European Union

The former president of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso has been hired to work in London for US investment bank Goldman Sachs. Should the EU ban such career jumps to prevent its credibility from being damaged?

At the Nato summit in Warsaw US President Barack Obama spoke out critically on the conflict over Poland's Constitutional Tribunal. His words were then presented as praise for the government in a televised report by Polish public broadcaster TVP. The media discuss what he really said and whether he stepped out of line in expressing a view on the issue.

The EU finance ministers are discussing Italy's plans to bail out the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena with taxpayers' money. This would be a breach of EU banking rules according to which the owners and creditors must agree to pay part of the costs of a bailout. Do the rules really need to be adjusted?

The Euro 2016 has ended with the victory of the Portuguese team. Commentators disagree: does football help to overcome crises?

The participants at the Nato summit in Warsaw have agreed to station 4,000 soldiers in Poland and the Baltic states to protect these countries from Russian aggression. Is this military build-up the right way to deal with Moscow?

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The 18th bilateral summit between the EU and China takes place on 12-13 July in Beijing. Discussions focus on political and economic relations as well as global and regional issues, in the framework of the jointly agreed EU-China 2020 strategic agenda for cooperation.

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