Make no mistake about it: the war in Ukraine is, quite clearly, awful, and the ordinary citizens of Ukraine are undoubtedly victims in it. Right now there is heated debate in the West over the origins of this mess and which geopolitical factions are to blame. Is Russia mainly responsible, or NATO? Did Zelensky provoke […]
EU president Ursula Von Der Leyen has said that she wants Ukraine to join the European Union, claiming that “they belong to us.” The remarks were made this week amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. “We have a process with Ukraine that is, for example, integrating the Ukrainian market into the Single Market. We […]
That, at the end of the day, is what nationalism is: The willingness to give yourself and your life for the country you call home
Will we, as citizens, have any effective way to challenge EU legislation.
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 […]