Diário de Notícias sees US presidential candidate Barack Obama's speech in Berlin as signalling a new chapter in US foreign policy that puts an end to the United States' traditional isolationism: "Although Barack Obama is not US president yet ... he can already draw 200,000 people to Berlin! ... Readers will question how this adulation can work to his advantage, since there were no US voters in the audience. But actually it does help him. America and Europe cannot continue to live with the contempt Europeans show for the presiding US president. ... The world is too dangerous a place to leave its strongest power alone. Never before has a US president felt the need to justify himself before other countries before assuming office - Obama did so yesterday. ... Yesterday the almost 200-year-old Monroe Doctrine died." (25/07/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Ferreira Fernandes

Commenting on the speech held by US presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Berliner Zeitung warns Europe against relying too much on the United States. "Citizen Barack has spoken - and has said nothing new. ... His agenda is well thought-out and could equally well have been conceived by political thinkers in Europe, but on many points it is pretty abstract. ... You can talk to Obama, and he will listen. That is already a big improvement on recent years. But as in the past important decisions will continue to be taken in Washington. That was, incidentally, the way it was under Democrat presidents like Bill Clinton or John F. Kennedy too. So even if Obama does become president, it will not be sufficient to rely on transatlantic dialogue. The Europeans must intensify their efforts to formulate a common security and foreign policy of their own, support a strengthening of the United Nations and expand the possibilities for civilian international crisis prevention." (25/07/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Daniel Haufler

Le Monde reflects on whether Barack Obama might be a difficult partner for Europe if he becomes US president: "Europe knows Barack Obama well, but this is not true the other way round. ... According to surveys a majority of the peoples of Europe are for Obama, but governments have a number of reasons to be more cautious. The candidate showed a protectionist attitude towards trade, [for instance]. ... On the issue of Iranian nuclear energy the Europeans found his proposal to hold an unconditional meeting with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad worrying. ... Finally the Europeans may have to fear requests for assistance from Obama, particularly in Afghanistan. Like in the Bush-Kerry race in 2004, some analysts are predicting that the Republican candidate John McCain will demand less of a war effort from the Europeans." (24/07/2008)

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According to De Volkskrant US presidential candidate Barack Obama is profiting from Europe's growing influence on the international stage: "That Obama is able to use this continent as a trump card is down to the US's changed perception of Europe. In recent years America has had to face up to the limitations of its power in Afghanistan and Iraq, and also in other international issues such as the Israeli-Palestinian problem and the uranium dispute with Iran. Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy are assuming increasingly dominant roles in international diplomacy. What became clear after September 11, and is becoming ever clearer now, is that since the end of the Cold War our world knows no universal values of which the US is the main,or sole representative. ... America needs its old NATO allies once more, with whom it shares common interests and values. ... In the midst of this metamorphosis Obama has a wonderful opportunity to make his mark." (25/07/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Willem Post

The left-wing liberal newspaper Pravda thinks European enthusiasm for Barack Obama will have little impact on US voters: "If the US elections were taking place in Europe, we would not have to wait till November to find out the name of the winner. But even on the old continent Obama is primarily addressing the Americans. He wants to emphasise his good relations with Europe so as to silence his critics at home who call him a foreign policy novice. ... In the states he has visited in Europe Obama is way ahead of his rival McCain in the popularity stakes. But the Americans could not care less what the Germans or the French think of their candidate." (25/07/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Miloslav Surgos

The EU's interior ministers decided yesterday at a meeting in Brussels to postpone a decision on taking in Iraqi refugees until September. The Swedish minister for migration Tobias Billström has called for a common EU strategy for dealing with asylum applications from Iraq because so far Sweden has taken in the majority of Iraqi asylum-seekers. Dagens Nyheter believes this issue will be decisive for the EU's immigration policy as a whole: "As EU Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres stressed last month in a speech in London, developing a common asylum system is a crucial step towards enabling the EU to offer protection to those who most urgently need it. How the countries plan to reach agreement that such protection is indeed necessary is a key point that touches on yet another vital issue for the EU: its viewpoint on the refugees themselves. Refugee and immigrant issues are tricky, but it is obvious that the trend is towards a xenophobic rather than a compassionate stance. Berlusconi's Italy serves as a warning example. With its active commitment ... to a common strategy Sweden - which [so far] has had to personify the humane stance on its own - has a chance to put Europe on the right path." (25/07/2008)

