EU politics
Adam Tooze – Is ‘decline’ really Europe’s problem?
Analysis of how European and American economic performance compares. In Adam Tooze’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
Europe
Geopolitics
NPR – NATO chief wishes ‘good luck’ to those who think Europe can defend itself without U.S. help
NATO should be disbanded and Mark Rutte sent to Washington to take up new employment as Trump’s butler. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Ian Proud – The ‘Coalition of the Willing’ has achieved nothing
Telling Zelensky what he wants to hear will only create more pain in the long-term when Europe’s promises to Ukraine are revealed to be empty. Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic […]
EU politics
Vladimir Bortun – The European Left’s Lost Decade
It’s been a decade of failure for the radical left across Europe. In ‘Tribune’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – Sculpting Europe in MAGA’s image
The media are waking up to the reality of the US’s new National Security Strategy for Europe. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Leading U.S. and EU into Industrial Decline: Interview w/ Hans-Josef Fell
The West is falling behind in renewables, and the high cost of fossil fuels is putting producers out of business. Interview by David Goeßmann, a journalist based in Berlin/Germany. He has worked for several media […]
EU politics
Olivier De Schutter – Eradicating Poverty: Growth Is Not the Answer
Distribution has to be at the core of any serious strategy to eliminate poverty in Europe. Olivier De Schutter was appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights by the UN Human Rights […]
Media
Tamara Gausi, Marta Checa, Mathilde Dorcadie – As Equal Times closes, the work continues
Another independent, progressive media outlet in Europe has bitten the dust. There are very few of us left now. Cross-posted from Equal Times This is it. Our final article. Equal Times, the global labour news platform, […]
Geopolitics
Tetyana Malyarenko, Stefan Wolff – New US national security strategy adds to Ukraine’s woes and exacerbates Europe’s dilemmas
There is growing awareness that both Russia and the US can win this war by sacrificing both Ukraine and Europe. Stefan Wolff is Professor of International Security at the University of Birmingham. Tetyana Malyarenk is […]
Economics
Joachim Becker – The Alternative Economic Model of Europe’s Nationalist Right
‘Right-wing nationalist governments in Hungary and Poland only made a selective break with neoliberal economics after the 2008 crash. Their goal was to strengthen domestic capital against foreign competitors without doing anything to empower workers.’ […]