EUkraine – A No-Go-Zone for Germany
Behind the scenes: From Orange to Brown Revolution A Comment by Ralph T. Niemeyer, retired Editor of Chief at EU Chronicle, Brussels On…
O’Reilly: democratic deficit is key problem
Ombudsman: Gaining people’s trust is the most important point on “EU Wish List” by Martha Devon European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, says the perceived democratic…
ECB to control the uncontrollable
Eurozone has come far, but strong banking union still needed, Draghi tells MEPs by Linda Sommerschütt Failing banks still need a “strong and…
EIB gives EUR 150m for Dublin LUAS connection
by Richard Stahl The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide EUR 150 million to support construction of a new connection between…
Finally, some good news
EU Commission implements audit recommendations adequately, say EU Auditors A report published today by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) concludes that the EU…
Same Mistakes like in 1914
by Ralph T. Niemeyer While ‘financial weapons of mass destruction’ are once more in the process of destroying an existing world order by causing…
The Third Way – