Macron, France and EU in problems
The pontifical and pompous re-opening of the Notre Dame Cathedral, five years after the devasting fire, cannot conceal that France is sinking into an unprecedented political crisis
NATO and Ukraine: Waiting for Trump
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, December 4, 2024
In anticipation of Trump, NATO can Ukraine only promise some more weapons at a crucial moment in the war with Russia
EU in disarray
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Years and years of lavish spending have brought the French deficit to more than 6 percent
Border controls are the new normal in the Schengen area
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, announced that France will control all its borders for illegal immigration from November 1
Commission’s new budget plan angers European Parliament
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, October 16, 2024
A European Commission draft proposal to reform the next EU’s seven-year €1,2 trillion budget has already generated controversy
China hits back and starts with France
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Following the EU’s recent vote to go ahead with the Commission’s proposal for tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles imported into the EU, China is hitting back
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By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, September 25, 2024
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By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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Draghi : €700 billion more annual investment to be a global player
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, September 11, 2024
A year ago, Mario Draghi, a former controversial European Central Bank president, was commissioned by the European Commission to carry out an analysis of the EU’s industrial competitiveness
Political crises in France and Germany weaken the EU
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, September 4, 2024
While the EU is involved in a war with Russia and an economic showdown with China, France and Germany , the traditional axis of the EU engine, are in a deep political and economic crisis
An Olympic sunstroke for the European Commission
By: EBR | Friday, August 2, 2024
‘Thanks to the contributions of France and Italy, the EU remains at the top of the (Olympic) medal table (in Paris)’, cheered the European Commission
And Asia is the winner, again...
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, July 31, 2024
The EU has few commodities such as oil or gas that it can export, nor does it have many big tech companies
The autocracy of the European Commission presidency
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Now Ursula von der Leyen has cemented her second term as President of the European Commission, it is up to her and nobody else to distribute the commissioner’s portfolios
Meloni eyes EU comeback
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, July 17, 2024
After being isolated in EU top jobs talks, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is now on track for a comeback in Brussels
Meloni or the Greens, that’s the question for VDL
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Von der Leyen’s re-election as President of the European Commission is not a race that already has been run
The overconfidence of Biden and the Democrats
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, July 2, 2024
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Nature restoration law pushed through illegally by Green minister
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, June 25, 2024
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The G7 wants to project strength, but the traditional group photo shows its weakness
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, June 18, 2024
An 81-year-old Biden trailing Trump in the polls; Macron and Scholz who have just been defeated by the far right; Sunak on his last G7 meeting before his election defeat
Von der Leyen on the way to continue her Commission Presidency
By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, June 10, 2024
The results of the EP election are strengthening von der Leyen’s reappointment bid
Polls predict a major radical right victory
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, June 4, 2024
There has been speculation about a major victory in the EU Parliament elections for what is variously called radical right