EU politics
Euronews – Europe’s arms imports nearly double, France overtakes Russia as world’s second-largest exporter
New statistics on European arms imports and exports make for grim reading for peaceniks. Read the article HERE.
Europe
EU politics
Euractiv – Commission ready to place arms orders for member states, von der Leyen says
We should be worried about the European Commission taking over European defence policy, especially with Ursula Von Der Leyen at the helm for another five years. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Gonzalo Donair – Look each other in the eyes whilst building a path as you walk
A report from a meeting in Barcelona of anti-capitalist organisations from across Europe, in ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the article HERE.
Racism
Maël Galisson – The path to the ‘small boats’ crisis is littered with past death
A deep insight into the lives of those trying to cross the English Channel, and why they choose to risk their lives doing so. Maël Galisson is an independent journalist focusing on migration and border […]
EU politics
Tomaso Ferrando – Address the root causes of European farmers’ anger
The demands of those on the farmers’ protests are complex, but they all agree that a food system that treats food like any other commodity is a root cause of the problem. Tomaso Ferrando is […]
EU politics
Francesca De Benedetti – In Europe, the Liberal Centre is Going Extinct
‘Europe’s centrists often claim to defend liberal values against populist threats. Yet ahead of June’s EU elections, liberals have adopted far-right talking points on everything from the climate to migration — and it’s not saving […]
EU politics
Adam Tooze: Crisis Tribes – on Europe Now
Very useful opinion polling of what the populations of different European countries think about the key crisis points of our times. In Adam Tooze’s ‘Chartbook’ Substack. Read the article HERE.
Energy
Shweta Sharma – Europe buying Russian oil via India at record rates in 2023 despite Ukraine war
‘India is benefiting from importing cut-price Russian oil amid European sanctions – and also selling that same oil to EU markets at full price once it has been refined’. In The Independent. Read the article […]
EU politics
Robin Jaspert – How Europe Made Indebted African States Into Its Border Police
‘Since 2015, the EU has increasingly demanded that African states repress migration on its behalf. It secures their compliance through economic coercion — exploiting debt relations which have in recent times sharply turned in favor […]
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis – What is the point of NATO?
NATO is still serving its purpose of keeping the United States in Europe, the Russians out, and the Germans down. In ‘Unherd’. Read the article HERE.