Pieter Cleppe | The European Conservative

EU Plans To Join the Semiconductor Race

Thomas O'Reilly March 30, 2023

The Chips Act is designed to mitigate European reliance on Chinese semiconductors. It is an answer to the unanticipated realisation that the EU is at a technological disadvantage.

A Path Forward: The European Conservative on Standing Up to EU Propaganda

Michael Curzon March 24, 2023

A panel led by editor-in-chief Alvino-Mario Fantini agreed that “when you get beyond the rhetoric” of the EU’s legislative priorities, “you see something very different.”

The European Commission Is Undermining EU Cooperation

Pieter Cleppe March 18, 2023

The EU is far from perfect, but there was a time when it at least supported a framework that guaranteed free and fair competition between member states. It is tragic to see the European Commission undermining this very thing.

Greater Trade With Southeast Asia as an Alternative to Russia and China

Pieter Cleppe January 31, 2023

The West should attempt to compensate for any trade destruction, justified on the basis of geo-security, by opening up trade with parts of the world that are broadly friendly with the West. Southeast Asia is most certainly such a region.

The Creeping Radicalization of ‘Climate Activism’

Pieter Cleppe November 29, 2022

Greenpeace openly supports the ‘climate actions,’ pays the lawyers’ bills, and provides space, materials, and know-how. Direct funding comes from the US-based Climate Emergency Fund (CEF), which has already spent $5 million this year.

European Governments Scoring an Own-Goal by Leaving the Energy Charter Treaty

Pieter Cleppe November 12, 2022

To abandon the CRT is not just a bad thing for traditional energy investments, but also for renewable energy investment. Clearly, for many greens, hatred for the private sector trumps their support for renewables.

Why the West Should Hold Off on Normalising Relations With Iran

Pieter Cleppe October 18, 2022

Trade with hostile nations is always not a bad idea—after all, interdependence can increase the chances of peace. Yet some European countries were perhaps naïve to pursue a normalisation of relations with Iran so eagerly.

EU Environmental Policies are Out of Control

Pieter Cleppe September 9, 2022

At the EU level, environmental policies are mostly being continued as if there were no Russian invasion of Ukraine or large-scale energy crisis.

The Bill has Come Due for Germany and Europe

Pieter Cleppe July 26, 2022

Germany’s excessive energy dependence on Russia is not the outcome of a natural process, but rather the consequence of policies that have been irresponsibly made and artificially imposed.

Will the EU’s attempts to reduce geostrategic dependencies on semiconductor production backfire?

Pieter Cleppe July 6, 2022

The EU wants to reduce its dependence on imported semiconductors and has announced a new major spending programme: the so-called “Chips Act.”

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EU Plans To Join the Semiconductor Race

A Path Forward: The European Conservative on Standing Up to EU Propaganda

The European Commission Is Undermining EU Cooperation

Greater Trade With Southeast Asia as an Alternative to Russia and China

The Creeping Radicalization of ‘Climate Activism’

European Governments Scoring an Own-Goal by Leaving the Energy Charter Treaty

Why the West Should Hold Off on Normalising Relations With Iran

EU Environmental Policies are Out of Control

The Bill has Come Due for Germany and Europe

Will the EU’s attempts to reduce geostrategic dependencies on semiconductor production backfire?

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