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04 March 2024

Europe

Politics

Bubblereport #17 – At the Congress in Rome, the bigwigs of the European Socialist Party elected ‘mr. nobody’ Nicolas Schmit as Spitzenkandidat, before sending a message to Lady Ursula: ‘Our yes shouldn’t be taken for granted’ – she is accused of flirting a little too much with the European right (ECR above all). The poor girl, who is already running against herself (she has to dismantle her crazy Green Deal), is accused by those who have given the most votes to the European right-wingers throughout their ideological policies, such as the green transition at the expense of the poorest and in favor of China. Not to mention the chaos in their minds when it comes to foreign affairs: they are divided both on Gaza and on Ukraine

Source: Confidential

It lasted nearly six hours of seamless work at the Congress that hailed Luxembourger Schmit as the candidate for the presidency of the European Commission. Everyone arrived on the stage at the Nuvola in Rome, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Pse President Stefan Löfven, and Secretary General Giacomo Filibeck. Plus Frans Timmermans, former European Commissioner for the Environment. An intense congress and some division over foreign policy. Support for Ukraine, but no ground troops.

Scholz refused to transfer Taurus cruise missiles to Kiev to avoid open conflict with Russia.

However, Scholz had no difficulty in transferring 250 Taurus cruise missiles to South Korea without fear of conflict with China. For the German Chancellor, Ukraine cannot lose, but it cannot win either. Russia must not be humiliated. In Europe, the rift between Macron's France (which favors an active role for NATO) and Scholz's Germany (which sees NATO as a mere deterrence alliance) has reached a critical point. Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez's speech (the most applauded) summed up the populist alarm: "The soul of Europe is in danger, the far right is everywhere. All the progress we have made is in danger." And the Italian leader Schlein sends a warning to the Populars (indirectly to von der Leyen) and to Renew, who are accused of being too lenient towards the ECR, which has opened itself to Zemmour's party and to Orban. That is why he does not consider the support of the Socialists a foregone conclusion.

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All the troubles of Lady Ursula – The ball is now in the court of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, which has taken over the investigation from the Belgian prosecutors. No one is under investigation at the moment, but Ursula von der Leyen’s name is at the top of the list in case things get serious. The sword of Damocles of conflict of interest between her and Pfizer’s CEO still hangs over her head. Not the best calling card for the EPP’s spitzenkandidat

BUBBLEFLASH – Lady Ursula looks to the left – The plan remains the same: ignore the emergence of the conservative right and strengthen the majority by looking the other way. Von der Leyen met with the Greens today (1st of July), but the road to their votes is always uphill. It is no longer the time for the Green Deal, priorities are other, and defence is always in the headlines. That is why an agreement is difficult, but not impossible

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Long live the European Disunion – 800 EU officials sign against “Lady Ursula” Israel «uncontrolled» support: even on the Palestinian issue, the Union shows division. Yet another lack of a common vision that leads to a lack of basic credibility

Lady Ursula is teetering – The majority is by no means a foregone conclusion. With the departure of seven MEPs from the Renew Europe group, the number has slipped below the psychological threshold of 400 seats: it is stuck at 399. And considering that MEPs changing idea usually weigh about 10-15%, Lady Ursula won’t rest assured until the end of this week

17 September 2024

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It seems like our favorite French president’s inner circle is getting quite the shuffle. Breton is out, and Séjourné, the most Macroniste of them all, is in. Because nothing says transparency and political progress like a good old-fashioned game of musical chairs at the European Commission. It’s not like Europe has bigger issues to tackle, right? But hey, at least Paris got what it wanted.

Bubblereport #19 – The Green Deal bullshit. At the Strasbourg plenary, Lady Ursula finally wakes up to the fact that ‘energy costs continue to affect our competitiveness’. But then she lies: ‘We expect gas prices to fall.’ From a low of 25 euros per megawatt hour, they have already risen to 32 euros per megawatt hour just in the last few days…

19 February 2024

Now it’s official – Ursula von der Leyen will run for the leadership of the Commission: a candidacy that will be enshrined at the EPP congress in Bucharest. In spite of the advance of the far-right throughout Europe, the EPP, instead of trying to curb the phenomenon by nominating an innovative figure, opts for the usual safe. And the poor girl will be a candidate against herself, since she will have to dismantle all the waffle provided by her old warhorse: the Green Deal. She will then push the idea of having a new commissioner in charge of defense. But until the treaties are reformed, we risk having another unemployed person as head of a foreign policy that does not really exist

20 November 2024

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