Europe

The political course has become clearer and self-confidence has grown. Although the Irish have yet to give their approval to the Lisbon Treaty and the Czechs also see some problems, the EU has gained in stature during the financial crisis – something that many people did not expect to happen.More ...

In the heavy turbulences of the global economic and financial crisis, and after the change of power in the USA, the world of states is re-arranging itself. An interview with the Coordinator for German-American Cooperation in the German Foreign Office, Karsten Voigt (SPD).More ...

The European Union is a treaty-regulated voluntary association of currently 25 European democratic, rule-of-law nations. Following the Union’s enlargement in May 2004 with its 25 Member States, it is the world's largest internal market, a uniform economic area with almost 500 million inhabitants, a single currency and own political bodies. Yet Europe is more than the sum of these facts - an entity unlike any other in the world, founded after World War II to safeguard peace and prosperity in Europe, a continent that despite some setbacks is transforming into an ever closer community with shared political values.More ...