August 30, 2013
Europe has reacted with surprise – and a degree of shock – to David Cameron’s defeat in the House of Commons, which has de facto ruled out British participation in any potential military operation in Syria, at least for now. Here is a first round-up.In…
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Ashton, Cameron, EEAS, eu, France, germany, Hollande, House of Commons, italy, Syria, westerwelle |
February 26, 2013
Responses to the extraordinary results of the Italian elections have started to come in from around the rest of Europe, the most interesting of which we include below. Predictably, an instant raft of warnings has come out from Northern Europe and…
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France, germany, Italian elections, italy, Joren Dijsselbloem, mario monti, Netherlands, Spain, westerwelle |
January 23, 2013
Update – 14.10 23/01/13:Further reactions from Germany. DPA reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany will:”Talk intensively with the United Kingdom about their visions in detail” German government spokesperson Steffen Seibert added t…
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Cameron, Cameron's EU speech, European media, media, Merkel, reaction, thespeech, UK media, UK-EU relations, westerwelle |
October 11, 2012
A lot of people on both sides of the Europe debate got very excited last month about the ‘Future of Europe’ report produced by a group of EU Foreign Ministers chaired by Germany’s Guido Westerwelle. The report was certainly controversial, not lea…
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BAE/EADS merger, defence, future of Europe group, Merkel, westerwelle |
September 25, 2012
The report presented by the so-called ‘Future of Europe’ reflexion group of eleven European foreign ministers, set up by Germany’s Guido Westerwelle, hasn’t gone down well in all quarters. The initiative was well-intentioned, for sure, but that’s w…
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September 19, 2012
The so-called ‘Future of Europe’ reflexion group of eleven European foreign ministers, set up by Germany’s Guido Westerwelle, to discuss and propose ideas on organisational and structural change in the EU held its closing meeting on Monday. Ye…
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britain in europe, democracy, EEAS, EU defence policy, EU foreign policy, EU reform, future of Europe group, German public opinion, germany, Merkel, Poland, westerwelle |
August 7, 2012
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has launched a diplomatic offensive in Germany, involving several interviews with the main German dailies. However, he made a faux pas while talking to German magazine Der Spiegel. Monti said,”If governments allow the…
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bundestag, eurozone, eurozone crisis, eurozone. bail-out, German Constitutional Court, germany, Merkel, monti, westerwelle |
May 14, 2012
“The EU can’t increase its budget, but has to use its resources better than it has done so far… We need to re-think of the use of EU funds. Calculating what share of each country’s contribution comes back in the form of European subsidies is no…
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March 26, 2012
Yesterday’s elections in the German region of Saarland saw a somewhat unexpected surge for Angela Merkel’s CDU party, which won 35.2% of the votes, ahead of the Social Democrats (SPD) on 30.6% and the far-left Die Linke on 16.1%.As Torsten Krauel comme…
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Baden-Wurttemberg, CDU, CSU, Die Linke, FDP, german regional elections, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Piratenpartei, Saarland, SPD, westerwelle |
March 23, 2012
Earlier this week, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle held a meeting with a number of his European counterparts dedicated to ‘conceptualising’ the political composition of Europe after the crisis has passed and provide some though leadership.Ahe…
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data retention, EU integration, eurozone. bail-out, German Constitutional Court, germany, posted workers directive, westerwelle |
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