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Will China learn form Russia and invade Taiwan by force as well?

Ukraine, China, Taiwan, US

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Taiwan is a democratic island that has been autonomous for years and which, according to China, ‘must return to the motherland’

"Behind the scenes, Western politicians have heavily influenced the politics of corrupt Ukraine".

The Cold War reborn

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, March 9, 2022

For decades there have been warnings about what it would mean if NATO moves east

"It is clear. The situation demands more political urgency. Our planet is in danger".

The war against climate change also demands political urgency

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, March 2, 2022

The consequences and impact of climate change are greater than previously thought, the UN climate panel says in its new report. Poor countries suffer the most, but also for Europe too

"What will be Putin’s answer on the new western sanctions on Russia? Russia is the second-largest oil exporter after Saudi Arabia and the world’s top producer of natural gas".

Ukraine-Russia tensions: oil price surge on supply fears

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Military analysts say Russia currently has too few soldiers on Ukraine’s borders to completely conquer and take over the country

After a three hour talk with German Chancellor Scholz, Russian President Putin confirmed withdrawal of some troops on the Ukrainian border.

The continuing story…

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, February 16, 2022

What a disappointment for President Biden, Warlord Boris Johnson, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg and other hawks

Russia wants to work more with long-term contracts, not illogical, the company wants certainty.

Russian gas: eastward or westward?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Let it be clear. Russia is honouring its long-term gas contracts. Gazprom has only stopped selling gas in short term. Nobody can force it to do that

"The situation is changing. Even Ukraine has suggested a Russian attack is not imminent".

War with Russia, a chance for Johnson?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Boris Johnson is in big troubles, not only with his voters, but also in the UK Parliament with the opposition and with MP’s of his own Conservative party

By including some nuclear and natural-gas electricity generation, ‘Brussels’ seeks to unlock hundreds of billions of euros in private and government investment for climate-friendly projects.

EU’s crazy war on natural gas

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, January 26, 2022

The European Commission this month said nuclear and natural-gas power can be climate-friendly after all

A few years ago, Roberta Metsola joined her Maltese EP colleagues in saying they were ‘categorically against abortion’.

European Parliament elects an anti-abortion President

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Roberta Metsola has been elected as the youngest ever President of the European Parliament and the first woman in the role for 20 years

Looking at the map, you see Russia flanked at the western and south side by 9 NATO memberstates: the 3 Baltic countries, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey.

Is Russia preparing to invade Ukraine?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, January 10, 2022

Are Russian forces getting ready for war in Ukraine? That is the (faked?) fear among Western leaders and the comedian who is now President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky

According to German daily Bild, Scholz is looking for a ‘fresh start’ for Germany’s policy on Russia and might be planning a meeting with Russian President Putin.

New Bundeskanzler on collision course with Green top ministers

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, January 5, 2022

The Green party leaders Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck succeeded in establishing themselves a prominent position in the German government

A day after Lithuania decided to recall its diplomats from Beijing, the 27 EU leaders meeting in Brussels devoted little time to the unprecedented spat.

‘China humiliates the EU’

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, December 20, 2021

As EU member state Lithuania sought to deepen diplomatic ties with Taiwan, Beijing made an example of the Baltic country by flexing its massive trade muscle and stopping imports of Lithuanian goods

Would a diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics make a difference?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Would a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics in February make a difference? Should western politicians stay away because of ongoing human rights violations in China?

Tajani tweeted: ‘Long live Christmas. Long live the EU of the common sense’.

European Commission’s ‘woke’ U-turn

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, December 1, 2021

At the end of October, Helena Dalli, the Maltese European Commissioner for Equality launched ‘Commission guidelines for inclusive communication’

"Like much of what happens in international life, COP26 was less about solving difficult problems than helping politicians survive their inability to provide effective leadership on issues that matter".

The Glasgow COP26 Summit

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Is there anyone surprised that COP26 failed to solve the climate problem?

"It is clear, the new pipeline plays its role in the new ‘cold war’ between the EU and Russia".

Setback for Nord Stream 2: German consumers pay the price

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 17, 2021

EU wholesale gas prices have risen by 17% after Germany’s regulator suspended approval of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany

According to EU figures, 7.935 migrants from Belarus have entered the EU: 4.216 in Lithuania, 414 in Latvia and 3.305 in Poland. The migrants try to travel on from there.

How the EU deals with Lukashenko’s hybrid warfare

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Since the summer, the EU has been confronted with a new type of challenge, a form of hybrid warfare in which migrants are used as weapons

The EU is fragmented; tensions and divisions have increasingly built up in the crisis years since 2010 and are paralysing the EU both internally and externally.

Future of Europe Conference: a flop

By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, November 2, 2021

EU federalists in particular, and other europhiles in general, had great expectations for the Conference on the Future of Europe

"The Commission’s ‘toolbox’ of short-term measures available to member states was widely endorsed".

EU doesn’t want to react “hastily” on high energy prices

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, October 27, 2021

After last week, EU heads of government failed to reach an agreement after 10 hours of discussion, they passed the hot issue to an emergency meeting of EU energy-ministers

The report concludes that environmental improvements of the Farm to Fork strategy would be accompanied by a 10% reduction of EU supply for agricultural products, reaching a maximum of 15% reduction for meats.

‘Sneaky’ Commission tried to conceal important study

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, October 20, 2021

MEP’s were furious that the Commission put an important study for half a year ‘in somebody’s draw in an office’ to keep it away from the EP

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A UK-US deal sounds good but what does it mean

By: N. Peter Kramer

After Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to the White House in February, the UK delegation referred to what was being negotiated as an "economic deal"