European Union (EU) Archives

Issue #2163

GLOBAL BRIEFS

EU: Trump has lobbied for EU, G7, and NATO countries to impose 100% tariffs on China. Originally also targeted at India, Trump’s new round of...

Issue #2155

Austerity and war vs development and peace

Reason seems to have been gradually abolished by the language of bombs. As weapons systems get ‘smarter’ and ‘smarter,’ the range of diplomatic instruments used...

Issue #2158

Ireland to Lesotho – Trump’s tariffs hit hard

In April 2025 President Donald Trump introduced so-called ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, triggering the worst two-day drop in US stock market history, erasing trillions in value....

Issue #2210

We all came here from somewhere

Everywhere , from the Global North to the Global South, we are inundated with rising anti-immigrant rhetoric. It seems to be an inescapable part of...

Issue #2162

GLOBAL BRIEFS

EU: Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice President, has been criticised by Chinese commentators and others...

Issue #2124

The USA has Georgia on its mind – and in its sights

The result of the election in Georgia might not have gone the way that Washington or its European allies wished. But even a loss for...

Issue #2207

GLOBAL BRIEFS

IRELAND: Thousands of demonstrators filled central Dublin on 12 September in a ‘No welcome to Trump’ protest against the US President’s two-day visit to Ireland....

Issue #2200

Europe and the cost of climate inaction

The 2026 European heatwave is on track to exceed Europe’s previous heat events. While much has been said in the media about the human costs...

Issue #2175

GLOBAL BRIEFS

DENMARK: Denmark called on the United States to stop “threatening” Greenland as President Donald Trump told US media that he “absolutely needed” the territory, a...

Issue #2117

GLOBAL BRIEFS

RUSSIA: Russia could limit the supply of certain raw materials to the global market in response to Western sanctions. For instance, Russia is the world’s...

Issue #2105

Europe being drawn into US trade war

There has been a meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers high on the agenda was China and how the G7 should respond to...

President Joe Biden poses for a photo with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other leaders, 25 September 2024, in New York City.

Issue #2119

Europe’s economic ‘existential challenge’

Marxists often speak of the crisis of capitalism. The European Union commissioned a report to look into the future of the European economy. Economist and...

Issue #2188

Ukraine: the fading dream of the European Union

Europe is slowly taking a stance against Zelensky while the USA continues to pressure Kiev to sign a peace deal with Moscow. Despite all the...

Issue #2205

GLOBAL BRIEFS

GERMANY: Germany’s Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Baden-Wurttemberg Governor Cem Ozdemir have called for the opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to be banned. The...

Issue #2122

GLOBAL BRIEFS

EGYPT: Egypt has been certified as malaria free by the World Health Organisation (WHO). “Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilisation itself, but the disease...

Issue #2152

Neutrality would suit Slovakia in times of armament: PM

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has spoken out for the first time about the neutrality of the country, which has been a member of NATO...

Issue #2138

Syria: imperialist rape of a nation

Events in Syria have exposed the barbarity that flows from imperialist intrigues. As many as a thousand Syrians have been killed. Sectarian violence by jihadists,...

Issue #2171

GLOBAL BRIEFS

VENEZUELA: Russia’s government has expressed its strategic solidarity with Venezuela and condemned the military pressure of the United States in the Caribbean. “We are in...

Issue #2106

GLOBAL BRIEFS

HUNGARY: EU documents and reports from The Financial Times and Sputnik suggest that the EU is increasing pressure on Hungary to end its veto of...

Rally for Palestine in Boorloo/Perth, September 2025.

Issue #2187

Open Letter – the youth of the world stands with the Palestinian people

The approval in the Israeli parliament on 30 April of a law that makes the death penalty the sentence for Palestinian prisoners who have exercised...

Issue #2147

Not a trade deal

The Albanese government is looking to enter a trade agreement spanning Pacific and European countries called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. But...

Issue #2169

EDITORIAL

Australia mostly doesn’t get sanctioned. There’s a few politicians who can’t get visas to go to Israel, but that doesn’t affect the rest of us....

Issue #2143

Against fascism and war

Nationalism and militarism are being promoted on the election campaign trail, with Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton taking every opportunity to be seen with troops...

Issue #2198

Heat waves coming here

The world is suffering from unprecedented temperatures as a record-breaking heat wave spreads across Europe, North America and into Asia, and Central America. The World...

Issue #2137

EDITORIAL

New US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has been depressing a lot of mainstream commentators with his comments about Europe and Ukraine, but one mainstream paper...