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Politico – Inside von der Leyen’s charm offensive ahead of knife-edge vote on her future

July 10, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The European Parliament confirmation vote on a second term for Ursula Von Der Leyen as European Commission President is likely to be held on 18 July. It will be a secret ballot, so we will […]

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Politico – France and Italy denounced by European Commission for overspending

June 19, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Austerity is back, just in time for the French election. Read the article HERE.

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Thomas Fazi – The great Brussels stitch-up

June 18, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Ursula Von Der Leyen is all set for a second term as European Commission President. In ‘Unherd’. Read the article HERE.

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Politico – Von der Leyen buries report slamming Italy as she seeks Meloni’s vote

June 18, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Ursula von der Leyen has sought to slow down an official European Union report criticising Italy for eroding media freedoms, as she seeks Rome’s support for a second term as European Commission president.’ Just about […]

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Politico – Von der Leyen needs 361 votes to keep her job. Good luck with that.

June 4, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Everyone appalled by the Gaza genocide should pressure MEPs not to vote to give Ursula Von Der Leyen a second-term as European Commission President. Read the article HERE.

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 Geneva International Peace Research Institute – Call to the International Criminal Court to investigate Ursula von der Leyen for complicity in war crimes and genocide committed by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and in Gaza

May 27, 2024 Ben Wray 0

This press release has got no press attention despite Von Der Leyen being in the middle of a re-election campaign, which is why we are highlighting it here. 27 May 2024, Geneva – On May […]

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Fausto Corvino: Europe’s climate laws could spell the end to low-cost flights – but what about private jets?

May 20, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Private flights in Europe have increased from just under 120,000 in 2020 to more than half a million in 2022, yet the European Commission has no plans to do anything about it. Fausto Corvin is […]

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Elisa Braun – EU prosecutors threaten to sue Commission in spending spat

May 13, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Von Der Leyen cut the budget of the prosecutors which are investigating her for corruption, and now the prosecutors are threatening to sue the European Commission for undermining their capacity to conduct investigations. In ‘Politico’. […]

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Politico – Don’t assume von der Leyen is coming back

April 15, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The European Commission President’s path to a second term may not be as straight-forward as it first seemed. Read the article HERE.

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Colin Gannon – The European Union Is Embracing Militarization

March 25, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘EU officials have moved to dramatically increase European arms spending and beef up the EU’s military capacities. This turn is coming at the expense of action to address the climate crisis or the defense of […]

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A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine by Chris Hedges

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Book Review by Chris Green It provides a modicum of relief to one’s mental health to turn from Nicholas Kristof’s lame bothsidesism and Bernie Sanders’s blather about Israel’s “right to defend itself” to reading Chris […]

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Abundance – How We Build a Better Future by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

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Book Review by Michael Roberts Abundance is a new book that has been attracting attention and debate among mainstream economists and politicians.  It aims to explain to Democrat members in the US why their party […]

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