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Hannibal al-Gaddafi, the son of the Libyan leader Muammar al Gaddafi, and his wife have been arrested in Switzerland for mistreating their cleaning lwoman and released on bail for a large sum of money. Now Libya is threatening to curtail oil deliveries to Switzerland, and two Swiss citizens have been taken into temporary custody in Libya. The daily Le Temps sees this diplomatic conflict as a conflict of values: "The escapades of the Arab oil tycoons in European capitals, where many of them lead the good life, are diametrically opposed to the practices of Islamic fundamentalism, which disturbs and worries the European public. ... The French authorities did not find it difficult to ignore the faux pas of the Gaddafi family, for example, when they confused the Champs-Elysées with a Formula 1 racetrack. The systematic beating of their cleaner belongs in a different category. ... The overt crisis between Libya and Switzerland is in many respects a conflict about values and culture. ... This form of tacit exemption from punishment for the rich and powerful no longer applies when human rights and respect for women are at stake." (24/07/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Daniél Miéville

Ta Nea comments on the EU's role in resolving the Cyprus problem: "There are great uncertainties, particularly regarding the political situation in Turkey. But many have started to recognise that perhaps ... for the first time the [resolution of the Cyprus problem] is a realistic possibility. ... This fact [that Cyprus is a member of the EU] must be taken very seriously and used in the search for a solution. It is clear that the negotiations will take place under the auspices of the UN. But the EU ... can put together ... a package of guidelines for a solution. ... Cyprus's membership of the EU must be a factor in finding a solution and not - as was recently the case - an obstacle." (25/07/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Pavlos Ioakimidis

Thirty years ago Louise Brown, the world's first test-tube baby, was born in a clinic in Manchester. The newspaper Information risks a look at what the future holds: "The birth of Louise Brown revolutionised mankind's possibilities for reproduction in a way that no one could have foreseen at the time. ... According to Nature magazine, genetic engineering will allow us to transform skin cells into egg cells and sperm and create artificial wombs. This means that by the time Louise Brown is 60, infertility will be a thing of the past and women who are a 100 years old will be able to have children. The current debate about designer babies seems naïve in view of these possibilities. The prospect may seem frightening, and it may be hard to resist the urge to reject these developments if the whole thing gets too complicated. We are nostalgic ... for the past and romanticising a life lived in harmony with the laws of nature. But we forget that nature is actually about constant change and that the revolution in reproductive technology, including genetic engineering and stem cell research, also offers fantastic potential for improving our life here on Earth." (25/07/2008)

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In an article for Helsingin Sanomat Juhani Kortteinen of the International League of Human Rights examines the consequences of discrimination in the EU. "Even though discrimination takes on different forms, at the centre is always a human being who because of his background ... is deprived of equal opportunities. ... Naturally, ethnic minorities are not the only victims of discrimination. People with disabilities, women and homosexuals are still frequently subjected to discrimination. ... Serious cases of discrimination within the EU pose a threat not only to the fundamental rights of the Union, but also to the entire process of EU integration. ... Diversity at the workplace and elsewhere in society can be a useful resource both for companies and society as a whole. The economic and other costs of discrimination are higher for society than the cost of protecting equal rights and the opportunities for diversity." (25/07/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Juhani Kortteinen

