Commentary"The entire Balkans are not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadierFri Mar 26 1999 - 00:00
CommentaryThe nomination of Mr Romano Prodi as president-designate of the European Commission is a smart and timely move by the Berlin …Thu Mar 25 1999 - 00:00
Solving deficit in democracyIn its ruling on the Maastricht Treaty the German Constitutional Court argued in 1993 that European democracy had to be based…Sat Mar 20 1999 - 00:00
Lafontaine's fall could set scene for EU realignmentsWINNERS and losers from the fall of Oskar Lafontaine are not only domestic but Europe-wide as well.Sat Mar 13 1999 - 00:00
Dynamics of devolution raise conflict for BlairRon Davies, the former Secretary of State for Wales, says devolution in Britain "is a processSat Feb 20 1999 - 00:00
New nightmare looms over Albanian questionBalkan specialists fear a nightmare scenario which would see the Albanian question emerge from the Kosovo crisis as a potentially…Sat Feb 06 1999 - 00:00
Bad time for public dispute with FlynnIf it is true that the Agenda 2000 negotiations on the EU's budgets, agricultural and cohesion policies, structural funds and…Sat Jan 30 1999 - 00:00
Hungary presses EU for accession dateThe approach to the presidential reception room in Vienna's Hofburg Palace brings one through a succession of breathtaking Rococo…Sat Jan 16 1999 - 00:00
Not much sign of success as Czechs find the fruits of democracy sour`We lack experience of freedom and democracy," says Vaclav Zaoralek, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the Czech parliament…Sat Jan 09 1999 - 00:00
A currency born in union of economics and politicsPolitics and economics intimately combine in the birth of the euro - not only within the broad framework of the European Union…Sat Jan 02 1999 - 00:00
Spring is backed by Cabinet for top EU jobThe Government "is ready to do all it can" to support Mr Dick Spring's candidature for the job of Secretary-General and High …Mon Dec 14 1998 - 00:00
EU ready to help in Russia's financial crisisRussia's economic and political crisis was discussed in depth by EU leadersMon Dec 14 1998 - 00:00
Summit agenda reveals much about Austria's own identityIt is a true fact, as they say in Cork, that a majority of Austrians came to believe they were a nation only in the mid-1970s…Sat Dec 12 1998 - 00:00
Scots story of high interest to Irish"You chaps gave Ireland home rule in 1886, and look what happenedSat Nov 28 1998 - 00:00
Retaining identities within the EUThe Irish traveller in central and eastern Europe is becoming more used to sympathetic and informed interest in our country as…Sat Nov 21 1998 - 00:00
Integration an attempt to transcend nationalismA feature of many nationalisms is resistance to comparison in the name of national singularitySat Oct 31 1998 - 00:00
Poland's preoccupation with Russia and Germany alters in drive to EU"You don't get between a hippopotamus and waterSat Oct 17 1998 - 01:00
German citizen-state emergesPolitics is the daughter of history and history is the daughter of geographySat Oct 03 1998 - 01:00
Naked capitalism and the democratic deficitA week which saw British Petroleum and Amoco merge to become the world's third largest oil and gas company provides an opportunity…Sat Aug 15 1998 - 01:00
Britain's learning curve during EU presidencyJust at the point when the European Union is embarking on its most ambitious piece of integration it has initiated a high-level…Sat Jun 27 1998 - 01:00
Taoiseach invites Mandela to IrelandThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, had a meeting with President Mandela of South Africa yesterday after the conclusion of the summitWed Jun 17 1998 - 01:00
Summit expresses concern at latest round of nuclear testsIreland's recent initiative on nuclear disarmament was noted favourably in the summit conclusions on foreign policy dealing with…Wed Jun 17 1998 - 01:00
Summit welcomes Belfast AgreementThe European Council conclusions today will warmly welcome "the historic agreement" reached in Belfast on April 10th, and "its…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Use of violence by Yugoslav and Serb forces is condemnedThe European Council adopted a strong declaration on Kosovo which condemned the use of "indiscriminate violence" by the Yugoslav…Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
Identity begins at home but it can't end thereA constant theme running through the arguments about the European Union during the referendum campaign concerns its very nature…Sat May 23 1998 - 01:00
Stubborn Cyprus issue fails to yield to mediationPeace processes around the world are back in the news following the Belfast AgreementSat May 09 1998 - 01:00
