On 19th September 1946, British Wartime leader Winston Churchill called for a ‘United States of Europe’ during a speech in Zurich. Sixty years later, the British still do not want to join a federalist project – time for reflection?

On 17 September the European Union's second highest court slaps Microsoft with a 500 million euro fine for violating antitrust regulations and abusing its monopoly of the market - they have two months to appeal

Last May, the German daily newspaper Tagesspeigel warned that in Berlin one child in three lives off 'Hartz IV' (government aid). This is a new high for Germany and is more than twice the national average. Is it an avatar of reunification?

The Poles have made up the second largest national minority in Berlin for years, but the eternal stereotype of Polish migrant workers has been disappearing of late. New blood is coming into the city - bringing students, artists and businessmen

In line with World Water Week, Hamburg has been observing 2007's 'Days of Water' since 22 August. A vitally serious issue is at the core of this series of remarkable events

1 August is the Swiss national holiday – an occasion to reflect back on Swiss moves towards joining the EU

In Switzerland, some are urging accession to the EU to recuperate the country’s sovereignty.We talked to the General Secretary of the New European Movement Switzerland (NEMS)