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.
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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.
EU politics
Politico – EU opts for risky wait-and-see approach to Trump presidency
The EU is paralysed by internal divisions, populist rebellions and an inability to envisage a world order where Europe isn’t trailing in America’s wake. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – Germany may hold election sooner than planned, Scholz says
Germany’s Chancellor has lost all authority. He could be gone by Christmas. Read the article HERE.
Finance
Politico – China sues the EU over EV duties
The EU has hiked tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles from 8 to 35 per cent. Beijing is taking a lawsuit to the WTO “to safeguard the development interests of the electric vehicle industry and global […]
Geopolitics
Politico: Washington and Berlin are slow-walking Ukraine’s bid for a NATO invitation
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy wants an immediate invitation to join the alliance, but key capitals are balking. Read HERE
EU politics
Politico – US envoy to NATO questions EU’s ‘buy local’ strategy on weapons
Some EU countries haven’t got the message yet that the US military industrial complex expects bigger European Defence spending to mean bigger orders for American weapons. Read the article HERE.