Germany is not the sick man of Europe, but it is “tired” and now needs “a strong cup of coffee”. That was German Finance Minister Christian Lindner’s reassurance about the health of his country’s economy at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January. Since…

Viktor Orbán, Austrian FPO leader Herbert Kickl and Czech Andrej Babiš, who leads Ano, presented the manifesto of the Patriots of Europe in Vienna on Sunday. The new alliance aims to create a new group in the European Parliament, bringing together the continent’s…

BUBBLEFLASH – Lady Ursula looks to the left – The plan remains the same: ignore the emergence of the conservative right and strengthen the majority by looking the other way. Von der Leyen met with the Greens today (1st of July), but the road to their votes…

BUBBLEFLASH – Identity and Democracy marching towards the end? – According to our sources, the leaders of ‘Patriots for Europe’, the new European group founded by Viktor Orban, will meet tonight to discuss the organisation of key internal positions. The official…

Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) has decided to remain part of the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group, ending days of mounting speculation over the party’s immediate political future. The news became official during the ECR’s constitutive…

Tariffs to discourage imports of electric cars from China go into effect today, albeit provisionally. Scholz’s government opposes them in order not to harm the exports of Volkswagen and BMW. The game is intertwined with appointments to the Commission’s top…

The newly formed far-right alliance, launched just last week, has succeeded the previous far-right group in the European Parliament, Identity and Democracy (ID), which has now disbanded. The Patriots have swiftly expanded with many parties announcing last…

Rumour has it that the chairmanships of the parliamentary committees could be divided up like this: AFET – EPP  DROI – Greens  SEDE – Renew  DEVE – Renew  INTA – S&D  BUDG – ECR  CONT – EPP  ECON – S&D  FISC – Left  EMPL – Left  ENVI – S&D  SANT – EPP  ITRE…

The vote in the EU Parliament about von der Leyen approaches, and the EPP is gearing up to ensure the majority is there. For now, von der Leyen relies on the votes of the pro-EU coalition (EPP, S&D, Renew) and potentially of the Greens. But as the ballot…

It’s not just Volkswagen’s cutbacks on electric battery production and green Audis, it’s green car sales figures that aren’t taking off (or implode without incentives), but a bit of news from Colorado should be an eye-opener for the new European Commission…

Roberta Metsola has been re-elected president of the European Parliament for the next two years and a half

BUBBLEFLASH – Very unfortunate timing – Lady Ursula loses the vaccine case: the court says she did not give sufficient access to contracts with pharmaceutical companies. Criticised, in this case, was the decision to only publish redacted versions of them.…

BUBBLEFLASH – Lady Ursula made it (again) – With 401 votes in favour Von der leyen was reappointed as president of the European Commission. That is 40 votes more than the 361 needed. In her speech she went through the shopping list, trying to please everyone…

Cancelling Macron’s key reform – which is aimed at protecting the state’s finances and boosting productivity – is one of the main projects of France’s left-wing camp which emerged as the strongest force from snap parliamentary elections last month while falling…

During the election campaign, Ursula von der Leyen said she was ready to cooperate with anyone who was in favor of Europe, the rule of law and Ukraine. The first commitment was essentially to exclude Eurosceptic forces. After Ursula’s re-election, it is appropriate…

From being an undisputed power in the European economic system, Germany is finding itself fragile and vulnerable

– AfD is the first party in Thuringia, second in Saxony. Was this a surprises? No, it was a predictable and expected result, though perhaps not of these proportions. But AfD has been on the 25% consensus for years, now it has broken through the 30% mark.…

In the end, round and round, the only way for the EU to survive is to be a STATE: and that means issuing common debt and having a single defense, possibly with a parliament that has the right of legislative initiative like all parliaments in the world, along…

Friedrich Merz calls for reversal of combustion engine banThe head of the CDU opposes the ban on internal combustion engines that will take effect in 2035. We do not know what kind of mobility can be developed in the future in a “truly environmentally neutral”…