Théodore Géricault painting of The Raft of the Medusa, which hangs in the Louvre Museum, Paris (Photo: Wikimedia) In 1816, the Frigate of Medusa, sailing from France to Senegal for the purpose of colonisation, sank in Mauritanian waters. Of the…
Two trillion euros, in fact. Such huge financial injections into EU economies can come with well-documented risks of embezzlement, corruption and corporate capture of public money (Photo: Michal Jarmoluk) At over two trillion euros, the long term EU budget and…
What was behind the resignation of David Frost as UK “Brexit Minister”, and would it be enough to halt the declining UK-EU relations? Dick Roche shares his thoughts. Dick Roche is a former Irish Minister for European Affairs and former…
Phil Waldron, who owns a bar in Texas, is a case study in how pro-Trump fringe players managed to get a hearing for conspiracy theories at the highest level during the presidential transition. The House committee investigating the events of…
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it will speed up the timeline for ending its extraordinary aid to the economy — a likely first step toward raising interest rates during the 2022 election year to help fend off heightened inflation.…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has succeeded in attracting the world’s attention by concentrating a vast invasion force along his country’s border with Ukraine and issuing a series of ultimatums to Western leaders. For now, discussion is firmly focused on Putin’s…
Some of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s work remains unfinished as lawmakers wrestle with how to oversee security of cloud computing providers and other issues. Chris Inglis in June, when he was sworn in as the first national cyber director. WASHINGTON…
In 2019, former US President Jimmy Carter told a church congregation about a conversation he had with Donald Trump, the incumbent president at the time. He said Trump called him for advice about China. Carter, who normalized US ties with…
Participatory budgeting, the shared decision between local government and citizens on how to spend a part of the municipal budget, is becoming increasingly popular across the bloc. More and more European cities are adopting the idea, and civil society organisations…
Paolo Borchia is an Italian MEP with the right-wing nationalist Identity and Democracy Group (Photo: European Parliament) Reply by Paolo Borchia, MEP, to the article Lead energy MEP silent on gas meetings before vote published by EUobserver on 23 September.…