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Sunday, 26 March 2017

We are prepared to deal with terrorists

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The sponsors of terrorist acts against European countries should be told two things. First that we are much better prepared to prevent...
Saturday, 25 March 2017

EU at Sixty

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The EU leaders today met in Rome to celebrate the 60 th anniversary of the common European political dream. And they approved a Declarati...
Sunday, 19 March 2017

Challenging times

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I went back to the notes I wrote at the beginning of last year and noticed I had pencilled that 2016 would be a year of political renewal....
Saturday, 18 March 2017

UN funds should not be cut

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The new US Administration plans to cut in a big way the country´s financial contributions to the UN. This decision, if it materialises, wi...
Monday, 13 March 2017

Too much despair

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About 30 years ago, the famine in Ethiopia became a big story and millions of people responded to the call. Live Aid was launched and hund...
Thursday, 9 March 2017

Europe´s unity

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Donald Tusk has been re-elected as President of the European Council. The Council brings together all the Heads of State and Government of...
Monday, 6 March 2017

Time for some tough questions about North Korea

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Kim Jong-un, the North Korean dictator, is a crazy man. But above all, as a political leader, he is tremendously dangerous. For his people...
Friday, 3 March 2017

Juncker´s options

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Now that Jean-Claude Juncker has presented his ideas about the options regarding the future of the EU, a matter that I will discuss in the...
Tuesday, 28 February 2017

When the generals write open letters

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Over 120 US flag officers – generals and admirals – wrote an open letter yesterday to remind the key leaders of Congress and the top peopl...
Monday, 27 February 2017

German politics

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Martin Schulz spent many years in Brussels first as Member of European Parliament and in the end, as its President (Speaker). A few weeks ...