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...welfare benefits since the heyday of Charles de Gaulle, this model is seriously outdated in the age of globalization and in the context of France’s (and Europe’s) demographic decline. France has stagnated: It has the second-lowest growth rate in the European Union (EU), one of the world’s most regulated job markets, spiraling government debt, and a work week that has been limited to 35 hours since...
Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, meets with his Western counterpart, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, on Wednesday in Turkey, amid growing signs that the diplomatic process may be inching towards some sort of breakthrough...
Today, Britain lacks the muscle, economic and military, to intervene by herself. And this is where the EU comes in. Initially conceived partly as a vehicle to stop European decline in international influence, the organization was right to stress publicly that an affront to Britain is an affront to all Europeans. All foreign ministers and the German EU presidency used strong language to condemn the Iranians, to the point that Iran warned them against using “unguarded statements...
...only should the EU leadership continue using strong language, but also they should meet them with tangible and forceful economic and diplomatic consequences. After helping topple the Iranian government repeatedly for oil interests in the age of empire, Britain understandably has a rocky relationship with Tehran. But Europe is the main negotiator with the regime on its nuclear ambitions because of its perceived status as a counterbalance to American dogmatism. Furthermore, it is the largest trading partner of an increasingly isolated but affluent government. Using Professor Timothy Garton Ash’s terminology in a recent Los Angeles Times piece...
...teach Iran’s magnanimous president that actions like this will have consequences, both in terms of trade and nuclear ambitions. Although it is hard to argue for less economic profits and tougher diplomacy, decisive action now is not just about seducing a specific, key constituency for the EU future, but also about proving the organization’s ideological relevance for the future. That is a crucial step toward realizing the last line of the EU 50th birthday declaration: Britons included, and despite the English Channel, “Europe is our common future...