EU politics
Politico – EU leaders fear Commission power grab on defense after Trump’s exit
We should all fear Ursula Von Der Leyen being able to decide on matters of war and peace on behalf of Europe. Read the article HERE.
EU-Institutions
Economics
Wolfgang Streeck – Overextended: The European Disunion at a Crossroads
With hindsight, one might consider Brexit, consummated after long haggling in 2020, the last, and lost, opportunity for the European Union to mend its ways and become a viable political entity, if not community.1 The […]
EU politics
Jeffrey Sachs: The Geopolitics of Peace – Speech to the European Parliament
Edited transcript of Jeffrey Sachs’ speech to the European Parliament 19 February, 2025 concernong EU, the NATO proxy war in Ukraine, and Israel’s genocide in Palestine Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director […]
EU-Institutions
Alastair Crooke – America as Republic, not as Empire – Europe’s “sound and fury” after jaw-dropping pivots in U.S. policy
Trump does not buy into the primary lie intended as the glue which holds this entire EU geo-political structure together. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum […]
EU politics
Patrick Lawrence – Chihuahuas, Not Dobermans
Trump’s determination to end the Ukraine war has forced the Europeans, at last, to go their own way. And they charge in precisely the wrong direction. Patrick Lawrence, a correspondent abroad for many years, chiefly […]
EU politics
Jeffrey Sachs, Glenn Diesen – EU Panics as Peace Breaks Out
26 February 2025
EU politics
Corporate Europe Observatory – The EU’s lobby league table
In-depth analysis of corporate lobbying in Brussels. Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) is a research and campaign group working to expose and challenge the privileged access and influence enjoyed by corporations and their lobby groups in […]
EU politics
Marco Carnelos – Trump has thrown Europe and Ukraine under the bus, but will they learn?
Years of misguided pro-Kyiv policy has not even bought EU leaders a seat at the table in Washington-brokered ceasefire talks Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, Australia and […]
Economics
Arnaud Bertrand, Pascal Lottaz – Europe’s Century Of Humiliation Has Just Begun
19 February 2025 [Part 1 of 2] The USA and Russia just met for a first preparatory peace meeting in Saudi Arabia and EU leaders are not only angry about this but they are not […]
EU politics
Ian Proud – History made a long overdue comeback on 12 February
The Ukraine war is just the newest in the concantenation of US military defeats Ian Proud was a member of HM Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. From July 2014 to February 2019 Ian was […]