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While Europe continues its sleepwalking existence, made up of axes (Franco-German), triangles (Weimar: Poland, Germany and France) and processes (the incomplete Barcelona Process), more or less oriented towards the Mediterranean, there is only one axis that manages to function well: the Sino-Russian one

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08 May 2025

While Europe continues its sleepwalking existence, made up of axes (Franco-German), triangles (Weimar: Poland, Germany and France) and processes (the incomplete Barcelona Process), more or less oriented towards the Mediterranean, there is only one axis that manages to function well: the Sino-Russian one

24 April 2025

Europe

Politics

If the next pope is European, he might be from Southern Europe. Or Italian, or Portuguese, or Spanish. The wind of providence will inevitably blow in the direction of the Mediterranean dimension of Europe. Lest we begin to call it EurAfrica

24 April 2025

Europe

Policy

Parliament rebels against its exclusion from the European Commission’s emergency procedure to approve RearmEU. The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) rejects the idea, arguing that the requirements for urgency are not met

EU Contries

Themes

Here is the best answer to Trump’s tariffs: in the general silence of everyone, no one noticed that last week in Strasbourg the FRUGAL front collapsed and was approved by 303 votes in favor, 289 against and 62 abstentions, an amendment (n. 101) to the text on the EU defense strategy (rapporteur Nicolás PASCUAL DE LA PARTE), which calls on the Commission to increase the EU’s common debt to ensure that the Union has the necessary budgetary capacity to borrow in exceptional and crisis situations

26 March 2025

Europe

War

The Old Continent is divided between reluctant rearmers and confused pacifists. We have technology and soldiers, but without unified planning we remain geopolitical dwarfs. Europe lacks many ingredients to be strong, such as a unified command, a comprehensive and effective information system at all levels, a missile defense system like Israel’s Iron Dome, and an industrial chain that combines competition and convergence. But most importantly, it lacks the will to change the treaties to a fixed common debt and to increase democratic representation with a European constitution that allows for the direct election of the Commission President and more powers for the Parliament, including the right of initiative and the motions of confidence and censure. Of course, Europe and America will always be two sides of the same coin

04 March 2025

Economics

Europe

Lady Ursula’s plan for European rearmament is the usual German delaying tactic: each state will put up the money for itself, a little from the EIB, a little from some other fund with a fancy name, and then we’ll see who survives. Of course, even with the separation of military spending from that great idiocy called ‘Stability and Growth Pact’, the heavily indebted states won’t be able to do much more than they’ve been doing. Nobody is talking about serious matters: if we really want Europe to become a credible political subject, we have to start by changing the treaties in a framework that includes the United Kingdom

04 March 2025

Europe

Journalism

The Qatargate had dissolved in a soap bubble also due to the lack of credibility of the Prosecutor who originally dealt with the case. But there’s nothing to be done, the trawling starts again: accusations are once again being made against two Italian S&D MEPs. S&D is the group that most often uses moralism for political ends and that has been intransigent in the reform of the Parliament, limiting the freedom of mandate of European MEPs and turning them into a kind of automaton. The problem is the separation of legislative and judicial powers. In these times of chaos, it should be pointed out to the European left that in the race to be the purest, there is always someone purer who will purge you

19 February 2025

Europe

Politics

A ridiculous European radical chic left: they cry out against Trump’s fascism and come up with new arguments that don’t hold water. They have invented a new difference: on the one hand Atlanticism and on the other hand the West, as if the EU wasn’t the fruit of the Atlantic relationship. They don’t understand that the number one problem of the USA has only one name: China. And therefore, from their point of view, it makes sense to try to separate Russia from China. So the EU has an opportunity to finally become a real political entity with the Brits in it

12 February 2025

Germany

Politics

The EPP is waiting for the vote in Germany and the subsequent formation of a government to see how to proceed. The Stockholm Declaration only talks about security and other agreeable issues, without any reference to green policies or immigration. Not to mention economic policy. Yesterday, during the vote in Strasbourg on the annual report on the ECB, an issue came to the fore that is common to almost all political parties (S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR, etc.), namely the differences between frugal and pro-European states on EU economic policy. In fact, even in the EPP, some MEPs abstained on amendments proposed by the Left, which rightly pointed out the dysfunctionality of a system that has a common monetary policy without a common fiscal and industrial policy, and also criticized the ECB for its too rigid interest rate policy.

03 February 2025

Europe

Politics

BUBBLEFLASH – The mystery of the MEGA hats delivered to all MEPs in Brussels: who could have sent the funny gadget? And for what reason? The name refers to the movement conceived by Elon Musk to expand MAGA to Europe. Perhaps this is a sign that anticipates some move that could come soon

30 January 2025

Europe

Society

Finally, someone is trying to feed the soul of Europe. Thanks to the initiative of ECR MEP Carlo Ciccioli, an exhibition on Frederick II has been opened in the European Parliament.

