The European Union is giving Ukraine another 500 million euros ($520 million) to buy heavy weapons to fend off the Russian invasion, the bloc’s foreign affairs chief said Friday at a gathering of top diplomats from the Group of Seven (G-7) wealthy nations. Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign policy, said he was…
Japan and EU Leaders Announce Digital Partnership Amid Chinese Aggression
May 12, 2022
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Leaders from Japan and the EU announced a new digital partnership April 12, following a summit in which they discussed how to jointly contend with rising authoritarianism amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, nuclear sabre rattling from North Korea, and increased aggression from China’s communist regime. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with European Council President…
France Emerging as the Great Power of Continental Europe
Commentary For all its domestic chaos in the lead-up to the June parliamentary elections, France has reemerged as the great power of continental Europe. The 2022 Russia-Ukraine military conflict and the prospect of further Russian military action in Moldova’s autonomous (and pro-Russian) Transdniestria region bordering Ukraine may have stirred a shared panic and fear in the…
UK Delays Post-Brexit Checks on EU Import for 4th Time to Avoid Disruptions
The UK government has once again delayed the introduction of post-Brexit border checks on imports from the European Union, citing risks of disruption at a time of rising costs of living. The government has dropped plans to restrict imports of chilled meats from the EU and to impose further checks on plant and animal products,…
European Union to Cut Russian Oil and Gas Imports to Zero by 2027
April 26, 2022
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A senior European Union official said Tuesday that the bloc plans to cut Russian oil and gas imports to zero by the end of 2027, with his remarks coming as EU leaders continue to deliberate on moves to accelerate reducing the region’s dependence on Russian energy. EU Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told Italian daily Il…
EU Official Says No ‘Unified Position’ Reached on Russian Energy Embargo
April 25, 2022
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The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that insufficient support from EU member states means a complete embargo or punitive tariff on Russian oil and gas imports cannot yet be levied. “At the moment, we in the EU do not have a unified position on this question,” Borrell was quoted as saying by…
Europe’s Electorate Is Shifting on the Russia-Ukraine War
Commentary The press and the political class in the West are near-unanimous in demonizing Russia and embracing Ukraine, but much of Europe’s electorate isn’t falling into lockstep. In Hungary’s national elections earlier this month, Viktor Orbán’s Russia-friendly Fidesz party crushed his opponents, taking two-thirds of the seats to win a fourth consecutive term. The landslide…
Beijing-Moscow Axis Is Driving the Emergence of the EU as the Next Superpower
Commentary Beijing seems to be running out of non-consequences in its drive to dominate the world. The cost of alienating the European Union is something that it must have underestimated. But playing Russian roulette on the international stage eventually has its price, and it looks like China will be paying a big one. Essentially, Beijing’s…
China Threatens the Breakup of Europe
News Analysis As Russian President Vladimir Putin escalates the war in Ukraine to that of nuclear threats, massacre, and the systemic rape of children in cities like Bucha, China continues its diplomatic support of Russia, including now by threatening the breakup of the European Union. China’s state-controlled Global Times mooted the idea under the guise…
Poland Refuses to Accept and Pay for New COVID-19 Vaccine Deliveries
Poland is refusing to accept or pay for more deliveries of the COVID-19 vaccine under the European Union’s supply contract, amid dwindling demand. The country’s health minister announced the news in remarks on local television on Tuesday. “At the end of last week, we used the force majeure clause and informed both the European Commission…
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