Europe
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Statewatch News Online, 17 June 2019 (14/19)
17 June 2019 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/jun/email-17-6-19.pdf Please support our work ANALYSIS Analysis: The Commission and Italy tie themselves up in knots over Libya by Yasha Maccanico. Continue reading
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Europe Has No Freedom But to Choose “Freedom Gas” (Made in America) By Tony Cartalucci
The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently renamed US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports “freedom gas.” But freedom for who? For Europe which already has a cheap and reliable source of natural gas, but is being forced to switch over to more expensive US gas under the threat of sanctions? Certainly not. Continue reading
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European parliament election: the far right stopped — for now By Dick Nichols
In the end, the European establishment parties’ almighty scare campaign about the threat of a far-right surge at the May 26 elections to the European parliament worked out quite nicely for them. True, guarding the power structures of the neoliberal European Union (EU) has become trickier now that the duopoly of the European People’s Party (EPP)… Continue reading
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North American, European Public: Finally Wake Up, Damn It! By Andre Vltchek
I see great cities like Homs in Syria, reduced to horrifying ruins. I see Kabul and Jalalabad in Afghanistan, fragmented by enormous concrete walls intended to protect NATO occupation armies and their local puppets. I see monstrous environmental devastation in places such as Indonesian Borneo, Peruvian gold mining towns, or the by now almost uninhabitable… Continue reading
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Zizek: Only a pan-European left can defeat ‘populism’
There were some spectacular details, such as the crushing defeat of both main parties in the United Kingdom. However, these should not blind us to the basic fact that nothing really big and surprising happened. Yes, the populist new right did make progress, but it remains far from a prevailing trend. Continue reading
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The EU Votes and the CIA Wins Again By Aidan O’Brien
The European Union voted last month but not one of its 21st century war crimes and war criminals were a topic of conversation. The real possibility of a nuclear war between the EU and Russia wasn’t an issue either. The great European economic crime – bank bailouts and austerity – was brushed aside too. Instead… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 30 May 2019 (13/19)
30 May 2019 — Statewatch Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/may/email-30-march-19.pdf Please to support our work ANALYSIS Viewpoint: Why have the French police become the most violent in western Europe? by Salvatore Palidda: STATEWATCH NEWS 1. EU: Council of the EU wants data retention without cause – Germany joins in 2. EU: European elections: results and Continue reading
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French bloggers feel like in Orwellian novel as Brussels teaches them to promote ‘EU angles’
French news and political bloggers were left unimpressed after the EU officials condemned “Russian disinformation” and encouraged online influencers to stick to a pro-EU narrative during a promo trip to the European Commission. Continue reading
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European election debacle for Conservatives and Labour By Robert Stevens
Coming fifth nationwide with just 9 percent of the vote and taking just three seats, the Tories were eviscerated, suffering the largest ever loss since the party was founded in 1834. Their previous worst national performance was in the 2014 European election when they received just 24 percent, more than double that just recorded. Continue reading
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Russia Grinds Out Wins In Europe By Tom Luongo
Europe is finally coming to its senses five years after the coup in Kiev started what is now the new Cold War between Russia and the West. Continue reading
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The ReCommonsEurope Manifesto: A Left-Wing Initiative in Europe
While the campaign for the European elections on 26 May (on the 23 May in the UK) draws very little interest outside of the UK, the initiative launched by ReCommonsEurope with its ‘Manifesto for a new popular internationalism in Europe’ is on to a promising start. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 13 May 2019 (12/19)
13 May 2019 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/may/email-may-13-19.pdf Please to support our work STATEWATCH NEWS 1. Mytilene, Greece: Peaceful demonstration and the human right to freedom of assembly prevails 2. EU: Frontex gets ready to deploy to the Balkans 3. EU: Construction of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) 4. EU criminal Continue reading
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Orientalism and the Myth of Independence By Shahzada Rahim
In the nineteenth century more half of the world was colonized by the European imperial powers and according to historians like Eric Hobsbawm, it was the peak century of western colonialism in Africa and Asia: the largest continents by population. Moreover, the very industrial heydays across Europe were the result of colonization, that provided cheap… Continue reading
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The European elections and the revival of class struggle By Ulrich Rippert
Four weeks before the European elections are due to take place in late May, there is very little of any campaign in many European countries. In Germany, the various parties represented in the German parliament are hanging up election posters that are virtually identical. The demands raised are largely interchangeable. Election meetings are not taking… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 29 April 2019 (10/19)
29 April 2019 — Statewatch Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/apr/email-29-april.pdf Please to support our work STATEWATCH NEWS 1. EU: Police press ahead with efforts to automate cross-border information-sharing 2. EU: National security and fundamental rights: problems with definitions and the rule of law 3. SPAIN: Ethnic profiling in Catalonia: for every police identity check on a Continue reading
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Brexit Delay: the Soviets Would Have Understood It By Seth Ferris
So the Brexit saga has taken another twist, and become even more confusing and uncertain. All we can predict is that whatever the UK government says will happen is the one thing which won’t. May has failed to deliver Brexit. Instead she keeps coming back to parliament with an appalling deal. She’s now delaying Brexit… Continue reading
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China’s Belt and Road Continues to Win Over Europe While Technocrats Scream and Howl By Matthew Ehret
On April 10th, China’s Premier Li Keqiang celebrated the completion of the 1st phase of the 2.5 kilometer Chinese-built Pelgesac Bridge in Croatia across the Bay of Mali Ston alongside Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic. This ceremony marked a striking victory as the following day ushered in an important 16+1 Heads of State summit that saw Greece inducted as… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 15 April 2019 (09/19)
15 April 2019 — Statewatch Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/apr/email-15-april.pdf Please to support our work ANALYSIS Statewatch: Italy’s redefinition of sea rescue as a crime draws on EU policy for inspiration STATEWATCH NEWS 1. EU: Europol’s anti-terrorist unit demands removal of adverts, books, and more from web archives 2. EU: Council wants a “comprehensive study” on Continue reading
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The ReCommonsEurope Manifesto: A Left-wing Initiative in Europe By Eric Toussaint
While the campaign for the European elections on 26 May 2019 draws very little interest, the initiative launched by ReCommonsEurope with its ‘Manifesto for a new popular internationalism in Europe’ is on to a promising start. Continue reading
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Washington’s Attempt to Impose its Will on the EU Stirs Anti-American Moods By Grete Mautner
The untamed desire of the Trump administration to impose all sorts of conditions and restrictions on the way that Europe operates is clearly leading to an abrupt increase in anti-American moods across various social layers of the European society. Practically speaking, there’s an avid hatred visible all across the EU towards Trump’s use of the… Continue reading
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