Corruption
Follow the Money – Brussels admits EU funds flowed to spyware firms after FTM probe
The EU has been directly financing commercial spyware companies in the EU linked to nefarious practices. Read the article HERE.
European Commission
Deregulation
Politico – EU leaders to double down on deregulation drive
Von Der Leyen brought in a bunch of reforms to make Europe more ‘competitive’, and now wants to unwind a lot of that to…make Europe more ‘competitive’. That’s the level of political leadership in Brussels […]
EU politics
Politico – Europe’s socialists and liberals call truce with von der Leyen ahead of no-confidence vote
The centrists always protect the powerful in the end. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – Brussels approves Germany’s mega spending plan
EU spending limits are only for nurses and hospitals, not bombs, and only for countries like Greece and Portugal, not Germany. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Eldar Mamedov – Kaja Kallas’ shocking lack of historical literacy
The EU’s foreign affairs chief proves that ignorance is no barrier to career success in Brussels. Eldar Mamedov is a Brussels-based foreign policy expert and Non-resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute. Cross-posted from Responsible Statecraft […]
Austerity
Politico – Draghi orders Europe’s leaders: Do what I told you
Top technocrat demands all European governments bend to his technocratic will. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Politico – EU weighs outsourcing France-sized chunk of emission cuts to poorer nations
‘A loophole in the European Union’s climate target could see the bloc offshore to poorer nations pollution cuts exceeding the annual emissions of France and Belgium’. Read the article HERE.
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
Politico – Commission ‘surprised’ by German criticism of EU-US trade deal
Even the German government is throwing the Commission under the bus, even though the deal was almost certainly only agreed to on behalf of German capital. Read the article HERE.
Environment
Politico – EU budget plan would deal ‘devastating blow’ to nature
It’s clear that the European Commission has given up on the sustainability agenda, in favour of the warfare agenda. Read the article HERE.