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Turkey before the election

Insight by Katinka Barysch
15 June 2007

I have recently come back from Turkey, where the mood is a mixture of relief, hope and anxiety: relief that the army has remained in the barracks; hope that the early election in July will result in a workable compromise between the AKP and the secularists; and anxiety that the crisis that started in April has done lasting damage to Turkish society and its political
G8 and world politics

Insight by Katinka Barysch
11 June 2007

Angela Merkel can be content with the outcome of the G8 summit in Heiligendamm which she chaired with her by now characteristic mix of modesty, determination and pragmatism.
European choices for Gordon Brown

Report by Charles Grant, Hugo Brady, Simon Tilford
01 June 2007

Gordon Brown becomes prime minister at a pivotal moment for the European Union. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have emerged as powerful European leaders.
On oligodemocracy and people power in Ukraine

Insight by Tomas Valasek
31 May 2007

There shall be no war, at least not now. On Sunday, President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich agreed to hold early elections in September.
Issue 54 June/July 2007

25 May 2007
Sarkozy, secularism and Turkey’s European future
By Katinka Barysch
Europe and America’s debate about foreign policy
External author(s): Tomas Valasek
Industrial policy – back to the future?
By Simon Tilford
Why treaty change matters for business and for Britain

Policy brief by Charles Grant, Hugo Brady
21 May 2007

If Britain blocks Germany's plans to forge an agreement on a new EU treaty, the consequences would be grim, according to this policy brief published by the Centre for European Reform and Business for New Europe.
Britain and Europe: A City minister's perspective

Essay by Ed Balls MP
18 May 2007

Britain's membership of the EU strengthens London as a global financial centre, argues City Minister, Ed Balls. The UK should engage actively with the EU, to ensure that its financial regulation is proportionate, flexible, and implemented effectively.
If Nixon could go to China, Brown can go to Brussels

Insight by Hugo Brady
17 May 2007

W.B. Yeats lamented a Europe where, in politics at least, “the best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity”. As Tony Blair bows out as UK prime minister, British pro-Europeans will identify with his sentiments.