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Europeans are no longer angry at Trump's irrational incompetence. They're exhausted
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (213+ words) If the US wanted to destroy its credibility in Europe deliberately, it could hardly have done it better. The casual'cancellation'last week of the long-planned nine-month rotation of a brigade combat team (BCT) to Poland exemplified everything that European allies find…...
THIS WEEK: Final push for US trade deal and migration returns as EU leaders travel to Mexico
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (535+ words) EU Council president Ant'nio Costa and commission president Ursula von der Leyen will be travelling to Mexico for a summit taking place on Friday (22 May) focused on trade and international relations." The last EU-Mexico summit was held back in 2015. Mexico…...
Israeli flag still popular in Europe, song contest indicates
17+ hour, 8+ min ago (515+ words) The Israeli flag is still popular in Europe, in an alternative calculus to the EU Council's qualified majority vote (QMV). Israel's act in the Eurovision finals on Saturday (16 May) got maximum 12 points from the popular votes in Finland, France, Germany,…...
I've stopped counting how many people I killed'. Americans fighting in Ukraine describe their experiences of a just war
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (1365+ words) First published in Den'k N. Many Americans have passed through Donbas. None of the men we meet across the country had ever been to Ukraine before the war. But for many of them, setting off halfway around the world to a…...
The ocean system no one has heard of that could destabilise Europe
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (455+ words) It is called Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or AMOC. A dull acronym for something without which Europe would stop looking like Europe. If the AMOC stops, Europe will experience ice-age like winters. This key ocean system, which regulates the global…...
EU rush to fix energy crisis risks stripping citizens and nature of legal protections
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (750+ words) European energy ministers were in Cyprus this week discussing how to reduce dependence on the gas that's currently stuck in the Strait of Hormuz." On the table was the European Commission's "Accelerate EU" proposal, which aims to fast-track renewable energy…...
[Interview] "Not enough: Same-sex couples in Poland still denied their EU rights, activist says
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (907+ words) As Poland faces mounting pressure to recognise same-sex marriages registered in the EU, one young activist from Warsaw tells EUobserver how conservative forces are trying to resist reform. A landmark ruling by the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg on…...
Russian warplanes in "Sea Waves" camouflage easier to see than "Aubergines": (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1, 541) " EUobserver
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1435+ words) Every day, the'Ukraine Battlefield update'newsletter offers a clear look at how the war is unfolding on the ground, highlighting key developments along the frontline and the shifting dynamics of the conflict. A good example is the British air force during…...
How far-right Chega is targeting Asians in Portugal
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (840+ words) In recent years, south Asian immigrants " primarily from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan " have increasingly become the focal point of political and social hostility in Portugal. Though relatively small in number, they have assumed large presence in political discourse, particularly…...
Why Putin is pushing German ex-chancellor Schr'der as his Ukraine mediator " and why Europe distrusts him
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (794+ words) Former German chancellor Gerhard Schr'der has already been rejected by both Ukraine and the European Union as a possible mediator in the war in Ukraine. Here, we explain how he became one of president Vladimir Putin's closest European allies " and…...