EU politics
Euronews – Europe’s poverty divide: Which cities and regions are most and least at risk?
One in five people in Europe are in poverty, but the picture varies a lot by country and by region. Read the article HERE.
Europe
Geopolitics
Ramzy Baroud – The pendulum swings: The slow death of Europe’s pro-Israel consensus
The European public and governments are massively out-of-sync over the question of the continent’s relationship with Israel, a chasm that can’t be sustained forever. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of the Palestine […]
Energy
Euronews – Zelenskyy announces Druzhba oil pipeline repaired and ‘can resume operation’
How long before Nord Stream is back on line and Russian gas is reaching Germany again? Six months? A year? Read the article HERE.
Energy
Luca Manes – A Toxic Dependency: Europe’s Growing Reliance on US Gas
Europe is increasingly dependent on American LNG, but what gets little discussed is the damage this LNG production is doing to the health of Americans and the environment they live in. Luca Manes is an Italian […]
Geopolitics
Alain Gabon – Iran war shows why Europe is no longer relevant
Europe is still unable to define and defend its own strategic interests. Dr Alain Gabon is Associate Professor of French Studies and chair of the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures at Virginia Wesleyan University […]
EU politics
Euronews – European markets dip as oil prices soar and European gas prices jump
The war on Iran is going to hurt Europe a lot more than the US, which make it doubly stupid that most European leaders have condoned it. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
John P. Ruehl – Can Europe Reassert Itself After Ukraine?
Interview with geopolitics expert Glenn Diesen about why Europe is all at sea in the emerging multipolar world. John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. He is a contributing editor to […]
Geopolitics
Eldar Mamedov – Rubio’s spoonful of sugar helps hard medicine go down in Munich
European elites are easily impressed, they seem to be happy that Marco Rubio didn’t use mean words about them, even if the substance remains 100% Trumpian. Eldar Mamedov is a Brussels-based foreign policy expert and […]
Climate Crisis
Serena Di Luccio – Three reasons why renewable energy is still Europe’s best solution
A massive expansion of renewable energy capacity in Europe is the answer to the continent’s geopolitical, industrial and cost-of-living problems. Serena Di Luccio is Positive Money’s EU Advocacy and Campaigns Manager. Cross-posted from Positive Money […]
Economics
Ben Wray – Unprofitable Convenience
On the rapid rise and fall of Europe’s specialist grocery delivery apps. In ‘Strange Matters’. Read the article HERE.