In an open letter to the President of the EU Commission, various human rights organisations call on the EU to conform with its own stated guidelines and condition its cooperation with Israel on the latter’s respect for human rights and international law.

The EU’s recent decision to upgrade its ties with Israel flies in the face of the latter’s flagrant breaches of international law. Sadly, writes Arjen El Fassed, Europe’s warm relations with Israel don’t look like faltering any time soon.

Steve McGiffen looks at the state of democracy after yet another European electorate gets the wrong answer.

The Morning Star comments on a recent ruling by the European Court of Justice in favour of free trade, and against workers’ rights

George Schöpflin is wrong – Europe’s peoples need a direct vote on how they are governed.
The people’s direct voice in judging constitutional change in the European Union must be upheld, says Gisela Stuart in response to George Schöpflin.

This European targeting of illegal immigrants is hypocritical, draconian and undiplomatic, says Evo Morales

In the midst of a growing economic crisis, Ireland’s urban working class and struggling rural people have united to deliver a blow to Europe’s ruling elite. Harry Browne reports

The Lisbon Treaty will result in severe exploitation of eastern European workers, increased job displacement, de-unionisation and falling conditions in the West. Ireland should vote No, says Emma Clancy

Harry Browne reports on the run-up to the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland

At a time when supposed “progress’ is controlled by transnational corporations, the struggle for human emancipation requires perseverance and transnational political organization to be able to control the corporations that seek to control us, writes Susan George

We must avoid adopting an ill-conceived charter that places too much faith in the market and a US-led Nato, argues Susan George.

Instead of relying on the border police, the EU should assess the effects of its own policies on the poor, migrant-sending countries. Unless the policies that perpetuate the conditions for poverty and injustice are changed, the reasons for migration will remain. Susan George reports.

Steve McGiffen considers the erosion of democracy, as more and more questions are predetermined by unelected officials in Brussels.

Corporate Europe Observatory reports on how industry is using the European Biofuels Technology Platform (EBTFP) to push for a bigger guaranteed market in biofuels, to the detriment of the environment and the world’s poor.

Nicholas Jones examines an EU initiative for news management which is already producing some agonised soul searching among Europe’s journalists.

The ALTER-EU report "Secrecy and corporate dominance - a study on the composition and transparency of European Commission Expert Groups" reveals that industry controls a number of the Commission’s most controversial Expert Groups, including advisory groups on issues such as “biotechnology”, “clean coal” and “car emissions”.

The people of Ireland have a chance to decide their country’s future when the Lisbon Treaty comes up for a referendum. But Brian Denny warns that the EU is preparing to ignore them.

The EU’s mania for privatisation is standing in the way of a solution to the growing crisis of water supply in Europe and beyond, says Steve McGiffen

Referendums killed off the EU Constitution, a ‘blackmail’ that Europe’s elites will now avoid by forcing through the Lisbon Treaty without debate, writes Susan George. And Tony Blair is just the man some of them want to lead the way in this new Europe

Two new reports highlight the unavoidable emergency of climate change, writes Paul Rogers, and the key responsibility of governments in taking radical measures to address it.