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ANGELA MERKEL: A PRO-EUROPEAN LEADER?
Angela Merkel has long been praised as a cautious, pragmatic stateswoman — yet her leadership of Germany also marks a turning point for the European Union. This article examines how her tenure reshaped Berlin’s role in Brussels, balancing national interests with continental unity in an era of crises.
Is Belarus less European than France?
“What makes France more European than Belarus? Or Belarus less European than France? History? Culture? Population? Geography? Alphabet? Let’s consider each in turn.
The February Revolution of 2014
BRITISH AND FRENCH MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS THE ECONOMIST’S VIEW 2. The beginning of the political crisis 3. The February Revolution of 2014 2- The beginning of the political […]
Odessa, Ukrainian Hedoism… and Russia’s failure
Once downtown, my first impression is that Odessa has regained a certain pre-war joie de vivre, the one of the early 2000s. European, Turkish, Georgian, Israeli and even Belarusian tourists are already present in large numbers even this early in the season. The cafes and restaurants are full and the Ukrainian flag, blue and yellow, floats peacefully everywhere. There are no longer soldiers on the streets, roadblocks or pro-Russian graffiti. The s
BREXIT: YOU ARE NO LONGER WELCOME
England, this great merchant nation that invented parliamentary democracy, has been taken hostage by a virulent press and a small clique of arrogant and nostalgic politicians, deluded by past grandeur.
Open letter to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Your Kingdom, victim of the German steamroller in the Second World War, during reconstruction took great advantage of the Marshall Plan and later reaped the fruits of the common market. Moreover, The Netherlands benefited from large EU subsidies for the development of Dutch intensive agriculture whose products today flood European supermarket shelves and even those of Ukraine.