On September 25th 2018, 4 years ago, Donald Trump as US president gave a speech to the UN General Assembly. During the speech, he gave a stark warning to German leaders. Watch the German delegation’s response at #UNGA when Trump says “Germany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change […]
Because ultimately, neutrality is only useful until a better opportunity for a bit of moral preening comes along.
Following reports from women
The EU has announced plans to invest €15bn towards returning microchip manufacturing to Europe, to make the continent less reliant on foreign powers like China. The announcement was made by the European Commission this week, which said that the move was necessary to prevent future supply chain disruptions. “The European Chips Act will be a […]
Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party is considering dropping “Christian” from its name to appeal to a more diverse range of voters. According to internal analysis by the party, the use of the word “Christian” in the name was potentially alienating to voters and could be scrapped to attract a wider demographic. CDU – of which […]
Support for EU membership here spans all political parties and shades of opinion.
A free country should always retain the right to say that those who come here and systematically break our laws and harm our people are not welcome
An identity crisis rives the EU – an impasse between, on the one hand, the EU Commission and, on the other hand, Poland and Hungary. It is unfolding at a time when the EU faces seismic pressures from militarization – even war, as well as the ongoing effects of the pandemic- related lockdown, and the […]
ON THIS DAY: 22 January 1925: Birth of Raymond Crotty, Economist, writer, academic, political activist and farmer who advocated against Ireland’s membership of the EU Raymond Crotty was born in Kilkenny into a family of 5 brothers and 5 sisters. While a student in St. Kieran’s College he began breeding pigs in his spare time, […]
The most popular newborn baby name in the Belgian capital of Brussels is now the Islamic name “Muhammad” according to the country’s national statistics agency, Stratbel. Two variations of the name – “Mohamed” and “Mohammed” – were two of the top three most common boys’ names in Brussels last year, with a total of 18,430 […]
A new major poll has found that only 27% of French people believe that the EU is advantageous to France overall. The poll was conducted by France’s oldest and most respected daily financial newspaper, Les Echos, which is 114 years old. According to the poll, which asked about the advantages and disadvantages of the EU, […]
Western researchers stand accused of channeling their inner Dr. Frankenstein or mad scientist, after it appears that they’ve been playing God with artificial viruses. Experts say it could have “irreversible consequences” for the human race. Not only are scientists apparently creating viruses that are more infectious by design, spreading between hosts more easily, but they […]