The Trillion Euro Bluff
The “European Green Deal” will be expensive, very expensive. One trillion euros by 2030, says Commission President von der Leyen. But her investment plan for a better climate contains a lot of hot air.
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Trump puts Europe at risk
With the assassination of Iranian General Soleimani and the threat of attacking 52 other targets, US President Trump is provoking a new, albeit undeclared, war. It is also directed against the EU, which wanted to pacify Iran by civil means.
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Welcome to 2020! Now the 20’s are starting. For the EU, they look better at first glance than the 10’s where the euro crisis raged and confidence was lost. But 2020 will be the year of truth.
MehrNord Stream 2: Where is the “Geopolitical Commission”?
In theory, we’ve got a “geopolitical” EU commission. But in practice, the new team in Brussels doesn’t have much to say about the geopolitically motivated US sanctions against the German-Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
MehrVon der Leyen and her pretty expensive advisers
The new head of the Commission has had a breathtaking start. With her “Green Deal”, Ursula von der Leyen has made all problems disappear. But now an old contracting scandal is coming up again. There is also news from her Brussels advisor’s staff.
MehrThe hawks are taking over
Until now, EU foreign policy-makers have been considered good-hearted but lame doves. But now the hawks are taking over – with the “language of power” and new, worldwide sanctions based on the US model.
MehrWhere the new SPD leaders are right
Anyone who reads the German press might think that there has been a massive shift to the left in the SPD – and that this also makes the EU partners nervous. But Esken and Walter-Borjan are absolutely right on some points, at least from a European point of view.
MehrAssange: Europe must not duck away
A surprising turnaround in the case of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange: Sweden suspends investigations into alleged sexual offences. Now all that remains are political accusations – the EU must help!
MehrThe European vacuum: Governments in crisis everywhere
Spain is no exception anymore. Six months after the European elections, the far right is on the rise in Madrid, and a government crisis is paralysing the country. The EU is threatened by a political vacuum.
MehrEurope’s new walls
Brussels is awarding more and more contracts for the expansion of Fortress Europe. The new commercial wall is dressed up as a “fight against tugboats” and “securing the external borders”.
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