European Daily - Europe's Daily Newspaper
Pre-launch Edition – 

Europe’s daily newspaper launching in 2012

Four years ago we started on a journey to create a daily newspaper for Europe. We began with this online concept site featuring mainly aggregated news. In the summer of 2011 we published a 'preview edition' in print with content written exclusively for us to more accurately present our vision for the European Daily. We are now preparing for a full-scale launch – in print, on mobile devices and online – in 2012.

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Our mission, duty and privilege

The daily newspaper is the mirror in which a society sees itself. It sets the agenda, gives common points of reference and provides a forum for debate about issues that matter to all. Reading the newspaper together with the morning coffee might seem a trivial daily routine, but it is one of the pillars of a truly vibrant and democratic society.

Over the past decades, momentous events have reshaped Europe’s political, economic and social landscape. Millions of people now live in a European country other than their own. Many Europeans regularly cross borders to work, study or simply for vacation. We share the same political institutions, often carry the same money in our pockets and, increasingly, rely on English as a common language. These are all features of our daily lives. European society is a reality, whether people feel European or not.

Yet, strangely, daily news is still largely covered from national perspectives. Events, developments and opinions are seen through national lenses and feed into separate narratives. State borders no longer prevent us from moving around the continent freely, but they still manage to isolate debates and hold back the free flow of ideas and arguments. Meanwhile, many important issues are decided at the European level, from how we run our economies to the food we eat.

Without common points of reference, Europeans talk past each other. Daily news reporting and analysis demands a European perspective. For us, that means untangling complex issues and bringing them into a wider context to show how they impact on the everyday life of Europeans, whether they live in Lisbon or Helsinki. We believe that this can be provided by a European daily newspaper.

In the end, what is currently missing is intelligent and independent journalism that gives form to Europe by analysing, debating and criticising issues from a European perspective. Providing this will be our mission, our duty and our privilege.

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Europe
BY France 24 | PHOTO AP
PUBLISHED 11:30, January 28, 2012
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France and Afghanistan will ask NATO to hand over all combat missions to the Afghan military in 2013, a year earlier than planned, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday. It signaled a sharp break by France, the fourth-largest troop contributor in Afghanistan, from its previous plans to adhere to the U.S. goal of withdrawing combat forces by the end of 2014. The proposal was made a week after four unarmed French troops were killed by an Afghan soldier described as... [Read more]

Europe
BY The Economist | PHOTO AP
PUBLISHED 11:33, January 28, 2012
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It was a swift, and surprisingly productive, about-turn. After declaring war on the IMF and repeatedly rejecting calls from the EU to change contentious laws, Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister, insisted this week in Brussels that he was open to discussion. “We are ready to consult on all issues,” he told the Wall Street Journal. “Some disagreements are... [Read more]

Business
BY Reuters
PUBLISHED 09:19, January 27, 2012

Greece and its private creditors made progress on Thursday in talks on restructuring its debt, both sides said, and they will continue negotiating on Friday with the aim of sealing an agreement within a few days. Athens needs a deal quickly to avert a chaotic default when a major bond redemption comes due in March. Greece’s creditors are demanding that... [Read more]

Abroad
BY BBC News
PUBLISHED 21:03, January 27, 2012

The Arab League’s monitoring chief has warned of an escalation of violence in Syria in recent days, as the government intensifies its crackdown on protests. Gen Mustafa al-Dabi said the violence would make it more difficult for the two sides to engage in talks. Activists say 135 people have died in two days. A BBC reporter in Damascus says the... [Read more]

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Sport
BY The New York Times
PUBLISHED 09:02, January 26, 2012

Barcelona, Spain — Barcelona knocked out its archrival, Real Madrid, in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, securing a tense 2-2 draw and delivering another blow to the ambitions of Madrid’s boisterous coach, José Mourinho. Although Real Madrid staged an impressive comeback, rallying for two goals in the second half, the result was not enough to reverse... [Read more]

Culture
BY The Guardian
PUBLISHED 14:49, January 26, 2012

European stereotypes: what do we think of each other and are we right? – interactive. As the European crisis ratchets up antagonism between countries, there has been a rise in name-calling and finger-pointing: from lazy southerners to domineering northerners, with plenty in between. And that’s before the football starts this summer. The six newspapers in the Europa project were asked... [Read more]

Opinion
BY Gareth Evans
PUBLISHED 15:45, December 28, 2011

Written by Gareth Evans

Václav Havel, the Czech playwright and dissident turned president, and North Korean despot Kim Jong-il might have lived on different planets, for all their common commitment to human dignity, rights, and democracy. When they died just a day apart this month, the contrast was hard for the global commentariat to resist: Prague’s prince of light against Pyongyang’s prince of darkness.

But it is worth remembering that Manichaean good-versus-evil typecasting, to which former US President George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair were famously prone, and of which we have had something of a resurgence in recent days, carries with it two big risks for international policymakers.

One risk is that such thinking limits the options for dealing effectively with those who are cast as irredeemably evil. The... [Read more]