Category: BRUSSELS

‘Weimar Triangle’ Wants To Lead Europe’s Security Revival

‘Weimar Triangle’ Wants To Lead Europe’s Security Revival

Trump prompts Paris, Berlin, and Warsaw to rethink their old alliance to rebuild Europe’s “military might,” while Brussels jumps at the chance to advocate for a European army.

February 13, 2024
Report Says Green Transition is Crumbling—But Will Eurocrats Let Go of Their Pet Project?

Report Says Green Transition is Crumbling—But Will Eurocrats Let Go of Their Pet Project?

Net Zero might look like the official orthodoxy right now, but its foundations are shaky, author claims.

February 12, 2024
Hamas Command Center Found Under UN Agency’s Gaza Headquarters

Hamas Command Center Found Under UN Agency’s Gaza Headquarters

“There is no doubt that UNRWA staff knew that [Hamas] was digging a massive tunnel beneath them,” says Israeli colonel.

February 12, 2024
EU Leaders Panic After Trump Puts Them in Their Place on NATO Defense Spending

EU Leaders Panic After Trump Puts Them in Their Place on NATO Defense Spending

Just weeks ago, Dutch PM Mark Rutte said Trump “was completely right in forcing us to live up to [our NATO] commitment,” in Davos.

February 12, 2024
European Farmers United in Fight Against Prohibitive ‘Green’ Regulations, Cheap Imports

European Farmers United in Fight Against Prohibitive ‘Green’ Regulations, Cheap Imports

The rise of farmer protests in Poland has further heightened the country’s existing political tensions.

February 12, 2024
EU Approves Migration Pact; Central Europeans Call It “Serious Violation of Sovereignty”

EU Approves Migration Pact; Central Europeans Call It “Serious Violation of Sovereignty”

Slovaks, Hungarians, and Poles voted against the deal which includes forcing countries to choose between accepting migrants or paying hefty sums of taxpayer money into a common fund.

February 10, 2024
“It is not a good idea to create a race between the Western Balkans and Ukraine”: An Interview with EU Enlargement Commissioner <strong>Olivér Várhelyi</strong>

“It is not a good idea to create a race between the Western Balkans and Ukraine”: An Interview with EU Enlargement Commissioner <strong>Olivér Várhelyi</strong>

For five years, the Commission turned its back on the Western Balkan countries, the enlargement chief said, but now “the EU means business.”

EU-Turn: Brussels Finally Recognizes Nuclear Power as “Strategic” For Green Goals

EU-Turn: Brussels Finally Recognizes Nuclear Power as “Strategic” For Green Goals

The EU now aims to deploy subsidized reactors by 2030—despite Commission president saying the opposite last year.

February 8, 2024
European Parliament Using TikTok During Election Despite EU’s Own Ban

European Parliament Using TikTok During Election Despite EU’s Own Ban

”It’s one thing to consider TikTok Chinese spyware and ban it. It’s another thing to tell yourself that you will use an evil tool for a good cause. To choose both is bizarre and hypocritical” says MEP.

February 8, 2024
EU Takes Legal Action Against Hungary’s Defense of Sovereignty Law

EU Takes Legal Action Against Hungary’s Defense of Sovereignty Law

Brussels’ claim that the law violates freedom of expression is just a pretext for another violation of Hungarian sovereignty.

February 7, 2024
EU Sneaks “Road Police Agenda” Into New Driving Licences Law

EU Sneaks “Road Police Agenda” Into New Driving Licences Law

Legislation paves the way to repressive new licensing regulations forcing drivers off the roads, claims populist French MEP.

February 7, 2024
EU Offer of “Strategic Dialogue” Won’t Placate Europe’s Fighting Farmers

EU Offer of “Strategic Dialogue” Won’t Placate Europe’s Fighting Farmers

Commission invites farmers to the table, but conveniently, work group’s report won’t be ready until after EU election

February 7, 2024