Trump blasts EU over ‘unfair’ trade offer – POLITICO
The transatlantic partners are in talks to reach a deal to safeguard the €1.7 trillion transatlantic trade relationship.…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #Aluminum #Canadá #cars #DonaldTrump #EU27 #exports #media #negotiations #socialmedia #steel #tariffs #trade #tradewar #trump #UK #UnitedKingdom #UrsulavonderLeyen
https://www.europesays.com/2170852/
West can’t help Ukraine win the war — but it could help end it – POLITICO
West can’t help Ukraine win the war — but it could help end it – POLITICO Skip to…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #Aidanddevelopment #borders #défense #demographics #diplomacy #EU27 #history #Kremlin #military #nato #negotiations #Russia #russiaukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #RussianinvasionofUkraine #Russo-UkrainianWar #Ukraine #ukrainianpolitics #UnitedStates #war #warinukraine
https://www.europesays.com/2169710/
NotificationTracker, a new public interest tool that exposes how corporations and lobby groups use the EU notification procedure to influence draft national laws before these enter into force: https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/05/whos-writing-our-laws @eu
#EU #Europe #EuropeanCommission #EU27 #policy #SingleMarket #CorporateEurope #EuropeanUnion #deregulation #lobbying #EUPol
The plans presented in the Commission’s Single Market Strategy communication on Wednesday will boost corporate power and limit the democratic space that national and local authorities need to protect people and the environment.
by Corporate Europe Observatory: https://corporateeurope.org/en/2025/05/single-minded-single-market-strategy @eu
#change #changeManagement #narratives #EU #Europe #UrsulaVonDerLeyen #VonDerLeyen #UvDL #EuropeanCommission #EU27 #policy #SingleMarket #CorporateEurope #EuropeanUnion #deregulation #lobbying
What it feels like to be a smaller and weaker power confronted with larger.
Evarist Bartolo, Malta's former Minister of European and Foreign Affairs, urges a shift toward a model where states “listen before they speak,” and where foreign policy is shaped by mutual respect, not bloc loyalty: https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/the-eus-pretence-of-equality
#diplomacy #change #changeManagement #narratives #loomingDefeat #EU #Europe #defeat #Bundestag #UrsulaVonDerLeyen #VonDerLeyen #UvDL #EuropeanCommission #EU27 #KajaKallas #Kallas #EuropeUkraine #UkraineSupport #StandForUkraine #policy #Germany #Merz #FriedrichMerz #CDU #Malta
Dá sa len ťažko predpokladať, že Ficova vláda splní predsavzatie znížiť deficit verejných financií do roku 2027 na úroveň troch percent HDP. Píše Ivan Mikloš.
Tón: mierne negatívny
#slovakia #gdelt #ekonomika #verejnéFinancie #eú27
https://l.rockosbasilisk.com/QBf0r
Die höchste je gemessene Zahl: 74% der Europäerinnen und Europäer glauben, dass die #EUMitgliedschaft ihrem Land nutzt. Dabei gibt es große Unterschiede bei den #EU27. Warum ist das so? Sagt’s uns in den Kommentaren! #EUTheBlueForce #EUSolidarity #EUVision #EUFacts
Cognitive dissonance
Until February 2025, Europe had been a willing tool of US foreign policy. Realizing it just now, the rulers cannot change their belief in standing for good versus evil. So they choose to change their narrative from one of enlightenment to one of rearmament.
"In spite of all the grand-standing and posturing, Europe has been reduced to a geopolitical appendage of the United States, following Washington’s lead in prolonging the conflict while shouldering the costs. While the EU sees itself as a global moral authority, it has been sidelined in actual negotiations. Instead, peace talks are being brokered by the U.S. and China, with Europe playing no decisive role. Even within the European Parliament, there exists a near-religious belief in a narrative that contradicts basic military and economic realities."
(Read or watch) https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/the-eus-decision-to-die-on-the-hill
#change #changeManagement #narratives #loomingDefeat #EU #Europe #defeat #EuropeanParliament #Europe #UrsulaVonDerLeyen #VonDerLeyen #UvDL #EuropeanCommission #EU27 #KajaKallas #Kallas #Ukraine #EuropeUkraine #UkraineSupport #foreignPolicy #StandForUkraine #growth #policy #greyTransition #RearmEurope #RearmEuropePlan #rearmament #debt #money #industry #weapons #armsIndustry #economy #Germany #Starmer #Macron #Merz #France #UK
”The number of Russian attacks nearly tripled between 2023 and 2024. Russia’s primary targets have included transportation, government, critical infrastructure, and industry, and its main weapons and tactics have included explosives, blunt or edged instruments (such as anchors), and electronic attack.”
https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-shadow-war-against-west
"Europe has relied on a model that doesn't work anymore — cheap energy from Russia, cheap goods from China, and cheap defence from the United States," Rasmussen told the business daily.
