Berlin continues to double down on Ukraine, earmarking nearly more than $8 billion for the war in its just-passed budget. While the domestic situation implodes, and the government and media smear anyone – political parties, farmers, strikers – who opposes the direction Berlin is taking the country. And that list is growing.
Economics
Eurostat: Ukraine & Russia are source of one-third of EU cereal imports
Around one-third of the value of the EU’s imports of cereals in 2021 originated from Ukraine (28.8% and valued at €1.7 billion) and Russia (4.8%) combined. Read Here
EU politics
The Independent: Yanis Varoufakis’s argument that there is a ‘Marxist’ case for staying in the EU isn’t as simple as it seems
We want the EU, but not this EU. Yanis Varoufakis is right. His attempts to reform the EU have however not been remotely successful. The question is: Can the EU be reformed? We at Brave […]
Geopolitics
Daniel Levy: The Gaza ceasefire is chaotic by design – here’s why and what to do
Ten days on from President Trump’s whirlwind visit to Israel and Egypt, the images of showmanship remain, but the ceasefire (let alone talk of peace) is very evidently and predictably fraying. As I noted here […]
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