How von der Leyen's über-hawkish European Commission hijacked the bloc's military and security policy — and why this represents an existential threat to the continent
Here another analysis with example of von der Leyen, as you said earlier, "coup":
" She has eliminated internal critics and concentrated even more decision-making power in the Commission in her hands - a trend that is continuing with the new EU budget ." (Automatic translation)
I agree with Mr Fazi that Viktor Orbans views on Ukraine and EU are absolutely reasonable. I do however have problems finding out where Orban stands on other issues. The mainstream media in Denmark constantly describes him as ultra rightwinged, undemocratic, corrupt and against LBGTetc - but there's never a word about his views on economy. Is he right/liberal or left/socialistic? Any links to a valid summary (in English) would be welcome.
Part of the challenge of raising public awareness seems to me to be that the nature of the EU project has changed so dramatically within such a relatively short period of time. I recall that during the Brexit debates in the UK, one heard Remainers arguing that the EU kept the peace in Europe, Single Market was a good thing, etc. That might have been true of the then so-called European Community in the 1980s and 1990s. But in the post-Lisbon Treaty era, the EU has become a much different creature; this evolution (or devolution if you will) has become dramatically more apparent with the conflict in Ukraine. But I still get the impression that many people have not yet caught on. The EU for far too many remains simply the convenience of a single currency and "open borders" (Schengen).
Thank you for this clear analysis. I also agree that the Left has gone bonkers. What has caused this I don't know, apart from the full on drive to so-called "neoliberalism", which has squashed any remaining hope for socialist policies.
I was just wondering about Yanis Veroufakis and DiEM 25 when you mentioned the idea of a new European movement to counter this dreadful trend of centralisation and potentially totalitarianism. Any thoughts anyone?
Unfortunately Varoufakis and DiEM has never managed to bring themselves to frontally oppose the EU and support the only democratic option: the return of power to nation-states. Regrettably, they remain committed to supranationalism in principle.
Varoufakis and vast swathes of the modern "left" appear to have a visceral distrust of any form of nationalism, conflating, it would seem, with xenophobia and ethno-supremacy. This plays directly into the hands of those pushing the supranationalism (and the dangers thereof) described so compellingly in the article above.
The usual brilliant analysis. Scarily prescient since Brexit Mr Fazi.
Bravo. Excellent analysis 👍🏼
Could you somehow have both the report and this interview translated into all the languages in EU, in order to get the word out to the people?
Thanks for sharing.
Here another analysis with example of von der Leyen, as you said earlier, "coup":
" She has eliminated internal critics and concentrated even more decision-making power in the Commission in her hands - a trend that is continuing with the new EU budget ." (Automatic translation)
https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/berlin-playbook/von-der-leyen-zerlegt-viktor-orban/
I agree with Mr Fazi that Viktor Orbans views on Ukraine and EU are absolutely reasonable. I do however have problems finding out where Orban stands on other issues. The mainstream media in Denmark constantly describes him as ultra rightwinged, undemocratic, corrupt and against LBGTetc - but there's never a word about his views on economy. Is he right/liberal or left/socialistic? Any links to a valid summary (in English) would be welcome.
Part of the challenge of raising public awareness seems to me to be that the nature of the EU project has changed so dramatically within such a relatively short period of time. I recall that during the Brexit debates in the UK, one heard Remainers arguing that the EU kept the peace in Europe, Single Market was a good thing, etc. That might have been true of the then so-called European Community in the 1980s and 1990s. But in the post-Lisbon Treaty era, the EU has become a much different creature; this evolution (or devolution if you will) has become dramatically more apparent with the conflict in Ukraine. But I still get the impression that many people have not yet caught on. The EU for far too many remains simply the convenience of a single currency and "open borders" (Schengen).
Thank you for this clear analysis. I also agree that the Left has gone bonkers. What has caused this I don't know, apart from the full on drive to so-called "neoliberalism", which has squashed any remaining hope for socialist policies.
I was just wondering about Yanis Veroufakis and DiEM 25 when you mentioned the idea of a new European movement to counter this dreadful trend of centralisation and potentially totalitarianism. Any thoughts anyone?
Unfortunately Varoufakis and DiEM has never managed to bring themselves to frontally oppose the EU and support the only democratic option: the return of power to nation-states. Regrettably, they remain committed to supranationalism in principle.
Varoufakis and vast swathes of the modern "left" appear to have a visceral distrust of any form of nationalism, conflating, it would seem, with xenophobia and ethno-supremacy. This plays directly into the hands of those pushing the supranationalism (and the dangers thereof) described so compellingly in the article above.