The Ukrainians, for my money, deserve better treatment than this: Their fight for survival should not be treated as a photocall. And yet that’s exactly what this was.
“The more legislation we have, it makes operating a farm more difficult”: Irish Farmers’ Association President Tim Cullinane on the EU’s highly controversial new climate law, which was supported by all Irish MEPs. #gript
One of the problems with “institutional capture”, which has been the go-to strategy for progressives for fifty years, is that it only works so long as the captured institutions remain legitimate and popular.
“The law will have massive consequences for planning procedures.”
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: “As far as the European Institutions will be concerned, we’re one of the best behaved countries when it comes to fiscal policy.” #gript
Speaking from Brussels
“A blow to media freedom.”
Arrested for fishing
Absolute power.
303 tonnes of cocaine seized in Europe in 2021.
“International obligations.”
European elections may be key battleground