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…
So long, ‘Spitzenkandidaten’!
Macron has been willing to destroy the Spitzenkandidaten system to push his own people. But Orban is the one who definitely killed it. It did happen back in 2014, with Jean-Claude Juncker. But this time…
French candidate attacked by climate deniers
Despite the Paris Agreement and all the research by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), some people in France still think climate change is an opinion. And one of them has a TV show….
The flash campaign, a poker bet of Macron’s team
French citizens show little interest for EU issues and most of the 33 lists for the European elections call for a vote against Macron. The three weeks campaign might prove challenging. The previous government spokesman…
Being the first on the podium for EU elections is pointless
In France, headlines focus on who will be the first party at national level to win the European elections. But National Rally has shown that being the number one does not help much at EP.
Bardella, a real candidate suspected of having had a fake EP job
The main candidate of National Rally for European elections, Jordan Bardella is only 24 years old. But he is already suspected of fraud. Back in 2015, he appeared on the pay-roll of MEP Jean-Francçois Jalkh,…
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…
In France, the best time to speak about Europe is… never
Between the Great national debate and the Notre Dame blaze, the EU elections campaign has not started yet. François Bayrou, a close ally to Emmanuel Macron, said on Wednesday (17 April) on BFM TV that…
The European citizen is born – but hush, don’t tell !
500 million Europeans will soon have ID cards with the same size, same color, same pattern and same European flag. Let’s call a spade a spade – the European ID card is born. It was…
Ungrateful banks won’t finance the European elections
Banks received 5100 billions euros of EU approved aid, but show no gratitude. They won’t lend money ahead of the European election, although the risk of default is small. The National Rally was the first…
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