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Archives: European Union

Demand-Side Slavery, Libyan Instability and European Crime Networks

Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | - - After several years in which refugees and migration have featured heavily in the Western media narrative, a disturbing correlation between human trafficking and conflict…

Green France: Macron bans Fracking and welcomes US renewables Scientists fleeing Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The French government wants to steal increasingly unemployed US green energy scientists, who are being systematically defunded by the Trump administration. After Trump…

Speaking Truth to Erdogan: His Authoritarian Turn and Europe

By Ludwig Schulz | German Orient Institute | (Via Euractiv.com ) | - - Ludwig Schulz looks at how scientific analysis can help counter President Erdoğan’s fake narrative of Turkey’s thriving democracy…

Germany: We Europeans must Depend on Selves, not Trump’s USA

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, certainly knew what she was doing when she made her otherwise cautious statement. "The times," she said,…

Only Putin is happy with Trump’s NATO Bull-in-China-Shop Catastrophe

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Back in 2016 the talking heads on tv kept expecting candidate Trump, who made headlines almost daily saying racist and offensive things, to "transition." Their theory…

Thousands protest against Trump in ‘hellhole’ Brussels

EurActiv.com | - - Thousands of protesters carrying effigies of Donald Trump marched through Brussels on Wednesday (24 May) after the US president arrived for talks with the EU and NATO.“Trump not…

Is China Now the Adult in the Room? Xi and Macron Consult

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump preferred the Neofascist Marine Le Pen as president of France, who wanted to pull out of NATO and the European Union.…

What will new French President Macron do about Syria & ISIL?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Now that Emmanuel Macron is president of France, it is worthwhile asking what sort of foreign policy he would be likely to pursue.…

It was ISIL, not Hackers, who Hijacked French Election

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - That hackers, most likely Russia-linked, were trying to throw the French election to Marine Le Pen this weekend by releasing thousands of emails…

As Russians Hack, France decides if it Hates Foreigners

Richard Fogarty | (The Conversation) | - - On April 24, the day after her second-place finish in the first round of the French presidential elections, Marine Le Pen thundered against her…

Uh, oh: French Left can’t bring itself to Vote for Macron

TeleSur | - - TeleSUR spoke with two French voters to discuss Sunday's second-round presidential election in France and lesser evil voting. French voters are confronted with a difficult choice on Sunday's runoff presidential election:…

Rightwing False Flag: German Officer Posed as Syrian Refugee, Planned Attack

TeleSur | - - The man knew no Arabic and is of German heritage, but successfully posed as a Syrian asylum-seeker. German authorities have uncovered the case of a man who posed…

Dear Marine Le Pen: Only a Fascist would Praise Colonialism . . . Oh Wait

Jessica Northey | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | - - Marine Le Pen's declaration that colonialism was a positive thing is not only a denial of France's painful history, but an example of the…

Merkel Had To Explain EU Trade To Trump ELEVEN TIMES

Cenk Uygur | (Video News Clip) | - - "Trump has been bragging about what great chemistry he has with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks…

For First Time, a US President backs a Fascist France

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - While she is highly unlikely to win the run-off presidential election on May 7 against the Bill Clinton of France, Emmanuel Macron, Marine…

Is there such a thing as a ‘Muslim vote’ in France?

By Fatima Khemilat | (The Conversation) | - - On April 8, the well-known French television show Salut les terriens turned sour when guests discussed the very sensitive topic of the so-called…

What if Marine Le Pen won the French election? Graphic Novels imagine Fascist Dystopia

Beatrice Mabilon-Bonfils | (The Conversation) | - - Update: The 2017 presidential campaign in France has been full of surprises, from François Hollande’s decision not to run for a second term to…

ISIL Terror-Trolls French Election, Supporting far Right; Will French Fall for It?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Thursday's shooting at the Champs Elysee, left one policeman dead, another gravely injured, a third lightly wounded along with a German tourist shot…

Trump picks fights with US Allies: Germany, NATO, EU, Britain etc.

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - After Trump falsely accused President Obama of having him wiretapped at Trump Tower during the campaign, Sean Spicer upped the ante by charging…

Populist Wilders may have come up short, but Dutch intolerance is still real

By Annemarie Toebosch | (The Conversation) | - - The Dutch elections on March 15 have received a lot of attention in the international media. The reason for the attention is clear:…