Month: April 2023

Green Fuels To Become Mandatory in 2025

A dispute over whether an artificial demand for biofuels would impact food prices had delayed the deal, with some cautioning that the infrastructure in place to produce green fuels was not up to scratch.

You Can’t Put Filters on a Cow’s Chimney

As part of the Green Deal, the EU Commission wants to expand the Industrial Emissions Directive—the main EU regulation for pollutant emissions from industrial installations—to include cattle farms.

MEPs Rally Europe Against “Disastrous” Migration Pact

“We are very hopeful to move things in the right direction,” members of the new cross-party policy group said, promising to do everything they can “to stop this left-wing compromise” on the new migration pact.

Terror Plot Foiled in Hamburg

Counter terrorism police conducted raids in the port city of Hamburg and Kempten, and found the Syrian Islamist planning to manufacture a suicide vest.

The Death of a Teacher

We are marked from the day of our birth with an end date; all is indeed vanity. To forget our mortality is thus to lose something human, to become inhuman.

North Sea Energy Expansion Proceeds Despite Sabotage Fears

North Sea Energy Expansion Proceeds Despite Sabotage Fears

President Macron addressed concerns of overreliance on Chinese technology as the Dutch Prime Minister called for NATO sea patrols to protect wind farms against potential attacks.

April 27, 2023
UK Eyeing Up Warmer Relations With China

UK Eyeing Up Warmer Relations With China

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said it was better to talk of “robust and constructive” ties than a new cold war.

April 27, 2023
Uniper, Fortum Subsidiaries Put Under ‘External Management’ by Moscow

Uniper, Fortum Subsidiaries Put Under ‘External Management’ by Moscow

While the move is reversible, the Kremlin contemplates more such asset seizures.

April 27, 2023
The Death of a Teacher

The Death of a Teacher

We are marked from the day of our birth with an end date; all is indeed vanity. To forget our mortality is thus to lose something human, to become inhuman.

April 27, 2023
Council of Europe Divided Over Kosovo’s Membership Bid

Council of Europe Divided Over Kosovo’s Membership Bid

Afraid that any more recognition would only embolden their own ethnic minorities, seven countries, including Spain, voted against Kosovo’s CoE admission. Another five, including Ukraine, chose to abstain.

April 26, 2023
European Green Activists Winning on the Streets and in the Courts

European Green Activists Winning on the Streets and in the Courts

Greenpeace can take its legal challenge against the UK government over new oil and gas licences to a full hearing, a court has ruled.

April 26, 2023
Fiscal Forecast Europe: Signs of Stagflation

Fiscal Forecast Europe: Signs of Stagflation

New data suggests an elevated risk for stagflation in Europe. Policymakers beware!

April 26, 2023
Fiscal Forecast America: Farewell to State Independence

Fiscal Forecast America: Farewell to State Independence

America’s states are supposed to be sovereign jurisdictions. Yet when the federal government is their main source of revenue, how independent are they really?

April 26, 2023
European Convention on Human Rights: Necessity or Mistake?

European Convention on Human Rights: Necessity or Mistake?

The founders of the Council of Europe saw the need for an international organisation dedicated to protecting human rights. But there were other options back then, and there surely are now.

April 26, 2023
Europe’s Military Spending Increased Precipitously in 2022

Europe’s Military Spending Increased Precipitously in 2022

European countries increased their military budgets faster than at any time since the end of the Cold War.

April 26, 2023
Libya Warns It Can’t Keep More Migrants for Europe

Libya Warns It Can’t Keep More Migrants for Europe

According to a UN report, the first quarter of 2023 has been the deadliest in six years for migrants taking the central Mediterranean route from Libya to Italy.

April 26, 2023
EU Council Leak: Europe’s Plan To Win Back Key Global Partners

EU Council Leak: Europe’s Plan To Win Back Key Global Partners

Trade deals, visa-free travel, and “more migration opportunities” are just a few of the proposed EU strategies to prevent countries from defecting to Beijing’s camp.

April 26, 2023