Diana Gregor
'Austria is a small world within the bigger world which challenges it," German dramatist Friedrich Hebbel once said. This quote rings true, especially today. Although it is true that the former empire is in many ways a veritable Garden of Eden - from a political, economic, ecological and cultural point of view it is one of the safest places on earth - a dark stain continues to stretch over Austria's history like an invisible shade.

Peter Zimmerman
Iran has stalled and teased and played the European Union three of Britain, France and Germany as an expert fisherman might handle the big one. For more than 18 years Iran violated its safeguards agreement with the Inter-national Atomic Energy Agency, in effect violating the Non-Proliferation Treaty, by conducting clandestine enrichment research and experiments without declaring them to inspectors.

Claude Moniquet
The question I was asked to answer today is not an easy one: is it any real threat of a wave of terrorist attacks sponsored by Iran, in Europe or in the United States, if a military operation is decided to solve the problem of the Iranian nuclear program? Sadly, I’m afraid the answer to this question is “yes”.

Frédéric Encel
Ethics has its place in geopolitics, contrary to popular belief. Ethics form a fundamental part of politics –otherwise a criminal relativism lies in store. Iran is gaining nuclear power of a specifically military type. This is their openly stated aim, even though Iranian diplomats currently claim the opposite. Iran is currently the third biggest oil-producing country in the world, the second biggest supplier of natural gas and, in addition, it is a country that could very easily install hydroelectric power stations.

Paolo Casaca, MEP
The time for Europe to end our two headed policy on the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism, Iran, is now.  Iran, in violation of the recent unanimous UN Security Council Chapter 7 Resolution, has not only failed to stop enriching uranium, it has said with defiance that it will continue to enrich at a greater pace.