Until recently Community news had no specific editorial space and was covered in the international pages. The profiles of correspondents as well as their status in the editorial offices and specialized sections on which they depend therefore gives an image of foreign correspondents. Yet the nature of the news which they cover and their working conditions belie what seems to be a legacy of the past - one that various attempts to create dedicated editorial spaces are trying to remedy. The difficulty that editorial boards have in creating a Europe section is indicative of a type of news that does not fit with traditional sections in the media. European news, at once national and supranational, political and technical, specialized and general-interest, lends itself to diverse treatment situated in different historical and national settings. The British case suggests a treatment of such news which is above all political and national, whereas the French situation indicates the changing nature of the EU with the introduction of journalistic practices that try to move away from an expert and technical approach.