Observations of Europe
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes We Americans travel to Europe more than any other place on earth outside the United States. We do it because it is still the closest to us culturally, politically, and militarily. We feel more comfortable jetting off to London or Florence than we do in other parts of the world. […]
Russian Gas Sales To Europe Exceed US Supply As Ukraine War Rages
Russia overtook the U.S. in terms of natural gas supplied to Europe in May as the war in Ukraine continues, according to Financial Times. Once the leading supplier of gas to Europe, Russian deliveries fell off drastically following the start of the war in Ukraine as European states rushed to support the Ukrainian cause, according […]
EU heads gather to discuss new leadership in wake of far-right election successes – Europe live | European Union
Von der Leyen to stay on in job after EU election boost Jennifer Rankin Ursula von der Leyen Guterres is expected to remain for a second term as European Commission president as EU leaders meet tonight to discuss for the first time the distribution of key European posts. The EU’s 27 heads of state and […]
Biden’s ‘Green’ Policies Following Europe Straight Into the Dark
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes President Biden and congressional Democrats constantly fret about “climate change.” Indeed, they have made it such a high priority they are taking an “whole of government approach” to addressing it. In fulfilling their aims at curbing emissions, the entire Biden Administration has been systematically and intentionally dismantling the powerful, reliable […]
Europe Votes Against the Ukraine War
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes In Sunday’s elections, the continent’s national conservative parties took an important step forward, breaking out of their narrow focus on immigration. Just before voters delivered a stunning rebuke to the parties of the Establishment in the June 9 European Parliament elections, internal pollsters for the Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for […]
Stocks Fall on US Economic Data and Europe Angst: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Stocks ended the week weaker after disappointing U.S. economic data and worries about a deepening political crisis in France led traders to shy away from riskier assets. Most read articles on Bloomberg U.S. stocks pared this week’s gains as high prices continued to hurt personal finances and a measure of consumer confidence unexpectedly […]
Europe Is Lost to the ‘Far-Right,’ Thanks to ‘Remote Elites in Brussels’
Chinese state media Global Times Conclusion On Monday, he warned that an unexpectedly bad showing for left-wing and “green” parties in the European Parliament elections was likely to “upend European policy on migration, the green transition and aid to Ukraine.” In Europe’s most influential economies, notably France and Germany, primary voting has seen left-wing parties […]
Mastercard to phase out manual card entry for online payments in Europe by 2030 – CNBC
Roberto Machado Noah/LightRocket via Getty Images Mastercard announced in a chat with CNBC on Tuesday that it will tokenize all cards issued across its European network by 2030. This means that instead of the 16-digit card number we are used to using for transactions, a randomly generated “token” will be used. The company says it […]
‘We’re Ready For It’: Conservatives Set To Secure Wins In Europe After Massive EU Elections
Initial projections cited by multiple reports showed the Conservative Party was on track to win across Europe in EU-wide elections that ended on Sunday. All 27 European Union member states met to sit for their parliaments. election Right-wing parties and politicians are likely to win significant numbers of seats in the elections between Thursday and […]
EU elections 2024: Millions across Europe head to the polls in final day of voting – live | World news
Ursula von der Leyen, who is seeking a second five-year term as European Commission president, has voted and is urging her fellow commissioners to do the same. Much is at stake for Germany’s center-right politician, as the European Parliament, based in Brussels and Strasbourg, will have the final say on whether she receives a coveted […]