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Angela Hilmi, Emile Frison – Farmer Protests: The Wrong U-Turn

March 25, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Farmers and the environment do not have divergent interests, quite the opposite. What European farmers don’t have any interest in is EU agricultural policies which impoverish them. Angela Hilmi is a panel expert with IPES-Food […]

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Michael von der Schulenburg, Hans-Joachim Funke – With its role in the Ukraine war, the EU may risk its own political future

March 20, 2024 Ben Wray 0

As the US retreats from the Ukraine war, the EU has the chance to lead a new peace effort – but it’s leaders only appear interested in deepening a war that Ukraine can’t win. Michael […]

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Bianca Carrera Espriu – How Border Externalisation Became the EU’s Migration Strategy 

March 20, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Having played a key role in providing political cover for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Von Der Leyen is now making sure the massive refugee crisis the Gaza war has generated will be contained by Egypt’s […]

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Politico – EU snubs dying solar manufacturers as China poised to swallow market

March 13, 2024 Ben Wray 0

EU solar manufacturers can’t compete with their Chinese rivals, a painful reality for Von Der Leyen and her NATO buddies. Read the article HERE.

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Alastair Crooke – Europe is fearful and desperate

March 11, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Europe has heavily over-invested in its Ukraine project, and now sees it crumbling. In ‘Al Maydeen English’. Read the article HERE.

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Lily Lynch – The EU’s American Queen

March 6, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Some much needed critique of Ursula Von Der Leyen’s centralisation of geopolitical power in Europe. In ‘UnHerd’. Read the article HERE.

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Social Democratic MEP calls out German Chancellor over Platform Work Directive: ‘Which side are you on?’

February 27, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Debate in the European Parliament comes as hope is revived that a platform work regulation deal could be struck before the end of the parliamentary term. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE […]

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Politico – German industry dominates Ursula von der Leyen’s little black book

February 26, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Lobbying disclosures show the private sector — especially German companies — had prime access to the Commission president.’ Read the article HERE.

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Politico – Ursula von der Leyen announces bid for 2nd term

February 19, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Frau Genocide,’ as Clare Daly MEP aptly dubbed her, is surely going to be European Commission president for another five years, bringing shame on all of Europe. Read the article HERE.

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Gig Economy Project – Dead end: Platform Work Directive blocked by Germany, France, Estonia and Greece

February 16, 2024 Ben Wray 0

EU member-states fail to pass platform work regulation, in what was billed as the last opportunity to do so before the end of the parliamentary term. The Gig Economy Project is a BRAVE NEW EUROPE […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

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Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

July 2, 2025 0

Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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