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Wölken continues with allegations as ‘Ursula von der Leyen as Commission chief is betraying her mandate and turning the Commission into the EPP’s headquarters. An institutional scandal’.

Socialists & Democrats furious: ‘Commission’s withdrawal of the Green Claims Directive is political sabotage’

‘Commission-EPP alliance hijacks EU decision-making process’ argues the S&D Group after the EU Council decided to cancel the final trilogue about the Green Claims Directive when the Commission let know to intend to withdraw the directive

It is also striking that some Arab countries are buying weapons from Israel, such as Bahrain, Morocco and the Unted Arab Emirates. Together, they account for 12 percent of the export, an increase of 9 percent.

Τhe main customer of the Israeli arms industry is Europe

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Defence shows are delicate, especially in time of wars. The Paris Air Show, one of the world’s largest defence and aerospace trade fairs, is no exception

The European Commission has been trying to reduce dependence on Chinese raw materials, magnets and batteries, including through the Critical Raw Material Act. It is not more than a drop in the ocean. Moreover, the Chinese raw materials and magnets are usually much cheaper than comparable products produced in European factories.

China’s restriction on rare raw materials export brings EU industry to a standstill

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, June 11, 2025

China has a virtual monopoly on the global trade of seven rare raw materials

With the NATO summit due to be held in the Hague at the end of the month, Schoof’s staying ministers will seek to remain in power in a caretaker capacity until the Netherlands return to the polls, likely in autumn. Opinion polls show that NSC and BBB will be heavy minimalised to two seats each. PVV, VVD and the Green-Left combination are neck-and-neck, with migration and cost-of-living issues fuelling political volatility as across Europe.

Dutch government collapses on immigration policies

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, June 4, 2025

The far-right PVV, Geert Wilders’ party, withdraw from the Dutch governing coalition

With more than 8 percent of the GDP, the Romanian deficit is the highest of all 27 member states.

Uneasy victories for pro-EU liberals in Romania and Poland

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, May 28, 2025

The Europhile camp has won the presidential elections in Romania and (the first round) in Poland.

Twelve EU member states see nuclear energy as necessary to reduce dependence on Russian gas. Another reason for the sensational reversal: the enormous power needs of data centres for artificial intelligence. Microsoft and Amazon are investing $80 billion and $83 billion respectively in expansion and have reserved nuclear capacity in the US.

Why nuclear energy is suddenly so popular

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Nuclear energy is being embraced more widely

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For instance he wants to put an end to the ‘ploughing madness’ . At the moment grassland must remain grassland after five years. It makes farmers less flexible. For that reason farmers plough their land: the counter than starts at 0 again. This madness is not good for business operations and biodiversity.

European Commission wants to drastically reduce EU interference on farms

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Air for farmers in the European Union

Merz then embarked on a complete volte-face. He said goodbye to the stringent budgetary policy that had been a dogma in the CDU for the past twenty year.

The political damage is done, Merz needed an unprecedented second vote to become Chancellor

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Friedrich Merz was narrowly confirmed as chancellor of Germany in an unprecedented second vote that came after an embarrassing first round where he failed by 6 votes to win the mandate.

The announcement on April 2 of high import tariffs for almost all of the US’s trading partners sent shock wave through the stock markets. A week later, Trump announced that he was postponing the measures by 90 days, with exception of China, for which an import duty of 145 percent remained in force.

US-China trade war is a ‘chicken game’: whoever blinks first is lost!

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, April 30, 2025

In the trade war between the US and China, both sides refuse to take the initiative to settle the conflict

The mood music from Washington is that this 10% tariff is not for negotiation with anyone. That is the baseline tariff that has been levied on nearly all of the US trading partners.

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

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, April 16, 2025

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"

The report is politically explosive as it coincides with an offensive by the parliament’s right wing , the groups of the European People’s Party (EPP), the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and the far-right Patriots for Europe. Recently this coalition tried to cut funding for NGOs through the LIFE funding programme. They fell one vote short.

A devastating Court of Editors’ report on EU billions funding of NGOs

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, April 9, 2025

‘...information on EU funding is neither reliable nor transparent.’

Formally , this is not possible because the ECB is independent according to its statute. But informally relations between the Commission and the ECB have become increasingly close in recent years. The ECB, whispered by the Commission, is now interfering in climate policy and defence.

The digital euro is coming and that’s bad news

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, March 26, 2025

ECB President Christine Lagarde announced that EU legislation must be finalised in October to make sure nothing is standing in the way of the digital euro

No mention of HTS and the militia responsible for the massacre. A statement by the European External Action Service (EEAS) did not even mention the massacre.

Notwithstanding massacres the EU invite the new Syrian regime to Brussels

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, March 19, 2025

The European Commission has invited the Syrian interim government to a donors’ conference just a few days after the army, affiliated with the Islamist terror group Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), killed thousands of ethnic and religious minority civilians

The question now is what Russia will do with the proposal. According to Zelensky, it is now up to Trump to convince Putin to agree. It is clear that US diplomatic pressure is shifting from Ukraine to Russia.

The ball is now in Putin’s court!

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, March 12, 2025

In Jeddah, Saoudi Arabia, Ukraine agreed to a US proposal to accept a one-month ceasefire with Russia.

VDL wants to raise the biggest chunk of the €800 billion by activating the ‘national escape clause’ in the EU budget rules. This would allow the 27 member states to spend extra on defence without running the risk of ending up in the Commission’s penalty box for an excessive deficit.

VDL pulls a €800 billion military plan out of the hat: ReArm Europe

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Last weekend, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer took the initiative for a “European Ukraine summit” in London

The clearest conclusion afterwards came from Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, ‘The meeting was informal and no formal decisions have been taken, but the need for further action is clear’. Who dares not to be impressed by that ?

Is Europe sidelining itself?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, February 19, 2025

EU and UK leaders were reeling after not being invited by the US to talks with Russia on the future of Ukraine

Replenishing stocks has also become more difficult because no Russian gas has been flowing in via Ukraine since the beginning of this year. Ukrainian President Zelenski refused to renew the contract for this, because he wants to turn off the money tap for Russia. ‘We need to work more with the US, LNG, gas, oil, to import energy’, he said.

EU gas reserves below 50%!

By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Gas reserves in the EU have fallen below 50%

‘I am here to work with our EU partners on keeping up the pressure to crush Putin’s war machine by targeting the energy revenues. Ultimately, alongside our military support, that is what will bring peace closer’.

Five years after Brexit: U.K. Prime Minister got a warm reception at EU Summit

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Five years after Brexit a U.K. Prime Minister was back in Brussels

The conclusion in Davos was that the EU is the big loser in this new world.

How does the EU respond to a world with Trump?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, January 27, 2025

Last week, the Big Question during the World Economic Forum in Davos was: what will be the EU’s answer to a world with Donald Trump?

During his inaugural address, Trump paid particular attention to immigration and the economy, issues that polls show American voters care about the most.

With the promise of a ‘golden age’ Trump’s second era begins

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Donald Trump got off to a flying start, announcing a new golden age for America

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