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The judgment said that ‘The threat to public order appears to be deduced solely from the reactions that its organisation could arouse among opponents’. The principle of proportionality requires ‘…that measures are taken to curb demonstrations on public roads, rather than banning meetings in a closed space’,

‘Free debate and exchange of views is vital. Even when you disagree’.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will speak today at the National Conservatism Conference in Brussels, a two-day far-right conference

In 2020-2021, the European Commission prepared a report for the first time on the risks of strategic dependencies in the industry.

An ‘EU war economy’? A hype!

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Cotton and weapons, it doesn’t seem like an obvious match

Looking at the fervent and pitiless way of handling his case, concerns about Assange’s ability to express his views freely and possible sentenced to death in the US are absolutely serious.

Respite for Wikileaks founder Assange

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can stay in the United Kingdom for at least another two months

Faced with the farmer revolts in his own country and the poor polling numbers for his party in the run up to the EP elections, Macron decided to join Tusk and the other Eastern European member states.

Farmers win the battle: EU brakes on imports of Ukrainian grain

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, March 20, 2024

This explicit support no longer applies to the agricultural products that Ukraine exports to the EU!

Experts mentioned that China is less importing from the EU because they are substituting these imports. After special measures, China is more and more capable of building goods on its own.

EU-China trade slips with 27%!

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Eurostat, the EU official statistic office, found that the EU’s trade deficit with China slid 27% in 2023, to €291 billion down from €397 billion in 2022

A public secret in Brussels, is that VDL fails to consult others when making decisions. May be the most unbelievable example is the dubious deal she made, without consulting the commission and the member-states, with Pfizer CEO Bourla.

VDL: Commission President and Candidate

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, February 28, 2024

A week ago, at a press conference, Commission President von der Leyen nixed talk about the next step for Ukraine’s membership of the EU before this June’s EU Parliamentary elections

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Although the West has long maintained that ‘the sanctions are working’, the Russian economy is closing the second year of the war surprisingly.

The World is bigger than the West

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, February 14, 2024

March 2022, the Russian rouble crashed, the value in London of Gazprom and Sberbank fell 97%

The plan to halve pesticide use ‘has become a symbol of polarisation’, she said and announced that the proposal will be withdrawn.

Von der Leyen takes down the EU flagship ‘Green Deal’

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, February 7, 2024

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (VDL) is attacking the political legacy of former Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans

Grim protests started the year in Germany, with thousands of farmers blocking roads across the country. Furious Polish, Hungarian and Slovak farmers take up post at the border with Ukraine.

Farmers’ protests expose failing EU agricultural policy

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 31, 2024

The EU countryside is on fire. Farmers protests from Poland to Spain expose the concrete rot of the EU agricultural policy

Meanwhile, the majority of the European Parliament does not want the contracts with Pfizer to be revealed. This leaves the Pfizer contract, which involved 35 billion euros and 1.8 billion vaccines under lock and key.

European Parliament helps VDL to conceal a dubious 35 billion euros deal

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, January 24, 2024

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been suspected of a conflict of interest for years

Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) suffered considerably in the parliamentary elections.

Taiwan’s choice for president: Beijing-critical William Lai

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Beijing-critical William Lai Ching-te becomes the new president of Taiwan

Obviously, the German chancellor has no lessons to give to EU countries. May be better he starts focussing on the problems in his own country.

Is Olaf Scholz a bit unhinged?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, January 10, 2024

To be honest, it is understandable

‘Our analysis shows that the EU needs to urgently strengthen actions to meet its environment and climate ambitions by 2030’, concludes the EEA’s executive director Leena Yla-Mononen. It sounds like a great and necessary New Year’s resolution for the EU and its member states.

EU New Year’s resolution: urgently strengthen actions to meet climate ambitions

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Since adopting the first environmental action programme in 1973, the EU has monitored the implementation of ‘green laws’

Now, the Council and the European Parliament officially support nuclear power. A significant victory for the sector!

Nuclear energy alongside renewables in NZIA

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, December 13, 2023

In spring, the European Commission presented its proposal for the Net-Zero Industry Act

Since 16 September, the Commission has not extended the restrictions on Ukrainian imports implemented in May after the farming industries in these neighbouring countries expressed opposition.

Ukraine grain row extends to sugar and poultry

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, December 6, 2023

The European Commission lifted restrictions on imports from Ukraine in June 2022 following Russia’s invasion of the country, which led to an influx of Ukrainian goods into the EU market

Travelling through the EU without showing a passport was completely normal, several generations don’t know better.

What is the Schengen Treaty still worth?

By: EBR | Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Border controls are no longer an exception at EU’s internal borders

The CDU, the Christian Democratic opposition, filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court in Stuttgart about it and the court ruled in favour of them. In the constitution, the article on ‘Schuldenbremse’ (brake debts) stipulates that the government is not allowed to do that.

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’

A repeat of the battle between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump is emerging. It will be a defeat for American politics.

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

President Ursula von der Leyen wants an additional 66 billion euros for measures against illegal immigration, more aid to Ukraine and financial setbacks. One of these financial setbacks is the extra interest costs of the corona recovery fund.

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

The fear in Paris is that the Commission is turning a blind eye to the growing distrust and resentment among Europeans about corruption in the EU institutions, which EU-critical parties are gladly capitalising on.

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

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