The best way to ensure permanent and lasting peace on the European continent, is to let both Ukraine AND Russia join the very organisations that claim to maintain peace and stability in Europe. Continue reading…
Angela Merkel used to be viewed like the German football team – invincible, with exceptional technical skill and a steely determination that always prevailed. Or, to use another metaphor, her style of governing was reminiscent of the slogan of the car-manufacturer Audi, Vorsprung Durch Technik: ‘Advantage through technical prowess’. Continue reading…
Hardliners in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc on Monday gave her a two-week ultimatum to tighten asylum rules or risk pitching Germany into a political crisis that would also rattle Europe. Merkel’s party slumped in polls as this dispute on migrants threatens a split. Continue reading…
As Italy takes the Eurosceptic baton from BRexit, now being the first officially “populist” government, sure to cause an even bigger headache for the EU, the turmoil of the last few weeks is sure to be repeated throughout Europe as the issue that set it off are sure to provoke more right turns ahead. Continue reading…
In yet another headache for the embattled EU, the anti-immigrant Slovenian Democratic Party looks set to win the most votes in Sunday’s election in the country. Continue reading…