EU politics
Euronews – EU greenlights controversial return hubs in ‘strictest-ever’ new migration law
When Georgia Meloni did this there was an outcry. Now that the EU is doing the same there’s barely a whimper. Read the full article HERE.
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Climate Crisis
Politico – Don’t let Big Tech hide ecological cost of AI, environment agency chief tells EU
If Big Tech can build data centres and hide the energy consumption of those data centres, transparency is dead in the EU. Read the full article HERE.
EU politics
Euronews – Germany resists EU members’ push for a tougher stance on China
Germany’s confusion about the sort of relationship it wants with China is symptomatic of an EU that hasn’t woken up to the fact that it can’t compete with Chinese manufacturing and neither can it afford […]
EU politics
Euronews – EU approves sanctions on Israeli settlers after Hungarian backing
After three years of genocide, the European Union finally does something to punish Israel, though that ‘something’ is very little indeed. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
David Cronin: Genocide denier heads group seeking to muzzle lawmaker Rima Hassan
Free speech is sacrosanct in the European Union – just not sacrosanct enough to protect Palestinians and their supporters. Read Article HERE Rima Hassan, a lawmaker under attack from the Israel lobby. (The Left in […]
Economics
Aurelien – My Temporary Enemy’s Temporary Enemy…Can be my temporary friend.
Unfortunately, understanding how the world works now, making sensible suggestions and carrying them out require exactly those skills and competencies which western governments and western societies have sent the last generation or more carefully destroying. […]
EU politics
Middle East Eye – Spain’s Sanchez asks EU to block US sanctions on ICC
The leader urges the EU to protect independence of the international court and the UN and their ‘actions to end’ Gaza genocide Middle East Eye is an independently funded digital news organisation covering stories from […]
EU politics
Ian Proud – “Anti-diplomacy” rules in Europe
Don’t expect the war in Ukraine to end anytime soon Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. He served as the Economic Counsellor at the British Embassy […]
EU politics
Economics
Marco Carnelos – By failing to sanction Israel, the EU has confirmed once again its global irrelevance
By wilfully ignoring blatant US-Israeli acts of aggression, the EU is facilitating a global regime of impunity that contravenes its founding principles Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, […]