The strict parameters of the European Union are trapping Italy in a cage with little space for maneuver. It is the only country in the European Union where average wages have fallen over the last 30 years. Since 1990, wages in Italy have stagnated, while in most other advanced countries they have increased significantly. In 2020, due to the impact ...
On September 3, around 100,000 Czechs staged a massive demonstration in the central square of Prague. Two of the organizers were the Communist Party of Czech Republic and the Party for Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD). The demonstration brought together traditional left and right wing parties chanting “Withdraw from NATO”, “No to Brussels’ slave government” and “No to sanctions against ...
The Comprehensive Investment Agreement (CAI) between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China that was announced at the end of 2020 keeps on fuelling international discussions. “FOR CHINA MOST IMPORTANT STEP SINCE JOINING THE WTO” Sourabh Gupta, a senior fellow at the Institute for China-America Studies in Washington, described the agreement as a milestone. Gupta claims that “for ...
US elections In early November, presidential elections were held in the US, in which Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden faced off. The election results remain controversial – many people tend to question the fairness of the election given the opaque counting system and President Trump’s claims that the elections had serious irregularities. Only some states have certified Biden’s ...
On the eve of the civil war: the murder of George Floyd and its consequences Protests after the death of US citizen George Floyd in Minneapolis on Friday escalated into riots in several major US cities. Clashes with police, detentions and vandalism have occurred in New York City, Atlanta (Georgia), Albuquerque (New Mexico), Fountain, San Jose (California) and Houston (Texas). ...
Part 1 – How international finance and Germany destroyed Greece to create a totalitarian EU A colossal failure If we judge the Greek program not on the basis of our own criteria, but on the basis of the goals it set itself and of its predictions, we can safely say it was a gigantic failure, by far the biggest in the ...
Many states are desperate in the face of the coronavirus pandemic: governments are panicking and the economy has already collapsed. This crisis is expected to deepen, all of which assures that humanity will likely be seeking a new path. Everyone seems to be asking: “What has the pandemic changed/ will change socially and politically?” a particularly pertinent question for those ...
The European Security and Defense Union groups together several areas and organizations with a common goal. While this is nothing new, in recent years different organizations have become more relevant thanks to various external factors, mainly the decline in US interest in Europe in favor of the Asia-Pacific region. Although the European Union is certainly more advanced in matters of ...
There has not been a week in the recent months without reports, statements, decisions or condemnations against Turkey’s Mediterranean policies, from the United States, the EU and the Arab world. A large portion of the work at the Foreign Ministry, especially for the Spokesman, is rushed through the answers to these baseless, untheorized, unreasoned and unfair explanations. Next, in the ...
Protests in the Shia crescent: Iraq, Iran and Lebanon Several Middle Eastern Shia-majority countries have recently been rocked by mass protests. The protests which started in October in Iraq led to the resignation of the country’s PM, Adil Abdul-Mahdi. The protesters demands include calling for new elections (to fight ‘corruption’) and the withdrawal of the Iranian influence on Iraq (Shia ...