Tag: European Union
Right-wing extremists and the EU: wolves in sheep’s clothing
In times of pro-Europe, the right-wing extremist parties in Italy and France suddenly tend to be moderate: they only want to “reform” the EU instead of leaving it. source site
EU competition watchdogs face high interest payments – Economy
That could be very expensive: The American chip manufacturer Intel is demanding interest from the EU Commission for a competition penalty imposed on the company in 2009 by the Brussels…
Is Brussels overburdening Europe’s companies? – Business
Europe’s industry is currently struggling with serious problems. There are problems in many supply chains, energy has become dramatically more expensive and gas could soon become scarce. Therefore, some lobbyists…
Europe needs tougher debt rules – Economy
Germany comes late, but still in time: The federal government has now in one two-sided paper set out how the Stability and Growth Pact should be reformed. The governments of…
The EU plans to organize a training mission for the Ukrainian army
The proposal will be discussed next week in Prague at the Council of Defense Ministers of European Union member countries. The EU plans to organize a missiontraining and supportto the…
Half a year of war in Ukraine: The West is getting tired of war – Politics
Just as all Americans know exactly where they were on the morning of September 11, 2001, so the early morning of February 24, 2022 is burned into the collective memory…
If inflation rises, salaries automatically rise in Belgium – economy
Of Josef Kelnberger, Brussels Anyone who complains about the patchwork quilt of German federalism does not know Belgium. The centrifugal forces between the regions of Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels are…
European Union: Should Russians stay out? That would be a mistake – opinion
No more visas for Russian travelers? This debate is currently occupying the EU institutions. Olaf Scholz is considered the most prominent brakeman of the sanction – and that’s a good…
Scholz defends visas to Russians – politics
That’s not how Jonas Gahr Støre imagined it. The Norwegian Prime Minister had invited Chancellor Olaf Scholz to a meeting with the Nordic countries to emphasize the great unity in…
Russians are threatened with an entry ban to Europe – Politics
This is Putin’s war, says Chancellor Olaf Scholz. This is not just Putin’s war, counters Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, but Russia’s war. Two voices on a question that the…