The European Council on Foreign Relations

Commentary: José Ignacio Torreblanca

Trench warfare

Snubbing the European Union never came so easy or at such a cheap price.
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Tomatoes and foreign policy

Europe has to make up its mind: it's either tomatoes or immigrants.
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A Kosovan eye-opener

There is no way back from Kosovo's declaration of independence - we must accept this and start helping to build a prosperous nation.
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Orlando's refusal

Spain's policy on Cuba it's a wait-and-see attitude, and not an absurd one; but we should not use the word "policy".
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Piñata capitalism

Europe should have a stronger voice when it comes to reforms in the financial system.

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Visible immigrants

The only relevant question about immigrants is whether or not their children will go to university.
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Zapatero, stay cool. And if necessary, be boring.

Interview with Jos? Ignacio Torreblanca on what to expect from the Spanish EU Presidency in times of economic crisis and institutional innovation.
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The European grill

Every EU presidency faces unexpected crises; now Hait? is rapidly becoming the crisis that tests both the Spanish rotating presidency and the EU's capacity for coordinating foreign policy action.
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A Bush under the tree

Obama has spent the year picking up the lost balls left behind by Bush, now he's ready to play again in 2010.
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EU presidency baton goes to Spain

Spain will need to put national interests aside if it is to help give the post-Lisbon Europe real influence on the world stage.
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World climate authority

We only have one planet. But we are managing it by outdated means: sovereignty was good at controlling feudal lords a couple of hundred years ago. Perhaps it is in the area of the climate change that the supranational EU can be a model for the rest of the world?
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Iron diplomacy

How is it that Spain, a country that has recently known a long dictatorship, is so insensitive to activists for democracy and human rights in other countries?
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Reflecting for action

What will Europe's leaders do with the reflection group's report, which aims to be straight talking, concise and legible, when Felipe Gonz?lez delivers next year?
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Diplosaurs

Europe's Foreign Ministers must do all they can to help the new High Representative if the EU is to enjoy a fully functional foreign policy.
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Cold feet in a Turkish bath

Nobody wants to admit it, but Turkish accession negotiations are dead in the water
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