Day: September 12, 2023

The EU’s New Economic Security 

What the European Commission proposes is not rules-based trade but managed trade, with Commission technocrats pulling the strings to favour EU industrialization.

EU Parliament Approves €300 Million Fund for Joint Arms Procurement

EU Parliament Approves €300 Million Fund for Joint Arms Procurement

Fund encourages member states to share defence costs amid depleted stockpiles

September 12, 2023
European Parliament Increases 2030 Renewable Energy Target

European Parliament Increases 2030 Renewable Energy Target

Member states will have to use 42.5% renewable energy by the end of the decade, despite MEPs saying it will jeopardize Europeans’ energy security and the very “future of their children.”

September 12, 2023
EU Legislates for Sale of Embryos as Critics Decry EPP Betrayal

EU Legislates for Sale of Embryos as Critics Decry EPP Betrayal

Amendments from ID and ECR to prevent use of human foetuses for financial gain were voted down.

September 12, 2023
Dutch Farmers Party Urges Opt-Outs On EU Migration and Nature

Dutch Farmers Party Urges Opt-Outs On EU Migration and Nature

BBB continues to distinguish itself as a party for the people, standing up to the crushing mandates of the EU’s Nature Restoration Law.

September 12, 2023
EU Guts Farming Reforms Due to Rising Prices

EU Guts Farming Reforms Due to Rising Prices

Idealism meets reality in another blow to the Green New Deal.

September 12, 2023
German Social Democrats Face Internal Conflict On Surging Illegal Migration 

German Social Democrats Face Internal Conflict On Surging Illegal Migration 

Too little, too late? SPD’s flirtation with changing its asylum policy may not matter in upcoming elections, where AfD is on the rise because of its tough stand on immigration.

September 12, 2023
Brussels Confirms Spanish Tinkering With Unemployment Data

Brussels Confirms Spanish Tinkering With Unemployment Data

The EU is perfectly aware that the ‘success’ of Spain’s labor market reforms is nothing but smoke and mirrors, hiding the real unemployment numbers behind meaningless new terms.

September 12, 2023
The EU’s New Economic Security 

The EU’s New Economic Security 

What the European Commission proposes is not rules-based trade but managed trade, with Commission technocrats pulling the strings to favour EU industrialization.

September 12, 2023
EU Denies Struggling Irish Farmers Nitrate Cut Relief

EU Denies Struggling Irish Farmers Nitrate Cut Relief

Irish PM affirms decision is Brussels’—not Dublin’s—to make.

September 12, 2023
EU Taxpayers Are Funding Political Fight Against Orbán

EU Taxpayers Are Funding Political Fight Against Orbán

The European Commission has financed left-liberal groups in Hungary while withholding recovery funds from the country.

September 12, 2023
Spanish Protest Amnesty for Catalan Seditionists

Spanish Protest Amnesty for Catalan Seditionists

The amnesty is part of negotiations to form a new government.

September 12, 2023
Alleged Spy in Parliament Complicates UK-China Relations

Alleged Spy in Parliament Complicates UK-China Relations

Suspect linked to senior Tory MPs with access to classified information.

September 12, 2023