As we noted in our previous blog on the potential 'Stage 3' of EU sanctions on Russia, the options considered by the European Commi...

France's Mistral warships seem to be off the table As Greek daily To Vima and the FT have been reporting, there is a draft going a...

(l-r) The foreign ministers of Italy, Spain and France EU foreign ministers will meet tomorrow to discuss what to do with Russia in ligh...

In a recent briefing, we stressed that David Cameron needs to pick a 'heavy-hitter' as UK's next European Commissioner if he ...

UPDATE (14:15) - One possibility we have not considered in our original blog post is that European Commission portfolios can change. They...

We have been following the post-summit press conferences of EU leaders. Here is a round-up of the highlights, starting with German Chancello...

Now it's official: Italy's anti-establishment Five-Star Movement will try to form an alliance with UKIP in the new European Parlia...

Henri Guaino, a French MP from the centre-right UMP party and a former special advisor to President Nicolas Sarkozy, has an interesting in...

So, about Ukraine... Arriving in Luxembourg this morning to discuss events in Ukraine with his European counterparts, British Foreign Se...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has this morning struck down the EU's Data Retention Directive by declaring it "invalid"...

On Friday afternoon Open Europe released a new flash analysis looking at the links between the City and Russia. Much has been written on ...

We flagged up last week that the debate on EU migrants' access to benefits was kicking off in Denmark - potentially leading to a row ...

German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, is visiting his counterpart, William Hague, in London today. Although the visit doesn...

David Cameron and François Hollande have just held their joint press conference following the Anglo-French defence summit in Oxfordshire. ...

The year is 2017. It's time to negotiate! Will Britain achieve a new settlement in the EU, and if not, on what terms would it leave? T...

It's that time of year when the European Commission either assigns gold stars to or puts black marks against member states based on how ...

The headlines above speak for themselves. From time to time, the European Commission makes an announcement that it wil...

Last Saturday was the tenth anniversary of the Swedish referendum on the euro, and our Director, Mats Persson, wrote this piece for the G...

As we noted in our previous blog post, Syria has again shown that the EU holds almost as many foreign policy positions as there are states...

Plenty to ponder over Syria Following the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Assad’s regime in Syria, the stakes have been raised....