Nationalism, xenophobia and insularity threaten the European Union's fundamental values. On Europe Day, let’s reaffirm those values and move forward to a more integrated Europe.

The presence of the EU flag without anyone beneath to represent it at the recent Hannover summit is testimony to the secondary role that Europe plays on the international stage.

After lagging in the polls, ‘Bremain’ campaigners have now come out on top in the most recent voting intentions, with two months to go before the 23 June vote. But many people are still undecided, threatening to shake both the country and the entire EU to their foundations.

On the eve of Angela Merkel’s and some top EU officials visit in Turkey, Turkish columnist Cengiz Aktar reviews the country’s implementation of the refugee flow stemming agreement and the current state of Ankara’s EU accession path. Contrary to what Ankara or Brussels may say, both are in some kind of stalemate.

Panama papers on the one hand, domestic corruption scandals in Spain, Brazil, South Africa, Romania and nearly everywhere else on the other. The world seems to be getting more corrupt, but the public is getting more aware and less forgiving, says international expert Alina Mungiu-Pippidi.

The GEN Summit 2016 will gather over 600 international editors-in -chief and media experts in Vienna, Austria next June to tackle "The Rise of Platform­Driven News". Speakers from CNN, Twitter, The Washington Post, Mashable, NBC News, and many more will present a variety of thought -provoking sessions identifying real media solutions.

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Sixty years after the Schuman declaration that launched the European project, the Eurozone crisis has called into question the essence of the union. To regain confidence, the EU27 must jettison the stereotypes of the past, argues the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.