The EU Is Marching Toward an Independent and Integrated Military
The EU’s evolving common defense network is decades in the making, yet remains hindered by its inability to match NATO and apprehension by some member states. At the European Defense…
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Corruption Of European Parliament Members
Corruption of European Parliament members has been exposed. A Politico report – Inside Morocco’s efforts to corrupt the European Parliament – said: If there had not been a World Cup…
Human Rights and new Tensions in European Society
The hybrid format international conference, held on November 08th under the auspices of an independent expert platform Our Days News (ODN), brought together experts from Italy, Estonia, France, Finland and…
Europe’s Strategic Autonomy for Rational Pursuit of Welfare and Peace
Rational choices in any part of the world mean choices made by people and governments of the region for pursuing welfare and peace of the region within a framework of…
Future Path of European Union and Britain
When Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, said while returning from a recent tour of China that European countries should not be like vassals of the USA, should not be…
Obsolete Cold War Attitudes Are Holding Europe Back
Instead, an independent foreign policy is desperately needed—and gaining support. Recently, the United States has been followed by a number of European countries in supporting a cold war policy toward…
Why EU Strategic Autonomy Apart from the U.S. Is Currently Impossible
Among the wreckage the riots that have convulsed Paris may leave in their wake include President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform; Macron’s ability to effectively govern for the next four years;…
From the History of the GB-EU Relations
How Great Britain fell for a confidence trick In the 1960s, when Great Britain twice sought entry into then the EEC/EC, the historian Sir Arthur Bryant issued an unheeded warning:…
NATO, EU and Future Pathways for Europe
The European people suffered a lot in the two world wars, and hence in the post-1945 period it was only to be expected that there would be yearning for avoiding…
A Time for Europe to Look Inwards
In 1945 from the ruins of the second world war emerged a new world and initially, for the people of world aspiring for democracy, freedom and justice the USA emerged…
Must Serbia harmonize its foreign policy with the EU and the rest of the West?
A lot of dilemmas, lies, and misconceptions are present in Western geopolitical narratives taken without any critical approach by domestic Serbian pro-Western supporters (usually financed by Western agencies and Governments)…
EU’s Economy Facing Stagnation, Says European Commissioner
European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni has admitted that the European Union's economy is facing stagnation. "The situation in Ukraine presents an uncertainty and unpredictability factor for Europe, economic growth…
Following Afghanistan Defeat: Can EU Win Own ‘Independence’ from the US?
Suddenly, the idea put forth by French President, Emmanuel Macron, late last year does not seem so far-fetched or untenable after all. Following the US-NATO hurried withdrawal from Afghanistan, European…
EU and Russia’s Fraught Relationship – A Timeline
Russia and Europe share strong historical and cultural ties from time immemorial. But these ties did not translate into amicable trade relations between the two. The Russian Federation and the…
Europe Will Redefine Itself Despite Political Shift in the US
Despite the long-awaited political change in Washington as Democratic President, Joe Biden, has officially become the 46th President of the United States, Europe is unlikely to resume its previously unhindered…
The European Union’s Future: Beyond Italy’s Referendum
Introduction: Is the EU Integration Model Viable? Alessandro di Battista, deputy of Italy’s Five Star Movement that helped to defeat the government’s Constitutional reform proposal in December 2016, has hinted…
The Crisis Of European Integration And The Challenges For The Left
The elephant in the room is now visible to everyone. All the developments of the past years, from the extreme violence and cynicism of the “memoranda of understanding” imposed…
What Does The EU Stand For: Globalization or Universalism?
What is the purpose of the European Union? This question has been of the minds of everyone following the UK vote in favor of Brexit. Yet in the mad scramble…
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