Analysis: Schroeder throws in towel as German industry clings on to Russian gas

FRANKFURT, May 26 (Reuters) – Gerhard Schroeder has backed off from taking a top role at Russian energy giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM), dealing a setback to Germany’s gas lobby as it seeks to keep the energy lifeline from Russia open. The … Read More

All is not well in the transatlantic relationship

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Bruce Stokes is a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. January 20 marks the end of the first year of Joe Biden’s presidency, an administration that promised to respect and rebuild the transatlantic alliance after … Read More

Germany finally has a government ready to lead Europe

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The ‘Merkel brake’ that held up progress on the rule of law is now finally off. Guy Verhofstadt is a member of the European Parliament. He is the former leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and … Read More

EU criticized for move to restrict asylum rights at Belarus border

posted in: European Union, News

A move by the EU Commission to restrict asylum rights at the bloc’s external border with Belarus has come in for sharp criticism. Meanwhile, a controversial border protection law has already come into force in Poland. “We are a family. … Read More

Citizens not satisfied with EU’s current state, say MEPs

“The 17,300 participants on the conference’s online platform so far are still expandable,” said German Social Democratic MEP Katarina Barley (SPD), who also warned against not taking the suggestions of citizens sufficiently seriously and using them as political pawns. With … Read More

MEPs stall EU-UK trade deal ratification — again

posted in: European Union, News

European Parliament leaders had been expected to announce that the deal would finally be ratified in late April. Leading MEPs on Tuesday once again refused to set a date to ratify the EU-U.K. post-Brexit trade deal, saying they would wait until … Read More

A lawsuit was filed in the hague court to stop the compulsive vaccines in Israel

A complaint was filed in the Hague Tribunal by Adv. Ruth Makhachovsky and Adv. Arie Suchowolski on the matter: Violation of the Nuremberg Code by the Government of Israel and other parties.  Tribunal against the Israeli government, which is conducting … Read More

New EU sanctions on Russia ‘are a missed chance to fix relations’

posted in: News, Russia

Ambassador Chizhov regretted the EU’s decision to impose sanctions on Russia.  Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s long-time ambassador to the European Union, thinks the bloc’s decision to impose further sanctions on Russia is a missed opportunity to fix relations between the two neighbours. Foreign … Read More

Why Russia politics threaten European security

posted in: News, Russia

Russian president Vladimir Putin during a video-conference with security chiefs last week (Photo: kremlin.ru) Arguments over the plight of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Saturday’s (23 January) street protests across Russia demonstrate that there is no such thing as purely … Read More

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