TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
France and the EU have no intention of imposing sanctions or counter-sanctions on U.S. companies over the U.S.’s re-imposition of sanctions on Iran. Following our discussion of Europe’s angry response to Trump’s unilateral Iran sanctions, in which European Union budget commissioner, Guenther Oettinger made it clear that Europe will not be viewed as a vassal state Read More…
So it’s come to this. The fate of the world hangs in the balance…and it’s the EU that’s going to be the deciding factor. The EU? Really? Sigh. You may have heard that the US scrapped the Iranian nuclear deal this week, setting off a series of events that could very likely end up in Read More…
On November 13, 2017, 23 out of 28 European Union (EU) states signed a declaration to create what is expected to form the nucleus of a joint European army. The five countries that won’t be taking take part are Great Britain, Denmark, Ireland, Malta, and Portugal, though Ireland previously expressed some interest in joining. The defense Read More…
Fighting terrorism is now morphing into clamping down on human migration, as far as the European Union is concerned. France’s President Emmanuel Macron is leading the charge, claiming at a conference in Paris last week that terrorism and human trafficking are part of the same problem, requiring the deployment of a military force spread across Africa. The melding Read More…
In the EU referendum about whether or not the UK should remain in the European Union, the UK government warns that leaving the EU could mean 10 years of uncertainty as new trade deals are formed, and even a collapse of the UK economy with a year of recession. Meanwhile, the news media and anti-EU Read More…
Despite the fact that the European Union agreed to an embargo against selling weapons to Egypt, nearly half the countries in the union disregarded the embargo and provided Egypt with arms. Al Jazeera reports that according to Amnesty International, these countries are now at risk for being seen as accessories to the killing, torture, and Read More…