Category: NEWS

SOTEU: VDL Promises More EU and Less Democracy

While conservative MEPs criticized her for abandoning pragmatism for utopist ideology, the Commission chief argued in favor of enlargement to 30+ member states, “History is calling us to [complete] our Union.”

Poland Secures $4 Billion Loan for Up to 20 New Nuclear Power Plants

Poland Secures $4 Billion Loan for Up to 20 New Nuclear Power Plants

Poland’s assertive move toward nuclear energy comes as its neighbor Germany announced last week that its last three remaining nuclear power plants would be shut down on April 15th.

April 21, 2023
European Parliament Still on the Fence About Border Walls

European Parliament Still on the Fence About Border Walls

“If we want to show solidarity, then we must restore the order at our borders, if needed by building fences where they are needed,” EPP spokesman Jeroen Lenaers said after pushing through an amendment to fund border walls, which was later thrown out by the Left with the entire package.

April 21, 2023
Luxembourg’s Gay PM Slams Orbán over LGBT Law

Luxembourg’s Gay PM Slams Orbán over LGBT Law

“I would ask you not to stigmatize those with a different identity or faith,” Hungarian MEP Tamás Deutch replied after PM Xavier Bettel accused Hungary of homophobia.

April 21, 2023
Stoltenberg: “Ukraine’s Future is in NATO”

Stoltenberg: “Ukraine’s Future is in NATO”

For now, NATO’s priority remains Ukraine’s “military victory over Russia,” the NATO Secretary General said.

April 21, 2023
Turkish Interior Minister: Whole World Hates U.S.; Europe is U.S. Pawn

Turkish Interior Minister: Whole World Hates U.S.; Europe is U.S. Pawn

The interior minister’s comments are reflective of what appears to be a growing anti-American sentiment across increasingly broad segments of the international community, including parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

April 21, 2023
Controversial Migration Package Approved by Left-Right EP Coalition

Controversial Migration Package Approved by Left-Right EP Coalition

“There are more battles to come,” conservative MEP Charlie Weimers noted, observing that the decision would prevent effective border control and enshrine migrant quotas in the new Asylum and Immigration Pact.

April 20, 2023
Claims of Hypocrisy After Dutch Government Backs Ukrainian Farmers 

Claims of Hypocrisy After Dutch Government Backs Ukrainian Farmers 

Campaigners say the Dutch government is hypocritical by financially supporting farmers abroad, while it takes the axe to its domestic agricultural industry.

April 20, 2023
Commission Fails To End Eastern Europe’s Ukrainian Grain Ban

Commission Fails To End Eastern Europe’s Ukrainian Grain Ban

Having failed to persuade Eastern members to undo their bans by questioning their “solidarity” with Kyiv, Brussels officials tried to win them over with cash.

April 20, 2023
Chinese Nationals Arrested in NYC for Operating CCP ‘Police Station’

Chinese Nationals Arrested in NYC for Operating CCP ‘Police Station’

The clandestine ‘police station’ is allegedly one of approximately 100 established across some 53 countries in the world, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and other countries.

April 20, 2023
Russian FM: United Front Needed Against the West’s “Blackmail”

Russian FM: United Front Needed Against the West’s “Blackmail”

As Moscow is expanding its trade and economic ties in Latin America, its proposed vision of the coming multipolar era is gaining traction there.

April 20, 2023
Germany Seeks To Punish Russia’s Nuclear Sector With New EU Sanctions

Germany Seeks To Punish Russia’s Nuclear Sector With New EU Sanctions

Brussels diplomats were left “surprised” and disappointed after the sector failed to form part of the Commission’s last sanctions package.

April 20, 2023
EU Takes Another Step Towards Its Fit For 55 Goal

EU Takes Another Step Towards Its Fit For 55 Goal

The EU now moves forward with the world’s first carbon tariff on high carbon imports with Parliament opting to reduce the regulatory leniency given to the aviation sector in cutting emissions.

April 20, 2023