How often do you wish you could speak to someone who has died? How many questions would you love to ask your departed loved ones? Thanks to new technology, the opportunity to do so is not far off

Starved of offices, staff and funds, does the EU actually want the foreign ministry it has created?

Angela Merkel has her arm twisted over Greece, but retaliates with a petty snub

Even pro-European commentators in Britain have been turning against monetary union and questioning the EU's democratic credentials. Charles Grant says that Emu would not have the dire economic consequences they predict and that Brussels institutions are imperfect but reformable

Charles Grant talks to Jacques Delors about Europe and what he plans to do with the rest of his life