Can SPD escape Merkel’s long EU shadow?

The SPD supports the aid package for Greece which is understandable, but does the SPD  has any room to maneuver in the EU issues to look as the opposition party at least from time to time?

What’s next for Catalonia after the elections

CiU lost some seats, ERC gained – What it means ? Will it strengthen the push for the independence or on the contrary?

EUCO: Winners and losers

EU summit ends without budget deal.

Is Morsy seeking a confrontation?

It was pretty clear that Mohamed Morsy’s decree will meet a strong opposition, wasn’t it? So why is President Morsy doing this? Is he seeking a confrontation, or not and why?

Catalonia: On a collision course with Madrid?

Opinion polls show most Catalans will vote for pro-independence parties as the Catalonian parliamentary election will take place on November, 25.

Polish Breivik and extremism in Poland

A Polish man was arrested for planning to detonate a four-ton bomb in front of the Parliament building in Warsaw. Polish PM Donald Tusk said the the suspect was discovered as investigators looked into Polish links to the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik.

Why is Obama visiting Burma?

Barack Obama is the first POTUS ever who visited Burma/Myanmar.

Petraeus’s and Allen’s Emailgate: Problem of trust between allies?

As David Petraeus served as ISAF Commander, the same with Gen. John Allen, would you say this “Emailgate” may have some impact on the relations within NATO in terms of trust? Do you expect some reactions from the European allies and should they react somehow?

Xi Jinping vs Hu Jintao

Xinhua: CPC congress concludes, new central committee elected.

CIA Director David Petraeus resigned from his post citing extramarital affair

What kind of  effect it may have on CIA and on the legacy of Petraeus?