In early July preliminary proceedings were opened against certain managers at European aerospace corporation EADS in the alleged insider dealing affair. According to the business paper Financial Times Deutschland, the reactions in Germany and France to the ongoing affair reflect the differences in the two countries' legal cultures. "It is becoming increasingly clear how little the French and the Germans regard the aerospace company as a joint project. The German side's distrust of its French partner appears totally exaggerated in this case. ... Of course it would be naïve to discount the role of political interests in this strategically important company. ... The fact that the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has already closed its part of the investigation should not be seen as evidence that the enquiry is not being conducted properly; rather, the French stock exchange supervisory board is being particularly rigorous in its bid to demonstrate that it is free of political influence." (25/07/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Gerhard Hegmann

Der Standard warns in view of rising oil prices of populists whipping up public antagonism to "speculators": "The dramatic rise in oil prices has triggered a frenzied search for scapegoats not only in Austria. ... Alongside the usual suspects, the oil multinationals, it is the speculators who drive up the prices on the oil market in Rotterdam and get rich at the expense of ordinary citizens who are the target this time. ... The fact that at the same time the world finance system has slid into a deep crisis is grist to the mill of critics of neoliberalism. ... The chief causes of the current financial crisis ... are to found in bricks and mortar: In the USA, Ireland or Spain far too many houses have been built that no-one wants to buy. In addition the Americans have been living beyond their means. ... Admittedly, in the United States too, 'speculators' are currently the favourite targets and serve as a pretext for absurd legal proposals. In Europe such sentiments have more unpleasant connotations. For denouncing speculators and sharks was traditionally a component of anti-Semitism." (25/07/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Eric Frey

The newspaper Cotidianul condemns the fact that the subject of communism is not dealt with in history lessons at Romanian schools: "As long as communism is not talked about at schools all the endless debates about lustration and former secret service agents seem increasingly unproductive. ... To this day former spies for the secret services receive generous pensions on which they can live comfortably for the rest of their days while former political prisoners are the last ones to receive any kind of compensation for their suffering. And in Bucharest there is no equivalent to Budapest's 'House of Terror' - in other words a museum dedicated to the subject of communism. Those in power have never seriously considered integrating lessons on communism into the curriculum. ... But if they showed a willingness to do so a genuine rather than just a theoretical condemnation of communism would be possible." (25/07/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Mirela Corlatan

The Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, which is published in Catalonia criticises the French attitude to minority languages. "Whereas almost all EU countries have signed a ... declaration on the preservation of minority languages, France has refrained from doing so. Its attitude towards languages other than French that are spoken in France is the most blatant example of an exaggerated centralism, which is practiced in other European countries, too. ... There was no need for French to annihilate other languages spoken in domestic or rural settings in order to defend itself. ... Can the situation be rescued? Only with difficulty, for once languages are dead or almost dead, they cannot be revived even by Latin, which was once the origin of many languages." (25/07/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Carlos Sentís

The Czech capital has shot up the list of the world's most expensive cities and is now ahead of Berlin and Brussels. According to Pražský deník, however, Prague still has a long way to go before it becomes a European luxury city: "Prague is pleased to be able to boast low unemployment and a high level of satisfaction of its citizens with their lives in the city. Less pleasing is its rise [up the league table] to become one of the world's thirty most expensive cities. Prague thus joins the ranks of the showcase luxury cities. But for a variety of reasons that is not what it is. Every citizen of Prague knows about the traffic problems, about the taxi drivers who cheat you, about the noise and pollution. Prague has a long way to go before it can call itself a showcase city." (25/07/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Jan Puci

The conservative newspaper Heti Válasz expresses its views on how the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing are being instrumentalised for political goals: "The Olympic Games are a matter of prestige for most nations, particularly for the great powers. The glory a nation achieves in the sports arena is part of the 'soft power' that alongside economic and military power is a prerequisite for exerting international influence. ... The world will gape in astonishment at the wonderful performances of the Chinese athletes. But few will reflect on the fact that many of these athletes were taken from their parents at an early age and - cut off from the world - forced to train under inhumane conditions and disciplined with beatings, as is customary under a communist regime. ... China is a great power that wants to become even greater. The Olympic Games and Chinese sport are being made to submit to this goal." (25/07/2008)

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Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Anita Orbán