Opinion pieces

  • The EU can ignore Eastern Europe at its own peril, by Katinka Barysch
    Yale Global Online, 17 April 2009

    The glow of the G-20 summit and some less-than-awful economic data have brought some faint signs of optimism to Europe. But in the European Union’s Eastern member-states, the risk of economic turmoil and political backlash is still tangible.

  • The wages of recovery, by Simon Tilford
    The Wall Street Journal, 15 April 2009

    Everywhere in Europe the talk is of the need to cut costs. Companies have no choice but to respond to declining profits by reducing expenses.

  • Turkey's future lies with Europe, by Katinka Barysch
    The Guardian, 07 April 2009

    Barack Obama would not have needed to say it. The fact that he is visiting Turkey as part of a European – not a Middle Eastern – tour shows where he thinks Turkey's future lies: in the EU.

  • Obama’s European Scorecard, by Josef Joffe, Tomas Valasek, Patrick Weil
    The New York Times, 07 April 2009

    Europe’s Kind of Guy

    Josef Joffe

    Barack H. Obama is not George W. Bush — that is the difference, and the 44th president has been going to town on it ever since he was inaugurated. In fact, he swept the Europeans off their feet even before the election.

  • Yes we can - and here's how, by Hugo Brady
    E!Sharp, 03 April 2009

    The credibility of Ireland’s already weak government will be on the line when it puts the Lisbon Treaty to a second referendum later this year.

  • Why can't Europe and Turkey get along, by Katinka Barysch
    Time Europe, 02 April 2009

    Now that Turkey's local elections are out of the way, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is free to focus on economic and political reforms.

  • Ten years on, the eurozone must beware of Greeks bearing debts, by Charles Grant
    The Times, 29 March 2009

    Europe's leaders have plenty to fret about. The Czech Government, which holds the EU presidency, has collapsed. The European Commission is battling against the protectionist instincts of some states.

  • Viewpoint: EU enlargement woes, by Katinka Barysch
    BBC News, 16 March 2009

    The queue for EU membership keeps getting longer. The 27-nation EU has accepted Turkey, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Serbia and other Balkan countries as potential candidates. Recession-battered Iceland may follow.