David Cameron’s political skill/luck that he has specifically been able to avoid mention of Europe, keeping the focus of the debate on “I’m not Gordon Brown.” The Tory Party Political Broadcast was ’scrapped’ (I’m not sure if they even made one [...]