Europe
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Lavrov gets it right by comparing European Union and NATO to Hitler’s old Axis
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on 06/24/2022 that the European Union and NATO appear to be carrying out a military coalition for a war against Russia. The statement was given in Baku in Azerbaijan during an interview. Continue reading
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US Prepares to Oust Erdoğan
After Recep Tayyip Erdoğan officially announced his intention to run in the upcoming 2023 presidential elections in Turkey, the current White House administration gave a clear signal to its Western “allies” to intensify the campaign against the current Turkish leader and prepare measures to oust him. Although there is no talk of a coup d’état… Continue reading
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Statewatch News 24 June 2022 Issue 10/22: Fortress Europe: 50,000 deaths; (No) border monitoring; Ireland ups support for Frontex
Friday, 24 June 2022 — Statewatch (Also available as as a PDF) Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter Welcome to our latest edition, featuring: Fortress Europe: nearly 50,000 deaths since 1993 Council guts plans for rights monitoring at borders Ireland ups support for Frontex deportations We also have reports on Europol’s limited efforts at increasing transparency,… Continue reading
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Zugzwang*
Western self-destruction – a puzzle defying any unique causal explanation – continues. The examples where policy is pursued in apparent indifference to anything resembling rigorous reflection, has become so extreme as to provoke a former British military chief (and former head of NATO forces in Afghanistan), Lord Richards, to huff that the relationship between strategy… Continue reading
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West at inflection point in Ukraine war
Henry Kissinger predicted some three weeks ago that the Ukraine war was dangerously close to becoming a war against Russia. That was a prescient remark. The NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in a weekend interview told Germany’s Bild am Sonntag newspaper that in the alliance’s estimation, the Ukraine war could wage for years. Continue reading
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Statewatch News 10 June (Issue 09/22)
Friday, 10 June 2022 — Statewatch Available as a PDF) After a short break due to public holidays we’re back with our latest edition, featuring: New law that will break encryption must be withdrawn Relocate refugees, or externalise borders? Keeping an eye on Frontex In this issue you will also find articles on: the latest steps… Continue reading
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The World Doesn’t Work That Way Anymore
The First World War signalled the end to a mercantilist order that had evolved under the aegis of European powers. One hundred years later, a very different economic order was in place (neoliberal cosmopolitanism). Believed by its architects to be universal and everlasting, globalisation transfixed the world for an extended moment, but then started the… Continue reading
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How Russia Can (And Will?) De-NATO-ize Europe
The U.S. controlled NATO will still be there. It is practically guaranteed that the U.S. will use it to push for revenge for the loss of Ukraine. This will be done by a steady buildup of troops and long range missile capabilities along Russia’s Nordic and Baltic borders and additional naval threats in the northern… Continue reading
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Ukraine is a millstone around Europe’s neck
The fallout of the war in Ukraine over Europe is largely seen in terms of the uncertainties over the continent’s heavy dependence on Russian energy and the impact of it on the economies of the 27 EU member countries. Imposing restrictions on Russian oil has proven a much more complicated task than imagined previously. Continue reading
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Statewatch News 20 May (Issue 08/22)
Friday, 20 May 2022 — Statewatch News (also available as a PDF) Welcome to our latest edition, featuring: AI technology and migration: regulation required Frontex’s disappearing documents Italy denies rights to Tunisian deportees “On the spot” biometric ID checks, more police data Don’t forget to check out our extensive roundup of news from across Europe from the last fortnight,… Continue reading
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EU stumbles over Russian oil slick
The European Union officials are insisting that oil sanctions against Russia are coming. On Sunday, France’s Ecological Transition Minister Barbara Pompili was certain that “we will reach (an agreement) by the end of the week.” Continue reading
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EU has spent over €340 million on border AI technology that new law fails to regulate
The EU has spent €341 million on research into artificial intelligence technologies for asylum, immigration and border control purposes since 2007, yet the proposed AI Act currently being debated in EU institutions fails to provide meaningful safeguards against harmful uses of those technologies, says a report published today by Statewatch. Continue reading
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Statewatch News 6 May (Issue 07/22)
Friday, 6 May 2022 — Statewatch Also available as a PDF Welcome to our latest edition, featuring: A new report from Statewatch and the Transnational Institute: At what cost? Funding the EU’s security, defence, and border policies, 2021–2027 Event: AI at the borders: negotiations, regulations and fundamental rights EU sanctions against “radical rhetoric”, intelligence agencies in… Continue reading
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The Great Currency Reset and Why Europe Is Trapped
There’s a lot of news flying around about the changes happening in global currency trading. From “Gas for Rubles” to “What the Hell is Going on With the Yen?” there are a lot of questions and very few answers as to what it all means and whose on which side of the divide. Continue reading
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Russia’s Gazprom HALTS gas flows to Poland and Germany; Europe in PANIC as rolling blackouts are inevitable unless Europe finds RUBLES
In the bombshell news of the week, Russia’s Gazprom natural gas exporter, exactly has promised, is shutting off gas flows to nations whose gas importers refuse to pay for gas in Rubles. Continue reading
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The Dollar Devours the Euro
It is now clear that today’s escalation of the New Cold War was planned over a year ago. America’s plan to block Nord Stream 2 was really part of its strategy to block Western Europe (“NATO”) from seeking prosperity by mutual trade and investment with China and Russia. Continue reading
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Sit Back and Watch Europe Commit Suicide
The stunning spectacle of the European Union (EU) committing slow motion hara-kiri is something for the ages. Like a cheap Kurosawa remake, the movie is actually about the US-detonated demolition of the EU, complete with the rerouting of some key Russian commodities exports to the US at the expense of Europeans. Continue reading
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The Total War to Cancel Russia
Vast swathes of NATOstan have been corralled into behaving like a Russophobic lynch mob. No dissent is tolerated. Continue reading
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Europe Must Learn To Cheat On Its Sanctions (Just Like The U.S. Is Doing It)
The European Union and China will hold a virtual summit today. Before the summit started Brussels has strewn rumors that it would pressure China to not support Russia. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 