The race for EU top jobs is open
Barnier, Verhofstadt, Weidmann, Borrell: there are already candidates for the EU top jobs. It’s too early, OK. But one way to spark citizen vote for European election would be to tell them about what’s going…
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The 13-billion defence fund disturbs MEPs
The EP has just agreed to use 13 billion euros for a new defence fund dedicated to fight for the EU sovereignty. It took only 2 years for MEPs to agree on this delicate issue…
The French left leaves voters as orphans
Left parties are going through a rough ride in many EU countries – but France is the sad example of how bad it can get. There is no difference between the three main left candidates,…
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the professional EU hater nobody will regret
Aged 90, Jean-Marie Le Pen won’t seek reelection at the next European elections. He has set records at the EP by having its parliamentary immunity lifted 6 times. A year ago, Jean-Marie Le Pen was…
Meet the main candidate for the European elections : Macron
Emmanuel Macron has already been actively campaigning on the ground for weeks. But there is a video he should have refrain to give his voice to. According to most of the surveys, Macron’s party LREM…
The Commission is right about Alstom-Siemens
Allowing Alstom and Siemens train businesses to merge would have pushed the prices up. Criticizing “Brussels” and the Commission is a national sport in France – and one in which the extreme usually thrive. But…
Refugees welcome : the magic German recipe
Germany has managed to thwart populism by welcoming 1,2 millions refugees. As Europeans, it should be natural to look at our neighbors’ achievements. Take the asylum policy. The migration issue is a headache for every…
Warning: a referendum may kill the European elections
Discussions around the EU elections are already going in all directions, except the EU.
Europe, the last crusade of writers
A manifesto from European writers to save Europe could have get more attention, Angélique Mounier-Kuhn argues. “Europe? It’s an invention of writers”, used to say German author Heinrich Mann. Now they are coming out to…
A good news from France : employment !
In 2018, unemployment fell from 1,4 % in France, for the third year in a row. But TV, radio and other media were too busy covering yellow vests demonstrations
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