28 January 2025

Israel

No country for Israelis – Bibi’s Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli Won’t Go to Brussels: “It’s dangerous”. Netanyahu cancels the visit to an event on anti-Semitism: “EU Capital is not Safe for Jews and Israelis”. A decision that conceals an ominous truth: the Continent is at the bottom of the list of priorities of major international players

20 January 2025

Politics

USA

The European caviar left is now tearing its hair out over the danger Musk poses to democracy. In contrast, when he was funding Democratic campaigns, he was something of a myth. Of course, not a word about Soros or the CEO of JP Morgan. The latter in particular wants to open the world’s largest digital bank in Europe by gobbling up European savings and acquiring sensitive data. But since the banks have always been generous with the Left all over the world, for heaven’s sake, no one says anything. The usual double standards

15 January 2025

Society

World

380 million Christians persecuted – Dramatic data on faith denied today. Africa is the epicenter of the violence. What are the EU and the Pope doing about it?

15 January 2025

Economics

China has also caught up with Europe in pharmaceuticals, where we used to boast primacy, and is ready to kick our asses: of the 90 new molecules launched in the year of China’s overtaking, 28 are “made in the US,” 25 come from China, and only 12 from Europe. Today, between 80 and 90 percent of the active ingredients in antibiotics used in Europe come from China. Whereas 25 years ago half of all new treatments were “made in the EU”, today it is only one in five. That is why the Sino-EU dialogue is resuming on cars, but late as usual, it is finally intensifying on pharmaceuticals.

14 January 2025

Economics

Europe

Yesterday we published an article explaining that one of the causes of the halving of Europe’s influence on the stock markets is the lack of a unified European defense. A message that has now been clarified and reiterated by, among others, the President of the European Council, António Costa, the Vice-President of the European Commission, Stéphane Séjourné, and the MEP and Chair of the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Salvatore De Meo. This nicely sums up a hypothesis that is beginning to circulate among the palaces in Brussels in order to avoid a trade war with the U.S. and to calm their anger over Germany’s and China’s structural current account surpluses at the expense of the U.S. economy. That is, common European debt for common defense

14 January 2025

Europe

Politics

BUBBLEFLASH – The Council of European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) has just elected former Polish Prime Minister and PiS leader Mateusz Morawiecki as its president, succeeding Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The head of the FDI delegation in the European Parliament, Carlo Fidanza, is one of the three vice-presidents of the ECR, the others being Marion Marechal of France and George Simion of Romania

13 January 2025

Europe

War

Where do you go if you don’t have the technology? Here’s why it will be hard for Europe to do without SpaceX. In 2024, SpaceX had more than 130 orbital launches, China 68, and Europe stopped at 3. The European Galileo system was launched with Space X rockets because the European launchers were not there. Instead of transforming the EU into a serious and democratic political entity, time was lost behind the green follies of the European caviar left.

13 January 2025

Economics

Europe

In 25 years, Europe’s weight in the stock market has more than halved. One of the reasons: in the absence of a common foreign policy and a common defense, there has been no innovation driven by military spending.

10 January 2025

Politics

In Greenland, the plan is Biden’s. And Europe sleeps as usual, lost in ritual declarations about the inviolability of borders under the now blind leadership of France and Germany. No one seems to want to understand that Trump’s shock phrases are more an invitation to the allies to open their eyes. In fact, the activism of China and Russia in such a resource-rich and increasingly crucial region as the Arctic should have worried the EU the most. Which, as usual, has no idea how to defend the area because it has no common army. And so it does not even consider how to exploit the raw materials that are essential for the continent

18 December 2024

Policy

Turkey

Von der Leyen’s game with Erdogan, between the Kurdish unknown and the treatment of Syrian refugees. If only the EU had a real common foreign policy, Europeans would have much more influence in the region without being at the mercy of Erdogan’s hegemonic aims. Since 2011, the EU has given Turkey almost 10 billion euros.

16 December 2024

Politics

USA

After Musk’s remarks about the EU being ‘undemocratic’, in Brussels there is strong disapproval of the creator of SpaceX and Tesla and his views. This is not the first instance of tension in this relationship. Meanwhile, the billionaire’s influence, having spent the past few weeks with President-elect Donald Trump, is growing and will inevitably influence his policies and his attitude towards the old Continent

10 December 2024

Economics

Europe

Ursula and Merz: make us laugh! The two Germans are convinced that they can play Trump cleverly. The first imitates the moves of Junker, who proposed buying more soybeans from the US to distract Trump, and suggests that the EU buy more US LNG to avoid tariffs. The latter lives in a parallel universe and even fantasizes about a trade agreement with the US. Poor Europe is now a continent victimized by itself. And to think that the damage caused by the tariffs could be largely covered by issuing common debt for at least 40 percent of European GDP is unbelievable.

