Energy: The Main Threat To Europe Is the EU

European Union policy towards Russia energy supplies is a combination of the foolish behavour exposed by Aesop and Phaedrus. On the one side, they steal Russia’s foreign reserves and accuse Moscow of not wanting to pay in euros (The wolf to the lamb: “How dare you trouble all the flood?”); on the other side, they keep repeating that Moscow is […]

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France: Legislative Elections Will Be Decisive for Macron’s Second Term

Following the very short lead of Emmanuel Macron in the first round of the presidential elections, who received 30 % of the votes against the sizeable score of 23% for Marine Le Pen and 22% for Jean Luc Mélenchon, Solidarité & Progres President Jacques Cheminade immediately recognized the emergence of a new majority. This « popular bloc », he said, was not between […]

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Russian Economy Is Faring Better than Expected

Within days after Russia launched its “special military operation” in Ukraine on Feb. 24, the West unleashed what it called “the largest sanctions in history,” including the “nuclear financial option”, which involved banning seven Russian banks from the SWIFT financial system. A few weeks later, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that, as a result of those sanctions, the […]

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The Needed Victory over the New Fascism

The world witnessed two major events on May 9: the traditional parade in Moscow, on the anniversary of the victory over Nazism in WWII, and the simultaneous Europe Day in Strasbourg. Two events, two world views: the geopolitical conception of “blocs” armed against each other vs. international law based on sovereign nations. The irony is that whereas weapons were exhibited […]

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The EU’s Self-Destructive Energy Bluff

The European Union announced the sixth round of sanctions against Russia last week which, like the previous five, is supposed to “destroy” the Russian capacity to finance the war in Ukraine. But, if approved, it will help destroy the European economies. The new sanctions are imposed on 58 individuals, among whom alleged Bucha criminals, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov’s family and […]

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