Editorial
Simon O'Connor
Second time lucky?
Ireland’s deep economic crisis appears to have shortened the odds on a Yes vote to the Lisbon Treaty this autumn, as Jamie Smyth reports
Capital E
The man tipped to be Britain’s next foreign secretary appears set on undermining his country’s influence, writes Philip Stephens
Unopposed but not unchallenged
Shrewd pragmatist or puppet of Paris and Berlin? As José Manuel Barroso fights to secure a second term as European Commission president, Tony Barber assesses his record in office
Global Eyes
David Rennie asks whether the EU has the legitimacy – or the ability – to act as a global policeman
Battle for the Bundestag
As Germany prepares to elect a new federal government, polls show Chancellor Angela Merkel is more popular than any of her predecessors – and her own Christian Democratic Party. Bertrand Benoit reports
Another Angle
John Monks makes the social case for the EU’s Lisbon Treaty
Getting real with fakes
From luxury brands to cigarettes, toys, money and medicines, the EU is awash with counterfeit goods. Is it a battle the authorities can win? Leo Cendrowicz reports
Labourers lost
Europe’s dole queues are lengthening by the hundreds of thousands – but the picture is not universally bleak. Sean O’Grady reports
New ideas for an old alliance
The United States’ Ambassador to the North Atlantic Council, Ivo Daalder, talks to Simon O’Connor about winning the war in Afghanistan, resetting relations with Russia and rethinking NATO’s purpose and mission
Outside the Box
Forcing Ireland to reconsider the Lisbon Treaty is an embarrassment, argues Anand Menon
After Afghanistan
The Afghan experience will leave Europe’s armed forces drained and in search of a new purpose. As Richard Gowan writes, insufficient political will and empty state coffers will hamper rejuvenation
Liberty injustice?
With the Swedish presidency aiming to agree a new five-year work plan for justice and home affairs, David Charter asks whether the EU is striking the right balance between freedom and security
Russian Revelation
A view on the EU’s eastern neighbour by Andrew Osborn
The Baltic in a state
The EU’s new Baltic Sea Strategy aims to clean up a gravely threatened ecosystem while better integrating a region containing some of the Union’s richest and poorest countries. Can it work? Ian Traynor reports
Cameron’s coming
With polls pointing to a Conservative victory in Britain’s general election – which must be held by the spring – Andrew Grice asks just how Eurosceptic the next government is likely to be
Made in China
Clifford Coonan shares his front-row seat to this generation’s greatest story of change
Crossing the aisle in Paris and Washington
Both the US and French Presidents, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy, have brought key opposition figures into their administrations. As Fabrice Pothier argues, in both cases their policy influence has been minimal
Euroville
Geoff Meade gets to the bottom of things in the EU capital
Hidden Europe
One hundred years ago this September, Ängsö in Sweden became Europe’s first national park. As Nicky Gardner writes, the concept holds very different meanings from one country to another