European context helps underpin Northern accordOn his arrival in Northern Ireland this week Mr Tony Blair remarked that words are all-important in this peace processSat Apr 11 1998 - 01:00
Statehood, nationhood need to be unbundledNationality and citizenship are central issues in the endgame of the Northern Ireland peace processSat Apr 04 1998 - 01:00
EMU sceptics cling to outdated criteriaA running theme of recent discussion by Irish economists critical of Economic and Monetary Union is that its conception and design…Sat Mar 14 1998 - 00:00
Drumbeat on Iraq covers confused military aims`How", asked Karl Kraus, "is the world ruled and led to war? When diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they…Sat Feb 14 1998 - 00:00
Qualified majority voting extendedThe Amsterdam Treaty formally introduces the new principle of closer co-operation, or flexibility, to the European Union's decisionmaking…Tue Jan 27 1998 - 00:00
Flexibility issues revisited as euro viability threatens British exclusionOne year ago at the Dublin European Council, Mr Bruton, then taoiseach, paid tribute to the British prime minister, Mr Major, …Sat Dec 13 1997 - 00:00
Turks say they are `humiliated' by conditions on offer for accessionThe European Council faced a difficult task defining its future relations with Turkey last night as a dinner planned for this…Sat Dec 13 1997 - 00:00
Turkey's EU vocation remains on holdThe word "limit" is derived etymologically from the Latin limes, meaning boundary, notably of the Roman EmpireSat Nov 29 1997 - 00:00
History and geography rhyme for new GermanyIn the heart of the new Berlin, on the Potsdamer Platz, there can be found the Infobox, an architectural guide to one of the …Sat Nov 08 1997 - 00:00
Britain's EMU stance undermines its influenceJean Monnet's advice to Europeans negotiating with Britain when the EEC was founded in the 1950s was simple and to the point: "…Sat Oct 25 1997 - 01:00
Trouble at home reduces EU heavyweightMUCH of the political fallout from the Amsterdam summit flows from this paradox, phrased by a senior EU diplomat there.Sat Jun 21 1997 - 01:00
Treaty's flexibility provision is major departureFLEXIBILITY has become one of the new buzzwords of European integration during negotiation of the Amsterdam TreatyThu Jun 19 1997 - 01:00
Hong Kong's rapid changes undermine our stereotypesRETURNING from a short visit to China and Hong Kong during the final stages of the Irish election campaign, it is intriguing …Sat May 31 1997 - 01:00
Building bridges to foster pluralismTWO pieces of wanton destruction remain in the memory after a recent visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina: the offices of the multi-cultural…Sat May 10 1997 - 01:00
New Labour victory a positive sign for all of EuropeTHE scale and depth of Labour's victory will greatly facilitate the task it faces of putting Britain's relations with Europe …Sat May 03 1997 - 01:00
Evolving Europe will accommodate, not replace, national identitiesACCORDING to John Major and Malcolm Rifkind, British voters face a stark choice between preservation of the nation-state and …Sat Apr 26 1997 - 01:00
Labour victory would keep door open to vision for EUACCORDING to John Major, the Labour Party is unpatriotic because it is not prepared to see Britain isolated in EuropeSat Apr 12 1997 - 01:00
As Irish as it is possible to be in the circumstancesTHE Canadian equivalent of "as American as apple pie" is reported to be "as Canadian as it is possible to be in the circumstances…Sat Mar 15 1997 - 00:00
International role was central themeIRELAND's international identity and role have been central and growing themes of Mrs Robinson's term as PresidentThu Mar 13 1997 - 00:00
A real debate on implications of economic and monetary union getting under wayIT LOOKS as if a real debate is getting under way about economic and monetary union and its implications for Ireland and the …Sat Feb 08 1997 - 00:00
Enlarged NATO, EU to dominate political agendaTWO enlargements will dominate the agenda of European politics this year, that of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and …Sat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00
British election has international strategic implicationsSOME elections are more important than others in the history of the major European nation states - not only for their own citizens…Sat Jan 11 1997 - 00:00
Council satisfies Nordic leadersLEADERS of the three Nordic EU member-states, Finland, Sweden and Denmark, were generally satisfied with the outcome of the Council…Mon Dec 16 1996 - 00:00
