EU politics
Politico – Von der Leyen offers big budget concession to MEPs ahead of no-confidence vote
Even the spineless European Parliament is starting to get jumpy about Von Der Leyen’s horrendous leadership. Read the article HERE.
European Parliament
EU politics
Jeffrey Sachs: The Geopolitics of Peace – Speech to the European Parliament
Edited transcript of Jeffrey Sachs’ speech to the European Parliament 19 February, 2025 concernong EU, the NATO proxy war in Ukraine, and Israel’s genocide in Palestine Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director […]
Corruption
Euronews – Ex-MEP Maria Arena charged with membership of criminal organisation
The latest development in the ‘Qatargate’ scandal which rocked the European Parliament in 2022. Read the full article HERE.
Corruption
Politico – The Metsola exception: The European Parliament president and her lobbyist husband
The European Parliament President, Roberta Metsola, never made it public that her husband is a major Brussels lobbyist in the cruise ship industry, despite pushing through a law on lobbying transparency in the European Parliament […]
EU politics
Politico – Inside von der Leyen’s charm offensive ahead of knife-edge vote on her future
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 […]
EU politics
Gerardo Fortuna – Orbán’s EU far-right group woos new members
The far-right in Europe has significant divisions, especially over geopolitics. In ‘Euronews’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Eric Toussaint – The Browning of Europe
A long assessment of the European Parliament election results but well worthwhile. Éric Toussaint is a historian and political scientist. He is spokesperson for the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt. Cross-posted from Counterpunch […]
EU politics
Chris Mills Rodrigo – EU Elections Show Why the Left Can’t Win by Running Rightward
The left should focus on an agenda which appeals to the working class. Chris Mills Rodrigo is the managing editor of Inequality.org Cross-posted from Common Dreams The recent European Parliamentary elections went poorly for the […]
EU politics
Chris Dite – In Finland, the Left Alliance Just Trounced the Far Right
‘Europe’s elections saw gains for anti-immigration parties — but the breakthrough act in Finland was the Left Alliance, with 17% support. Its leader, Li Andersson, told Jacobin about why it did so well and how it defeated […]
EU politics
Gianluca Piccolino – Meloni’s EU election victory sets the stage for a clash over the Italian constitution
With Berlusconi passed away and Salvini weaker than he has been in a long time, Meloni is now the dominant figure on the right-wing of Italian politics. Gianluca Piccolino is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the […]