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European Council: Choosing new leaders for the EU betrays efforts for a wider...
The special meeting of the European Council held last Saturday 30 August, despite or probably because of the alarming news about the new fall of inflation to the crisis level of 0.3% last month, was...
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Immigration crisis at its very worst: EU to outsource rescue business to...
The freshly released statistics on immigration, which were published by Eurostat last Friday, show that 2014 has been a negative record year for the European Union. Last year, 626,000 people applied...
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Can Obama attract Iran close to the US sphere of influence?
The best indications about the fairness of a deal are that all the parties directly involved in it can claim victory, and when it comes to the detailed terms they feel they didn’t get exactly what they...
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EU should promote immigration as a humanitarian issue in order to provide a...
Only a few days after the Calais migration incident, a new shipwreck just 10 miles off the coast of Libya caused the death of 25 people while there are still 200 people missing out of the 600 who were...
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Migration crisis will keep deteriorating as common EU political will is...
The migration crisis in the European Union was the main issue of the Western Balkans Summit yesterday in Vienna, but was largely overshadowed by the deaths of at least 20 refugees who were found dead...
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Erdogan’s electoral win on a ‘me or chaos’ dilemma means trouble for everybody
The dilemma ‘me or chaos’ that the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hurled at his compatriots in last Sunday’s election paid dividends. And this despite the fact that he did what he could to...
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Terrorism and migrants: the 2 awful nightmares for Europe and Germany in 2016
Less than two weeks have passed since the dawn of 2016 and terrorism and the migration crisis continue afflicting Europe and especially Germany. Yesterday’s horrible terrorist attack in Istanbul that...
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WEF Davos 2016 LIVE: “We need more Schengen but reinforce control!”, France’s...
Earlier today in Davos, WEF organized one more session on Europe in order to find ways to deal with one of the most important issues that the old continent is facing which is no other than the refugee...
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Another doomed EU attempt to interfere in Libya?
Last Monday, the Italian coastguard rescued a round number of 2,000 immigrants and refugees in the central Mediterranean off the Libyan waters. In those fifteen operations the Italian coastguard was...
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The US and EU decisively oppose Erdogan’s plans for Turkey and beyond
Last Monday, John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, participated in the EU Foreign ministers’ council in Brussels, where the main topic on the agenda was the attempted coup in Turkey and its aftermath....
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Solitary Britain sides with US aggressing Russia and chooses hard Brexit
Last Sunday Britain surprised Europe by surpassing even the Americans in condemning and threatening Russia over the fight of Aleppo, imminent to be lost for the West. British Foreign minister Boris...
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Europe moulds global defense and security chart given US new inward vision
Europe takes very seriously Trump’s rhetoric about limiting US commitment to NATO and Old Continent’s defenses. In view of that, Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security...
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How will the EU face the migration crisis when the Turkish threats come true?
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 24 November calling for the negotiations to be suspended between the EU and the Turkish government until the latter ends its suppressive and dominant...
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China invites the EU to a joint endeavor for free trade and order in the world
The European Union and China are to hold a summit this June, which is expected to shape their joint answer to the American protectionist and other threats. Last weekend, those threats prevented the...
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Will the EU ever tackle the migration crisis despite the lack of political will?
Despite the fact that migration crisis figures have decreased compared to last year, the disappointing commitment of some countries to fulfil their obligations receiving asylum-seekers from Greece and...
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Refugee crisis update: EU lacks solidarity as migration figures drop
There has been a significant decrease in July in the number of refugees reaching Italy through the Mediterranean according to data released by the Italian interior ministry last Thursday. The report...
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EU and African leaders to jointly tackle the migration crisis across the...
It was last week when the leaders of Italy, France, Germany and Spain met in Paris with the African leaders of Chad, Niger and Libya to discuss on how to manage the influx of migrants through Libya and...
View ArticleTrump reshapes the Middle East at the expenses of Europe
Trump’s completely unwarranted aggressiveness towards the rest of the world took a violent thrust this week. His vice President Mike Pence speaking at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, announced a...
View ArticleWill Western Balkans respond positively to EU initiatives?
The European Commission announced yesterday its strategy regarding the perspective of EU enlargement with the Western Balkans within the next decade. Six initiatives will be the guidelines of the EU...
View ArticlePermanent structured cooperation (PESCO) on the table of NATO Defense...
NATO Defense Ministers are gathered today in Brussels to discuss the modernization of the NATO Command Structure, NATO-EU cooperation, NATO’s defense posture and its role in providing stability and...
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