ELfR Podcast: China, a counterweight to Russia or a threat to the West?
A discussion with China expert Enrico Fode As China tries to maintain a balance between Russia and the west, what are the likely scenarios in…
A discussion with China expert Enrico Fode As China tries to maintain a balance between Russia and the west, what are the likely scenarios in…
The numbers Oil and petroleum products 34.5% Natural gas 23.7% Renewables 17.4% Nuclear 12.7% Solid fossil fuels (mostly coal) 10.5% Other 1.2% EU Energy Mix…
Dear European Liberals,Dear ELfR friends and supporters! We are living in strange, difficult times. In fact the most dangerous moment since the end of WWII.…
The fact that Russian propaganda in the USA, Germany and other countries deliberately attempts to inflame moods has been known and documented for years. Since…
“Europe is not Putin’s personal chessboard on which he can move the pieces at will.” Following the annexation of Crimea and military aggression in parts…
A discussion with China expert Enrico Fode As China tries to maintain a balance between…
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European Commission: EU informally agreed new rules for the collective management of copyright and licensing music online Well done, now let’s make progress with books, films and TV. In fact,…
Why so much islamophobia in Europe? It’s the egg and the chicken: as the first generation of north-African workers came to France and Turks to Germany, they had work, but…
https://plus.google.com/101787293482908409528/posts/hMTVbGy3aDJ A mon avis: 1. Réduire la bureaucratie, à tous les niveaux – cela emploie quelques bureaucrates mais rend la vie impossible à toute la population, surtout pour les jeunes,…
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/some-british-voters-do-not-know-they-are-in-eu-says-electoral-commission-1.1577172 1. Interesting how the people who most complain about a lack of democracy in the EU are the ones mostly advocating really undemocratic solutions, ranging from the extreme left…
Richard Branson on EU Coming from a family in which both parents had seen military (and other type of) action during WWII, that type of message is very cogent. I…
A lot of hyperventilation over very little: every state worth its salt collects intelligence on enemies, and allies. EU countries could start pointing fingers at the US, if they did…
BBC News: Facebook lets beheading clips return A few years ago we had a discussion at work on whether we should screen material containing extreme violence, showing beheadings of western…