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The
Centre for European Reform is a think-tank devoted
to reforming the European Union. It is a forum for
people with ideas to discuss the many social, political
and economic challenges facing Europe.
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France
and the UK are close to an agreement that would dramatically
improve relations EU and NATO. The two institutions
currently make poor partners. Besides Franco-British
disagreements, Turkish squabbles with the EU also impede
EU-NATO co-operation. France had long championed the
EU over NATO for defence co-operation but President
Nicolas Sarkozy has changed that. He has ordered his
diplomats to stop obstructing NATO’s work and offered
to return France to NATO's military structures.
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The
US has embarked on a new attempt to solve the Arab-Israeli
conflict, backed by wide international support. But
the situation on the ground between Israel and the Palestinians
is so bad that peace looks out of reach for now. The
Palestinians are divided and feuding; half of them are
outside the peace talks and virtually at war with Israel.
Clara Marina O'Donnell suggests how the EU can help
resolve the current stalemate and improve the prospects
for peace, in particular by convincing its American
and Israeli partners of the need to engage Hamas.
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After
more than half a decade of economic gloom, the years
2006 and 2007 restored some much-needed optimism to
Europe. Faster GDP growth and falling unemployment were
at least partly due to the implementation of structural
reform. But governments must not become complacent,
especially at a time when a global downturn is set to
test Europe’s economic resilience. The Lisbon Scorecard
VIII shows how much EU member-states still have to do
to encourage innovation, bring people into the workforce,
cut greenhouse gases and meet their many other Lisbon
targets.
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Turkey:
The constitutional frontline
article by Katinka Barysch, Open Democracy,
14 April 2008
Sarkozy's
bold European defence initiative
article
by Charles Grant and Tomas Valasek,
Financial Times, 24 March 2008
Too blue, too bellicose and too British
Blair is no shoo-in for EU president - especially
while a certain Irish dark horse could yet decide
to run
article
by Charles Grant, Guardian blog, 24 February 2008
A
prime candidate?
It's highly unlikely that Tony Blair will be president
of the European council, but if the omens were better
he would be an inspired choice
article
by Hugo Brady, Guardian blog, 11 February 2008
Absent friends
Britain would benefit from more constructive engagement
with Europe
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by Charles Grant, Progress, 1 February 2008
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