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.
European Union
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.
Corruption
Politico – Von der Leyen faces critical test as EU court decides on secret ‘Pfizergate’ texts
Wednesday [14 May] will be a big day for (or against) transparency and accountability in the EU. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Corporate Europe Observatory – Will the EU lower regulatory standards to appease Trump?
The risk is that Brussels uses the excuse of a deal with the United States to prevent a tariff war to slip in deregulation by the back door. Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) is a research […]
Deregulation
Corporate Europe Observatory: Coded for Privileged Access – How Big Tech Weakens Rules on advanced AI
The EU is developing a Code of Practice to govern general purpose AI, as part of the implementation of the AI Act. But Big Tech has heavily influenced the process to successfully weaken the Code. […]
EU politics
Fabian Scheidler – Preventing Peace
On the EU’s war on attempts at peace in Ukraine. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – EU will use Trump tariff freeze to push new fossil fuel deal
Re-packaging the same deferential energy trade policy with the US is a sign that Brussels has learned nothing from the events of the last two weeks. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – EU takes revenge on Trump’s tariffs as countries approve €20B+ retaliation
These are only retaliatory tariffs on those previously imposed by Trump on European steel and aluminium. The big test will be how the EU responds to the blanket 20% tariff announced on ‘Liberation Day’. Read […]
Finance
Politico – EU offers Trump removal of all industrial tariffs
There is a whiff of desperation about Von Der Leyen’s attempt to stop a tariff war with the US. Read the article HERE.