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https://yle.fi/a/74-20148769
Could this be the solution to the more than one autocrat deadlock within the #EU27
How to confront #Orbán and save the EU – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-viktor-orban-eu-security-democracy-rule-of-law-article-7/
#orban #hungary #fico #slovakia #article7 #article7hungary #article7slovakia #europe
Sanctions do not work (episode 6,874,464)
"Russian fertiliser baron Kantor delisted in EU sanctions deal"
(I am quoting in full because paywall.)
Fertiliser baron Moshe Kantor and three other Russians are to be taken off the EU’s blacklist in a last-minute deal with Hungary.
The other three are: Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov, an oligarch’s sister called Gulbahor Ismailova, and Russian businessman Vladimir Rashevsky Three recently deceased people (a Russian politician and two military officers - Nikolai Ryzhkov, Andrei Ermishko, and Aleksei Bolshakov) are also to be taken out, in a routine clean-up exercise.
The 11th-hour compromise means all 1,872 other individuals will remain under an asset-freeze and visa-ban until 15 September, when the next six-month rollover falls due.
The Kremlin-friendly Hungary, backed by Slovakia, had also pushed to delist Russian moguls Pyotr Aven, Musa Bazhaev, Mikhail Fridman, Dmitry Mazepin, and Alisher Usmanov (Ismailova’s brother), under a threat to veto the whole EU list if it did not get its way.
Luxembourg had, likewise, sought to get Fridman delisted, the FT reported, after he sued the Duchy for billions over his asset-freeze, because one of his holding companies is based there.
The EU has frozen some €24.9bn of private Russian assets under the blacklist.
Kantor was the biggest fish out of the four to be let off the hook.
The 71-year-old was previously the head of the European Jewish Congress, a Brussels-based lobby group, which had often pleaded for him to be let back into the EU.
He also has British and Israeli citizenship, reportedly lives in Tel Aviv, and is said by US magazine Forbes to be worth €8bn.
"He has close ties to [Russian] president Vladimir Putin. This connection with the Russian president has helped him to maintain his considerable wealth. He has openly declared his support to and friendship for president Putin on numerous occasions, and enjoys good relations with the Kremlin," his EU-sanctions notice had earlier said.
Hungarian pressure aside, Rashevsky’s delisting was agreed due to an EU consensus that the legal case against him was "weak", an EU diplomat said, given some 110 legal challenges by Russians against EU sanctions at the EU courts in Luxembourg. The 51-year-old used to be CEO of fertiliser firm Eurochem, which the EU had accused of supplying ammonia to Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine, but he left his post when he was first blacklisted in 2022.
"Legal solidity [of the sanctions regime] is of utmost importance. We cannot allow ourselves to be weak and lose cases," a second EU diplomat said.
The EU rollover comes amid US pressure on Russia to join a ceasefire pact agreed between Washington and Kyiv.
The EU has also frozen €210bn of Russian central bank assets, embargoed some €140bn a year worth of Russian trade, and blacklisted over 500 Russian companies and other entities in 16 rounds of sanctions since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Meanwhile, Ukraine and Hungary will also top the agenda when EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels on 17 March.
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas has proposed new military aid to Ukraine based on a percentage of member states’ gross national income, to make sure everyone paid their fair share.
The scheme is to be joined on a voluntary basis to bypass Hungary’s veto powers.
The Netherlands and Lithuania have advocated a benchmark of at least €40bn in total EU contributions, while earlier discussions had focused on figures from €30bn to €20bn.
https://euobserver.com/eu-and-the-world/ar6db36d4a
#EuropeanJewishCongress #sanctions #LoomingDefeat #EU #Europe #defeat #EU27 #KajaKallas #Kallas #Ukraine #EuropeUkraine #UkraineSupport #foreignPolicy #EuropeIsrael #oligarchs #EJC #israelLobby #Hungary #agriculture #diplomacy
Wieviel investieren die #EU27 in Verteidigung? Auffällig: Je näher an #Russland, je mehr. Warum wohl? #EUFacts #EUDefence #StandWithUkraine
Viele Haushalte in den #EU27 sind angespannt. Gut, wenn von der EU finanzielle Unterstützung für wichtige Projekte kommt: #NextGenerationEU wirkt! #EUSolidarity #EUTheBlueForce #DenkEuropaMit #EUVision #EUBudget #PulseofEurope
@FotoVorschlag
'Ja aber ...' / Yes, but...
... sadly now without the UK.
Bruxelles 2013 🇪🇺
Die hybride Ansatz von #PutinsKrieg 🇷🇺 in #Europa macht sich immer vielfältiger bemerkbar: #Desinformation via Social Media, Bestechungen bei #Wahlen und #Anschläge auf kritische Logistik und Personen.
Die #EU27 🇪🇺 müssen handeln und die Bevölkerung ihre Naivität ablegen. Es geht um unsere #Freiheit.
👉https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/russland-sabotage-102.html
https://x.com/rkiesewetter/status/1848712310510019015?s=46&t=o69FNmu72t3MXJa4fDubcQ
