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«A revolution will never be possible in Brussels, because we all know each other» «A revolution will never be possible in Brussels, because we all know each other» «A revolution will never be possible in Brussels, because we all know each other»

Europe

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05 November 2024

The first four commissioners, Sefcovic, Micallef, Tzitzikostas and Hansen, pass the parliamentary test. All in a balancing game with words based on “but also”. Like Sefcovic, who on China looked like a juggler hanging by a thread. Also in these hearings, the formidable ECR-EPP axis jumps out at you. If Fitto, for example, lacks the support of the Socialists, retaliation against Spain’s Teresa Ribera would be automatic. And in this case it would come not only from the conservatives, but from the EPP itself

04 November 2024

While the European chancelleries are asleep, still chasing the brain-dead follies of the Germans about the impossibility of a common debt, Sauli Niinistö, former President of the Republic of Finland, is giving Europe a wake-up call: conflict and climate: the EU is not prepared for the worst’; Europe’s defense (and threats) report; ‘Attacks and pandemics? A 72-hour supply in every home’.

30 October 2024

What a surprise! Just a few days before the commissioners’ hearings. And after the EPP had finally begun to emerge from the all-green and civil rights bubble it had got itself into. Out comes a clockwork investigation against Weber and the EPP. Who knows if this too will be a bubble that will evaporate like the others.

30 October 2024

European Commission on Tuesday (29 October) confirmed tariffs of up to 35.3% on Chinese-made electric cars, wrapping up a consultation period launched in October last year to establish whether Beijing’s subsidies had undercut European competition. A senior Commission official told reporters in Brussels there were persisting “broad disagreements over each and every fact” and “legal argument” around the original issue of subsidies – and how these were characterised

22 October 2024

The axis works – The European Parliament on Monday rejected, with 319 votes against, a request to debate the consequences of Friday’s Rome court ruling nixing the transfer of the first dozen migrants to a new processing centre in Albania. The request was presented by the Greens group and supported by Liberals and Socialists. But on the other side the Popular-Patriots-ECR axis proved to be stronger than expected

16 October 2024

The return of austerity? – 2025 will be a decisive year for the Continent’s economy. The usual suspects will have to comply with the new rules: Italy is required to improve its structural primary balance by about 1.08 per cent of GDP per year to meet the new parameters. France and Spain will have to make an annual adjustment of 0.94 and 0.89 per cent of GDP, respectively. Blood and tears again, like ten years ago

10 October 2024

BUBBLEFLASH – Everyone take cover! – The special train returning to Brussels from Strasbourg caught fire. The entire European bubble evacuated and awaiting instructions from the authorities. Meanwhile, meetings cancelled and dinners postponed

07 October 2024

Keep calm and carry on. That seems to be Brussels’ motto after another far-right election victory in Europe, this time in Austria. Herbert Kickl and his anti-migrant, Russia-friendly Freedom Party (FPÖ) came out on top in Sunday’s vote but are likely to be kept out of government. EU diplomats and o ci als have in turn downplayed the direct impact of Austria’s election result on Europe

27 September 2024

While many sectors of German and Frugals’ politics are obsessed with green craziness (like stopping the production of endothermic engines from 2035) and insist on obstructing a common European debt, as opposed to what would be needed to revive a real European industrial policy and stimulate domestic demand, American politics is mapping out its own industrial future at the expense of Europe. Explain that to Lindner, Merz and Ferber that are causing an economic recession and in the end give votes to AfD. Teutonic flexibility is well known, as is the damage it has already repeatedly done to Europe and its unity. ….

23 September 2024

Lady Ursula unchained – The new Commission, despite numerous appeals to give it a collegial character, will see a wild Lady Ursula, the real leader of the executive. During the last legislature the “German” traction ensured unity and coordination in action. This time, the impression is that the various commissioners are watertight comports whose only task is to follow the programme already drawn up by Mario Draghi…

17 September 2024

Senza categoria

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.

16 September 2024

Thierry Breton, the outgoing European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, has resigned. In the resignation letter he shared on X, Breton claimed that von der Leyen had recently pressured France to withdraw his candidacy as the country’s nominee for the European Commission, in exchange for a more influential role. Breton accused von der Leyen of acting “for personal reasons that you never directly discussed with me.” So far, neither the French government nor von der Leyen have commented

10 September 2024

In the end, round and round, the only way for the EU to survive is to be a STATE: and that means issuing common debt and having a single defense, possibly with a parliament that has the right of legislative initiative like all parliaments in the world, along with the possibility of challenging the Government, with a normal majority and that is the Commission. There was no need to bother poor Draghi with this, it was already known! The problem is that Germany and other EU northern countries do not get it. Who knows if they will get it now that they are starting to close factories and put people on the streets? History teaches that they are always too late. But this time there may be a small margin…

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