President Barroso discusses the priorities for the new European Commission in tackling unemployment, 2020 Growth Strategy, climate change and structural reforms of the financial markets in conjunction with partners globally.

With only days before the final vote on Sunday, 7 February, Yuliya Tymoshenko is still looking for a game-changing strategy to leapfrog Viktor Yanukovych, who beat her into second place in the first round. Her campaign faces three main problems.

Whether we want it or not, almost every day we share personal data about ourselves. These data are collected, processed and then stored out of our sight.

Is this really too much to ask of our national leaders? If it is, then we had better prepare ourselves, Lisbon or no Lisbon, for a deepening European twilight says Nick Whitney from European Council on Foreign Relations.