10 December 2024

Economics

Germany

God willing, they may begin to awaken from their long hibernation. Badger Europe may begin to realize what is taken for granted elsewhere. In some frugal countries, such as Denmark, the need for a common debt is beginning to sink in. And in Germany, the taboo on debt brake reform is beginning to fall. Who knows if Merz will slowly come around. There is no hope for Ferber, for whom austerity is a religion

27 November 2024

Europe

Politics

BUBBLEFLASH – Parliament approves the Commission that will govern the old continent for the next five years. A team that will be the most conservative in a long time: almost half of the 27 commissioners, including von der Leyen, are from the centre-right, one is an ultraconservative and one is from the far right. There were 370 votes in favour, far fewer than last July. Not a particularly encouraging sign

26 November 2024

Politics

Romania

Western Europe’s most important eastern flank surprised everyone with the first-round victory of Calin Georgescu, the candidate of the pro-Russian ultra-right. Romanian farmers and young people find Putin more attractive than Lady Ursula. In fact, if we are still arguing about yes or no to Eurobonds, or if we are still arguing about whether or not to put nativity scenes in institutions instead of creating a common European army and focusing on the traditions of Western culture, the battle with the Authoritarian East will be lost already at its start

21 November 2024

Europe

Politics

The last few days have been a theater never seen before at the beginning of a European legislature. But one positive fact stands out: the essential role of the Parliament, which is to give confidence to the executive, has for the first time taken place with a higher degree of authenticity. This happened thanks to the tragedy of Dana in Spain and the resulting clash between the EPP and the S&D. Therefore, it would be appropriate to change the Treaties and make the relationship of trust between Parliament and the Executive continuous over time, as is the case in all developed democracies in the West. And not just once at the beginning of the legislature, as the basic treaties provide. A motion of censure on the Commission can then only be adopted by an extremely qualified majority and is therefore not comparable to a real vote of confidence or a motion of censure. This is what the seductive socialists and liberals of the S&D and Renew should propose instead of trying to exclude the ECR from the so-called “presentables”, a party that has instead shown great maturity in defending Ukraine and Western values

20 November 2024

Europe

Politics

Proportional representation often leads to variable majorities in parliament. Something that S&D and Renew are unable to understand. So it seems that the stalemate that the EU institutions had reached in the process of forming the Commission has been overcome with a somewhat questionable formula: the three parties of the “Ursula” majority (EPP, S&D and Renew) will draw up some kind of political document that will serve as proof that this kind of majority is good, while the other majorities are bad. The EPP had cleverly divided the right into a pro-Western and constructive right (ECR) and a pro-Putin and defeatist right (Patriots and ESN). An operation carried out in the interest of the survival of Europe itself. Which of course the idiocy of the socialists and liberals would not accept because they are still intimidated by the electoral defeats they suffered in Europe

19 November 2024

Europe

“Banks must prepare for increasing geopolitical risks” says Claudia Buch, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank, who addressed the European Parliament with a clear warning: “In a context of heightened geopolitical risks, the likelihood of extreme events materializing has increased”. She emphasized that management bodies must ensure banks are sufficiently resilient both financially and operationally

13 November 2024

Europe

Politics

The tragicomedy of Europeans and the American speed – The hearings of the European Commissioners turn into a madhouse. But it is understandable because the possibility of events beyond the actual will of the protagonists is becoming concrete. Yesterday, the President of the Commission rushed to the Parliament. She spoke with the leaders of the S&D and Renew groups, who have plunged into the darkness of “political ebetism”

09 November 2024

Europe

Society

On the eve of the hearings of the vice-presidents-designate of the Commission, tensions are rising between the Socialists, Liberals and Greens on the one hand and the EPP, ECR, Patriots and ESN on the other. The former would like to get rid of Fitto. But they know very well that it would be the Socialist Teresa Ribeira who would pay the price. As usual, the needle of the scales is in the hands of the EPP, which decides which majority to adopt according to the convenience of the moment. Be it the “Ursula” one (EPP, S&D, Renew and Greens) or the “Venezuela” one (EPP, ECR, Patriots, ENS). And even if the EPP has protected Fitto like an armoured car, some German hawks, like Ehler, would like to take advantage of it to remove some important delegations from the Italian Commissioner-designate’s portfolio in exchange for support. Always in the EPP, the Spanish delegation would like to see Ribeira with a stake in her ass, regardless of Fitto. Especially now that Sánchez had to run for his life from the angry mob.

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If the next pope is European, he might be from Southern Europe. Or Italian, or Portuguese, or Spanish. The wind of providence will inevitably blow in the direction of the Mediterranean dimension of Europe. Lest we begin to call it EurAfrica

Parliament rebels against its exclusion from the European Commission’s emergency procedure to approve RearmEU. The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) rejects the idea, arguing that the requirements for urgency are not met

EU Contries

Themes

BUBBLEFLASH – The mystery of the MEGA hats delivered to all MEPs in Brussels: who could have sent the funny gadget? And for what reason? The name refers to the movement conceived by Elon Musk to expand MAGA to Europe. Perhaps this is a sign that anticipates some move that could come soon

Finally, someone is trying to feed the soul of Europe. Thanks to the initiative of ECR MEP Carlo Ciccioli, an exhibition on Frederick II has been opened in the European Parliament.

380 million Christians persecuted – Dramatic data on faith denied today. Africa is the epicenter of the violence. What are the EU and the Pope doing about it?

In 25 years, Europe’s weight in the stock market has more than halved. One of the reasons: in the absence of a common foreign policy and a common defense, there has been no innovation driven by military spending.