EU politics
Al Jazeera – Germany and Italy block bid to suspend EU-Israel trade pact
Remarkably, the EU-Israel association agreement remains standing, despite Israel’s murderous rampage across the Middle East. Read the article HERE.
EU
Geopolitics
Politico – Trump threatens to wipe out Iran’s ‘whole civilization.’ EU has no comment.
History will remember those who were servile and impotent while the worst crimes imaginable were being proclaimed by the world’s most powerful person. Read the full article HERE.
Deregulation
Associated Press – EU lawmakers approve trade deal with US but add safeguards
The deal which seals Europe’s century of humiliation, signed-off by a hapless bunch of MEPs. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Politico – EU plan to share data with US border force sparks surveillance fears
The EU is making it easy for the US state to persecute Europeans and block people they don’t like from entering the country. Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Politico – EU’s Mogherini and Sannino in custody in fraud probe
Count up all the corruption scandals in Brussels in recent years and it’s clear that it’s endemic. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Politico – US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
The US is a mafia state threatening anyone who doesn’t do its bidding. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Euronews – Amazon internet service outage highlights EU’s ‘overwhelming reliance on Big Tech’
If a Chinese company had gone down and it had knocked out wide sections of Europe’s internet, a continent-wide emergency would have been announced. But when it’s American big tech that goes wrong, there is […]
EU politics
Politico – EU staff revolt over Gaza stance
‘A growing number of staff argue that the bloc’s failure to exert pressure on Israel while it’s accused of committing war crimes in Gaza makes it impossible for them to perform their duties without breaching […]
EU politics
Eldar Mamedov – The EU’s pathetic response to Trump’s Iran attack
European leaders neither have morals nor Europe’s interests at heart, which makes them nothing more than empty, soulless vassals. Eldar Mamedov is a Brussels-based foreign policy expert and Non-resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute. Cross-posted […]
Corruption
Politico – The Metsola exception: The European Parliament president and her lobbyist husband
The European Parliament President, Roberta Metsola, never made it public that her husband is a major Brussels lobbyist in the cruise ship industry, despite pushing through a law on lobbying transparency in the European Parliament […]