Tomas Valasek
Tomas Valasek
Sarkozy's bold European defence initiative
Financial Times
24 March 2008
Gordon Brown will welcome Nicolas Sarkozy to London on March 27. Almost 10 years ago, their predecessors as British prime minister and French president, Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac, launched the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) at St Malo. At this week's Franco-British summit, defence co-operation will once again...
Adieu, Europe?
Open democracy
29 June 2006
The machinery of the European Union has recovered from the shock of the failed French and Dutch referenda, but not the heart that pumps it, says Aurore Wanlin.
When the French and the Dutch voted against the draft European Union constitution in May 2005, many thought this was an unprecedented crisis...
When the French and the Dutch voted against the draft European Union constitution in May 2005, many thought this was an unprecedented crisis...