Category: 3. Europe

Some in the bloc agree. With this plan, “the 2040 targets seem to be less and less feasible,” said one EU diplomat, granted anonymity to speak candidly.  “It is pragmatic, and energy security seems to be a much more burning question than climate,” the diplomat added. “We’ll… Continue Reading

“I don’t think Ukrainian exports are destroying the EU farming sector,” Nivievskyi said. “It’s the CAP that undermines competitiveness. What we have right now in EU farming — I wouldn’t call it communism, but it’s definitely central planning.” Smooth path to accession?… Continue Reading

BRUSSELS — The European Union said on Thursday it was ready to deploy its strongest trade weapon against the U.S. after President Donald Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs and scorned the EU as having been created to “screw” America. “We have an Anti-Coercion Instrument, and… Continue Reading

Both the EU and the U.S. are drawing up measures to bolster their domestic drug production, but both are currently hugely reliant on Asia for medicines and their compounds, especially cheaper generics. The U.S. has one advantage: When supply issues arise in China or India,… Continue Reading

More recently, under Macron, there hasn’t been a “sustained effort from France to put its money where its mouth was, spend on [military] capability and equipment and put a diplomatic effort to convince others.” France only reached NATO’s target of spending 2 percent of GDP on defense… Continue Reading

But for Trump and his supporters, all this is overblown. It’s NATO’s eastward expansion that provoked Russian aggression, Trump said just days before his inauguration this year. And anyway, Russia doesn’t have the capacity to strike against a NATO country beyond Ukraine. “I don’t… Continue Reading