EU politics
Nick Smith – Rearming Europe
An overview of why Europe’s establishment has embraced re-militarisation. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
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Andrew Rettman – EU antisemitism tsar lobbied against Israel sanctions
Bake sales for Gaza is “ambient antisemitism”, according to the EU’s antisemitism tsar: the loonies have well and truly taken over the asylum in Brussels. In ‘EU Observer’ (link not behind paywall). Read the article […]
Austerity
Camilla Locatelli and Vanessa Endrejat – EU fiscal rules and the illusion of objectivity
EU fiscal rules are presented as objective but they are in fact extremely political, and are much easier for Germany to get round than weaker EU states. Dr Camilla Locatelli is a Postdoctoral Researcher at […]
Climate Crisis
Politico – EU countries blow climate deadline, putting funds for vulnerable people at risk
EU are wrestling with the best way to displace the cost of the green transition onto the poorest, the opposite of a ‘Just Transition’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Eldar Mamedov – The EU’s pathetic response to Trump’s Iran attack
European leaders neither have morals nor Europe’s interests at heart, which makes them nothing more than empty, soulless vassals. Eldar Mamedov is a Brussels-based foreign policy expert and Non-resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute. Cross-posted […]
EU politics
EU Observer – Full text of EU report on Israeli crimes in Gaza
Leaked EU report shows the EU knows full well that Israel has breached Article 2 of the association agreement with the EU, but the European Commission has sat on its hands and done nothing. Read […]
Geopolitics
Anatol Lieven – Europe’s risky war on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
The EU is playing with fire over Russian oil tankers, with potentially catastrophic consequences. Anatol Lieven is Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He was formerly a professor at […]
Geopolitics
Politico – ‘Donald is right’ and China is the problem, EU chief says
Ursula Von Der Leyen will be remembered by historians as a key player in Europe’s decline. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory – The EU’s Dirty Industrial Deal
Your main questions answered about what the European Commission’s so-called ‘Clean Industrial Deal’ is and how it fits into President Von Der Leyen’s ‘competitiveness’ agenda. Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) is a research and campaign group […]
EU politics
Politico – EU and UK ink post-Brexit deal on security, fish and energy
Britain moves towards soft Brexit. Read the article HERE.