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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, offers his hand to shake hands with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, following a joint statement after their meeting in Istanbul, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. Merkel met with Turkish leaders to promote a EU plan that would offer aid and concessions to Turkey in exchange for measures to stem the mass movement of migrants across Europe's borders. (Tolga Bozoglu, Pool Photo via AP)

20.10.2015

Europe is so weak, it now even considers accepting Turkey as a member state

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, offers his hand to shake hands with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, following a joint statement after their meeting in Istanbul, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. Merkel met with Turkish leaders to promote a EU...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and French President Francois Hollande address a press conference following talks at the chancellery in Berlin on August 24, 2015. The leaders of Germany and France met in Berlin to seek a unified stance on efforts to tackle the biggest migrant crisis since World War II, as hundreds more people poured into Serbia in a desperate bid for a better life. AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ

France / Germany

08.10.2015

Merkel, Hollande offer rhetoric, nothing useful.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and French President Francois Hollande address a press conference following talks at the chancellery in Berlin on August 24, 2015. The leaders of Germany and France met in Berlin to seek a unified stance on...

European Union

21.09.2015

Europe is not the organization spawned in Brussels, it’s not a currency, it’s not a central bank…it is our civilization…

Fort de ses premiers succès, l’Institut Iliade a décidé de célébrer son premier anniversaire par l’action, en produisant et en diffusant une vidéo originale : « Ni Lampedusa, ni Bruxelles : être européen ». Court, didactique, facile de compréhension et...

This nitwit, Maarten Verwey, will decide about ALL future legislation in Greece. He has absolute power to execute each and every Troika directive. Democracy? That's the first thing that will have to go. Multinationals were never happier.Photograph: Philippos Christou/AP

European Union / Greece

20.09.2015

Europe is killing democracy in Greece, new Government will have to dance to the tune of the troika

This nitwit, Maarten Verwey, will decide about ALL future legislation in Greece. He has absolute power to execute each and every Troika directive. Democracy? That’s the first thing that will have to go. Multinationals were never happier.Photograph: Philippos Christou/AP ...

Europe / European Union / Greece

25.07.2015

The strong do as they will and the weak suffer as they must

Over the past few months the world has witnessed the short career of a Greek government vainly endeavouring to uphold an anti-austerity platform against the implacable power of the Eurozone’s financial institutions. Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek Minister for Finance,...

Yanis Varoufakis wanted to shake hands with Jeroen Dijsselbloem, but the leader of the Eurogroup choose to appear busy.

Brussels / Europe / European Union / Greece

14.07.2015

On the Euro Summit’s Statement on Greece: First thoughts

Yanis Varoufakis wanted to shake hands with Jeroen Dijsselbloem, but with the typical arrogance of the average ‘Hollander’, the leader of the Eurogroup choose to appear busy. In the next hours and days, I shall be sitting in Parliament...