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What Libya says about the future of the transatlantic alliance

Essay by Tomas Valasek
29 July 2011

Libya is the first war fought according to Barack Obama's rules, with the United States taking a back seat. The Europeans responded well: by taking decisive military action to maintain the stability of their neighbourhood.
Why the eurozone needs debt mutualisation

Insight by Simon Tilford
28 July 2011

The attempt to run a common monetary policy without a common treasury has failed. Debt mutualisation is necessary if the eurozone is to survive.
Britain, Ireland and Schengen: Time for a smarter bargain on visas

Essay by Michael Emerson
28 July 2011

Travellers to the Schengen area – the EU's passport-free travel zone – can move freely between most EU countries but need separate visas for Britain and Ireland, which maintain their own border controls.
Issue 79 August/September 2011

22 July 2011
Was the euro summit a game changer?
By Philip Whyte
Europe's date with destiny
By Hugo Brady
Britain draws the wrong lessons from Libya
By Clara Marina O'Donnell
Marine Le Pen and the rise of populism

Insight by Charles Grant
20 July 2011

Marine Le Pen's anti-EU populism resonates in much of northern Europe. Debating the CER's director, Charles Grant, she claimed she was neither left nor right.
The new EU budget: A missed opportunity

Insight by Stephen Tindale
11 July 2011

The Commission's proposals for the EU's 2014-2020 budgets are a missed opportunity, representing no substantial change. Spending on agriculture should be greatly reduced, that on cohesion re-focused and that on climate greatly increased.
Repowering communities: Small-scale solutions to large-scale energy problems Energy policy is at a crossroads

Report by Prashant Vaze , Stephen Tindale
11 July 2011

Attempts to meet targets for carbon emissions, energy security and affordable energy for vulnerable households are all on a trajectory to failure.
Innovation: How Europe can take off

Report by Esko Aho, Jim Attridge, Amar Bhidé, Albert Bravo-Biosca, Nicholas Crafts, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Malcolm Harbour, John Kay, Helga Nowotny, Andreas Schleicher, Michael Schrage and David Willetts., Philip Whyte, Simon Tilford
08 July 2011

Every EU government supports innovation, believing that it will help Europe to meet the numerous economic, social and environmental challenges that it faces.