EU politics
Politico – EU leaders fear Commission power grab on defense after Trump’s exit
We should all fear Ursula Von Der Leyen being able to decide on matters of war and peace on behalf of Europe. Read the article HERE.
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Climate Crisis
Politico – EU eyes funding foreign LNG projects to lower prices, draft plan reveals
‘The European Union is considering backing investments in overseas fossil fuel infrastructure and shifting to long-term contracts to cut the high energy prices damaging European industries, according to a leaked proposal seen by POLITICO.’ Read […]
Geopolitics
Politico – UK ‘ready’ to send peacekeepers to Ukraine, PM Starmer says
Interesting timing. One could read it as an attempt to scupper peace talks. Alternatively, the UK wants to position itself as America’s useful idiot. Read the article HERE.
Finance
Politico – European carmakers in crossfire of US-EU trade war
German automanufacturers are facing the perfect storm – falling behind China technologically, and having their access to the US market reduced. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – EU dodges questions on Trump’s mooted invasion of Greenland
The European Commission has been in a frenzy about threats to European sovereignty for years, but when the incoming US President threatens an invasion of a European country, it can barely muster any response at […]
National Politics
Politico – Far-right Herbert Kickl gets his chance to form government in Austria
Austria looks like it is the latest European country to go far-right. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – Pedro Sánchez’s nightmare before Christmas
Spain gets less attention than France and Germany but it is another country in the heart of Europe with a highly unstable government. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – Germany’s Scholz loses historic confidence vote
Scholz will be out in a couple of months, but will there be any real change? Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – Austria prepares to deport Syrian migrants after Assad regime falls
Belgium and Germany are also halting Syrian asylum applications. Europe is run by a very mean-spirited, small-minded elite. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Politico – Back off, Mario! Capitals do not like the taste of Draghi’s telecom medicine.
There was always going to be tension between Draghi’s strategy for the concentration of European capital and member-states seeking to protect their national capitalists. Read the article HERE.