On Thursday June 28, 2018, the EU held a crucial summit on migration. According to DW TV comments, there was no way to overestimate the importance of this “mother of all summits”. European media indicated the fate of Germany’s current … [Read more...]
November 13, 2017 – Europe’s Historic Decision
xxx Germany’s DW TV, on the 13th of November 2017, broke the news that, “Today 23 EU countries took a key step towards setting up a European Defense Union. It’s seen as a way of promoting unity in Europe especially after Brexit." EU’s … [Read more...]
July 2, 2017 – The French Jew and the German Catholic
In June 2017, former European leaders Simone Jacob Veil age 89 and Helmut Kohl age 87 died only a couple of weeks apart. With their burials, the past headlines their actions generated will retreat still deeper into the annals of history. … [Read more...]
June 26, 2016 – The EU-UK Divorce
Brexit (aka the EU-UK divorce) actually happened. America and the rest of the British Commonwealth were stunned; but Russia broke out the champagne. A good number of voters now say they were duped and want a do over. By Sunday the 26th … [Read more...]
June 23, 2016 – UK Referendum
Today Thursday, June 23, the UK’s EU referendum is occurring. Pollsters have been saying right up to the end that the race is very tight. According to BBC World News, a UK TV program, it has been such a heated issue that last week it caused … [Read more...]
May 01, 2016 – Europe
It shouldn’t be a surprise at all to EU euro-sceptics that others in the EU are pushing for a stronger Europe and have for many years. But you might not guess that from the headline a British newspaper ran in late April. It read, “Federal Europe … [Read more...]
February 19, 2016 – EU and the Brexit Matter
The EU has spoken. The result is UK’s prime minister got a deal to carry back to his nation. It’s up to the UK now, a banker told DW News on the 19th — not that it needed reminding, “At the end of the road, the UK will decide whether they want to … [Read more...]
February 4, 2016 – Europe and the UK
The United Kingdom is to hold the rotating EU Council Presidency from July to December 2017, that is if Britain is still part of the EU. Whether a Brexit will happen is still a big question. EU leaders plan to discuss Prime Minister Cameron's … [Read more...]
December 22, 2015 – Europe
One crisis after another dominated EU news much of 2015. And last week’s UN Security Council Syrian peace resolution, as hopeful as it may appear, won’t lead to an overnight resolution of even that predicament. Europeans increasingly question … [Read more...]
August 24, 2015 – EU
German TV's DW News introduced a week long series today on Europe's future by asking “whether it’s time for a United States of Europe”. Some see the escalating refugee-migrant situation as perhaps the most critical in a string of major crises … [Read more...]
