Chief justices shake Germany: ‘Schuldenbremse’!
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 22, 2023
The German Constitutional Court finds the 2023 and 2024 federal budgets ‘extremely problematic’
US presidential elections 2024 : a repeat of the 2020 battle?
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 15, 2023
In less than a year, on Tuesday November 5, Americans will go to the polling stations for the presidential election
The Commission asks once again for more money
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 8, 2023
The European Commission is once again asking the member states for more money
France wants EU corruption watchdog with teeth
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 1, 2023
In the wake of the Qatargate scandal, France wants an EU corruption watchdog with teeth, a watchdog with real powers to check officials income
EU sidelined again
By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, October 23, 2023
The European Union is sidelined in the war between Israel and Hamas
Von der Leyen’s blunders
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, October 18, 2023
The EU communication about the war between Israel and Hamas was contradictory and confusing
When Olaf met Emmanuel…
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Ministers from the two biggest EU countries, Germany and France, meet twice a year for a joint-cabinet meeting, this time in Hamburg
Bye bye Schengen?
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, October 4, 2023
On Monday the Polish government informed their Czech neigbours that controls at the Polish-Slovak border would be introduced
Is Putin flexing his (energy) muscles?
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, September 26, 2023
The fact that Russia is banning the export of diesel and gasoline is causing rising prices for European car drivers further on the already tight global fuel market
Ukraine sues EU neighbours over food imports ban
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Ukraine is one of the world’s biggest suppliers of crops such as sunflower oil, wheat, barley and maize
‘EU’s odd couple’ clashes again
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, August 30, 2023
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, urged ‘enlargement’ of the European Union before 2030
After the riots, the French malaise becomes clear
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, July 5, 2023
The flames have been extinguished, the smoke over France is beginning to clear
The Afghan people is paying a horrible price for Biden’s retreat
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Until August 15, 2021, Afghanistan depended on an infusion of international aid
The dilemma of the Nature Restoration Law
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, June 14, 2023
In June 2022 the European Commission tabled the Nature Restoration Law
The lack of legitimacy of the European Parliament
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, May 31, 2023
The most striking reason for the European Parliament’s lack of legitimacy is the traditional low turnout for EP elections
Has Timmermans to climb down on his EU nature-restoration law proposal?
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, May 24, 2023
EU Commissioner Frans Timmermans, one of the Vice-Presidents of the European Commission, is working on an ambitious law to help restore nature in the European Union
OECD: ‘German economy has structural weaknesses’
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, May 10, 2023
If Germany had to compete against France in economic performance, it would be loose
The EU: from Venus to Mars
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Once was stated that America lives on Mars and Europe on Venus. Times have change
The thorny EU relation with China
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, April 26, 2023
A statement made by China’s ambassador to France caused an uproar by questioning the independence of nations that had previously been part of the USSR
The divided EU, this time on China policy
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, April 12, 2023
On a flight from Beijing to Guangzhou last week, French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters that the European Union should avoid becoming a ‘vassal’ of the United States on China, especially urging distance concerning any potential military aid to Taiwan.