EU politics
Politico: EU promises big on defense ― but risks leaving Ukraine disappointed
Plans to announce a large package of military aid for Ukraine fizzled ahead of the gathering. Read HERE
EU-Institutions
Corruption
The Electronic Intifada: “Peace” envoy evades scrutiny of dealings with Israel lobby
Sven Koopmans, until recently the EU’s Middle East “peace” envoy, has offered bizarre excuses for keeping his correspondence with the pro-Israel lobby under wraps Read HERE
Corruption
Follow The Money: The opaque lobby of high-ranking Israeli officers in Brussels
A group of high-ranking Israeli military personnel gained access to the European Parliament without accreditation. Known as the IDSF, the group is infamous for its extreme line on Gaza. Read HERE
EU politics
Ian Proud – Kaja Kallas is the wrong person to lead EU foreign policy after Zelensky’s drubbing in the White House
At a very basic level, she isn’t a diplomat, she lacks a democratic mandate and she has no plan. Ian Proud was a member of HM Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. From July 2014 […]
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.
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