The 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.
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Where 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.
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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!
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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.
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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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The crisis in Catalonia is affecting relations between Spain and Belgium. The government in Madrid has threatened the Belgian judiciary: Spain will not stand idly by if C. Puigdemont is not extradited.
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That’s the way it goes: Only three years after his celebrated start as a reformer, France’s head of state Emmanuel Macron is now blamed for all the evils of the EU. Even in the Council.
MehrThe self-castration of European foreign policy
Despite the invasion of Syria and the threats against Germany and the EU, Turkey remains a “strategic partner” of the Union. New sanctions are not planned.
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French President Macron has blamed the future head of the commission von der Leyen for the failure of his candidate in the European Parliament. He has thus revealed a strange understanding of democracy – and triggered a new leadership crisis.
MehrFirst defeat for the new EU president
On the first day of the hearings in the European Parliament, the incoming president of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, had to remove two candidates from her team.
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