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...]
March 28, 2017 – Europe Today
Michael Crowley, the Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent for Politico, recently wrote a scathing article. The title of piece posted in the March/April digital issue of the magazine succinctly summarized the article’s primary message, “The Man Who … [Read more...]
Sep 14, 2016 – Push for Militarized EU
Pressure for the EU to have a bona fide independent military force is mounting. And some of it comes from Central Europe. On Friday, August 26, 2016, BBC World News reported, “The leaders of the Czech Republic and Hungary say that a European army … [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...]