
Will the Green Deal cause food shortages?
The green sustainability plans of the European Commission are increasingly criticised in the European Parliament, who fear that the Green Deal will cause food shortages in the EU

European Commission vaccine competence?
By: N. Peter Kramer | Thursday, January 7, 2021
With vaccination campaigns in EU member states stalled because there is not enough of approved vaccines, vaccination in the United Kingdom is going fast, due to the urgence of the situation

Angela ‘schafft es’ again: business is business
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, December 30, 2020
No doubt, the German Presidency will end today (30 December) as Angela Merkel always wanted it to, with an investment treaty between the EU and China

Not Verhofstadt but Thorning-Schmidt President of the EU Future Conference
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron have put forward the former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt as President of the Conference on the Future of the EU

Angela’s powerplay, with the help of Emmanuel
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, December 15, 2020
An historical agreement! With a budget of 1.800 billion euros and by linking that amount to respect for the rule of law, the EU will have unprecedented resources

High chance of a hard Brexit
By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, December 11, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sees a no-deal Brexit rapidly approaching
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When Boris meets Ursula
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, December 8, 2020
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to Brussels to meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in a last-ditch effort to salvage a post-Brexit trade deal

Another Covid-19 effect: more old cars, less public transport
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Internet searches for older cars has spiked since the summer. A for Reuters conducted analysis of car registration data in, among others, France, Germany, Italy and Spain shows a significant shift toward older, used cars

Joe Biden and his catnip effect on the EU
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 25, 2020
‘It is a new beginning for the EU-US global partnership’, tweeted (yes, she does too) Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, after she had a phone call with US President-elect Joe Biden

Blundering Commissioner Frans Timmermans called to order
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Withdrawing the proposal for the reform of the massive EU’s farming subsidies programme (CAP) is off the table

Macron doubts about a borderless EU
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 11, 2020
French President Macron wants to reintroduce border controls between EU countries and to guard the external border of the Union with an EU police force

EU countries raise alarm on anti-5G movement
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Fifteen EU member states call in a letter to the European Commission to launch a strategy to address a spate of conspiracy theories in the EU

Commission proposal on minimum wages is ‘a recipe for disaster’
By: N. Peter Kramer | Thursday, October 29, 2020
The European Commission has proposed an EU directive on minimum wages and collective bargaining

Greenpeace rings emergency bell for nature, climate and small farms
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, October 21, 2020
While the Council of the EU heralds that its negotiating position on the post 2020 common agricultural policy (CAP) reform package puts forward strong commitments from member states for higher environmental ambition, Greenpeace let us know that the European Parliament has ‘signed a death sentence for nature, climate and small farms’

EU Memberstates do not want Guy Verhofstadt
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, October 14, 2020
For Guy Verhofstadt to chair the conference on the Future of Europe is a red line for a group of member states

Merkel hints at room for manoeuvre in final Brexit talks
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, October 6, 2020
In a videoconference call on Saturday (3 October) UK MP Boris Johnson and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed ‘on the importance of finding an agreement, if at all possible, as a strong basis for a strategic EU-UK relationship in the future’

Is ‘more EU’ also a solution for the immigration issue?
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, September 30, 2020
According to President Ursula von der Leyen, ‘more EU’ is the panacea for a lot of maladies of the European Union

State of the Union: Von der Leyen’s europhile dreams
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, September 23, 2020
On September 16, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held her first ‘State of the Union’ before the European Parliament in Brussels

EU – China Summit : Merkel – Von der Leyen – Michel vs Xi
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, September 15, 2020
September 14. While the initial summit lost its official in-person character due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 3 EU leaders and the Chinese leader attended a virtual meeting via videoconference

‘The risk of a no-deal Brexit is increasing, and that’s not a bad thing’ for the UK
By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, September 7, 2020
The UK and the EU must reach an agreement on their future relationship by the end of October, otherwise a hard Brexit will be a fact on January