Germany
Germany Blocks NATO Ally From Transferring Weapons to Ukraine
Refusal to permit Estonia to transfer artillery that originated in Germany points to strains in Western alliance over Ukraine
By Michael R. Gordon
Jan. 21,...
Western governments drop plans to cut Russia off from SWIFT
Washington still insists all options are on the table despite report
17 Jan, 2022
German newspaper Handelsblatt has reported that Western leaders have ruled out...
Sergio Cesaratto – Stability Pact: ‘EU and Germany must compensate us,...
Without a serious change in governance, there is a risk that the new rules of the Stability Pact will lead to a repetition of...
No, the European Union Doesn’t Need Its Own Army
French president Emmanuel Macron has renewed calls for the creation of a joint EU army. The proposal smacks of a desperate attempt to reverse...
Costas Lapavitsas, Sergi Cutillas – National states, transnational institutions, and hegemony...
The emerging EU fiscal policy framework lacks clear rules, reflecting the peculiar character of German hegemony as well as deep divisions between core and...
Germany’s new chancellor is (rightly) taking a chance on Russia reset
Cooperation between the two powers has been one of the best things to come out of the post-Cold War era. Let’s hope he sets...
Ukrainian games and the ghost of Hungary: Biden and Blinken, Soros...
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
Sometimes, upon reading what the US Secretary of State, Mr. Antony Blinken, is saying or writing, one wonders what the talks between...
German Foreign Minister Baerbock and US Secretary of State Blinken intensify...
By Peter Schwarz
7 January 2022
Sabre rattling against Russia and expressions of mutual friendship were the focus of the inaugural visit by German Foreign Minister...
German-led NATO battle group trains for war on Belarus, Kaliningrad borders
Jan 5, 2021
Comprised of units from six Allied nations: Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands and Norway, NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Lithuania is...
UE 2022: Paris et les autres
Vu d’Allemagne Le pilote de l’Europe, c’est bel et bien la France
Handelsblatt (Düsseldorf)
Paris prend les rênes du Conseil de l’Union européenne ce 1er janvier, pour...