On March 6, the Special European Council saw 27 leaders of the European Union discuss the Russia threat and promote a strategic vision of disconcerting militarism. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had announced two days earlier that Europe had to spend more and indulge its various arms industries with greater attention than before. The ReArm Europe plan entails various measures intended to free up to EUR 800 billion in defence funding. This will entail something distinctly at odds with the standard EU mantra on balanced budgets: using the escape clause of the Stability and Growth Pact to bypass the Excessive Deficit Procedure.
EU politics
Riley Beggin – Report: Putin privately signals interest in ceasefire in Ukraine
European press have completely ignored this story, but the NYT reported on 23 December that Putin was prepared to talk about a ceasefire in Ukraine, and had previously made an offer in Autumn 2022 as […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck, Patrick Kaczmarczyk – Argentina: Devaluation and American interference, but no progress otherwise
No sooner had Javier Milei won the congressional elections with the help of unprecedented American interference in the election campaign than the libertarians regained the upper hand and once again celebrated the Argentine president’s economic […]
Geopolitics
Electronic Intifada: Maureen Clare Murphy – Renowned Gaza surgeon killed in Israeli detention
The death of a leading Gaza surgeon has brought renewed attention to the widespread and systematic abuses endured by thousands of Palestinians in Israeli lockup. Dr. Adnan al-Bursh, the 50-year-old head of orthopedics at Gaza […]
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