Analysis: Europe&#39;s not-so-cordial entente
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When French President Jacques Chirac visits Britain Thursday and Friday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the entente cordiale between the two countries, he will be treated
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European leaders will seek to reassure sceptical voters at a summit starting on Thursday by toughening policy on enlargement of the European Union, without though slamming the door on a queue of aspiring nations.
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Italian papers see MEPs&#39; rejection of Italy&#39;s nominee for European justice commissioner as a national humiliation - but some show a certain understanding for the decision, criticising Rocco Buttiglione&#39;s stance.
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Comment on the German mainstream parties' latest electoral setback in two eastern states provides one of the main topics in today's European dailies. In France, President Jacques Chirac and three new-found allies earn brownie points.
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October 31 2004 -- 1025CET -- Italy&#39;s Rocco Buttiglione, who had aroused deep hostility among EU deputies for his contentious words
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A European high court fails to see the obvious. Quelle surprise!
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However, their celebration of unity has been marred by uncertainty over its ratification and turmoil over the stalled European Commission.
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With less than a month to go before Spain holds the EU's first referendum on the European Constitution, not everyone is happy with the campaign.
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The European Union is an object of admiration and emulation in much of the world, yet it marks its 50th birthday this month little loved at home.
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PRAGUE, Jan 24 (IPS) - The enlargement of the Schengen free-travel zone  has been celebrated as an opportunity to reunite Western and  Eastern Europe, but those further east feel it was done at their  expense, and some in the West have not welcomed the change.
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As the political crisis in Ukraine deepens, editorials across the continent are focused on what the turn of events mean for Europe.
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The possible inclusion of adultery as a criminal offence in the Turkish Penal Code has sent Turkey&#39;s EU membership aspirations into a tailspin.
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PARIS One would think it was their leader being elected - and many Europeans believe it is, in a way. In a tremendous show of interest unseen in previous US presidential campaigns, Europeans on both sides
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In India, the European Union has an image problem. Seen as an impregnable economic fortress and yet a shaky political sandcastle, the 25-nation bloc faces an uphill battle to be taken seriously in the world's biggest democracy.
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Europe is in a serious tug of war situation. On one side America wants it in its age-old traditional mode of preserving Western Union of Nations through NATO.
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October was a cruel month for the European Union. Although the month closed on a high note with preliminary agreement on a constitution to mark the next stage in the institutional evolution of the EU, ratification of the document is far from certain.
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Good news has been in short supply for Europe&#39;s traditional industrial economies like Germany and France. Growth remains weak, unemployment high, labor markets are still rigid and the euro is soaring, pricing their exports out of the market.