Italy seeks exit from China agreement: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni inherited a questionable cooperation agreement with China. She is under massive pressure from the U.S. to get out. But it’s not that simple. MoreBaerbock visits foreign friends: The German foreign minister is attending a cabinet meeting in Paris for the first time. Paris had recently […]
Can Olaf Scholz revolutionize the EU? The German chancellor wants the EU states to no longer have to decide everything unanimously in their common foreign policy. The project is just gaining momentum. The only question is whether everyone will go along with it. MoreThis is not the way forward for Macron: One year after his […]
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The banking lobby has won: For the time being, the EU Commission has decided against a ban on commissions for financial products. Apparently also because of the intervention of German politicians. The case shows how close the ties are between the financial industry and the government. MorePresident of the historic decisions: The more common policies […]
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Rely on Europe and you are …: The EU has solemnly promised Ukraine one million artillery shells. But instead of delivering, some in the Union prefer to talk about “strategic autonomy” and discuss the origin of fuses. A commentary. MoreTop economists call for free migration to wage jobs: That might please Christian Lindner and Hubertus […]
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These are Putin’s plans for the Baltic states: The president dreams of a new Greater Russia – and has his Kremlin administration writing papers on how Moscow can once again exert more influence on its neighbors. He is not even stopping at members of the EU and NATO. MoreFascism relativized in Italy, supple in the […]
The French left is failing because of itself: Social issues are occupying France more than they have for a long time. Nevertheless, the left-wing alliance Nupes is in crisis, and the extreme right is becoming increasingly popular. How can this be? MoreGermany, the enigmatic giant: The other states have high expectations of the most powerful […]
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A relationship in a permanent low: Since the start of the Russian war of aggression, Chancellor Scholz has not visited the Polish president even once. But the relationship between Warsaw and Berlin has long been considered difficult – and no one is really doing anything about it. More “Hit rate 100 percent”: When the Ukraine […]
Macron helps Europe – even against the USA: The president really picked the dumbest time to call for Europe’s autonomy from the US. But his analysis is right. A commentary. MoreWhen daffodils bloom in the ghetto: 80 years ago, Polish Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto started the armed uprising against the SS and the Wehrmacht. […]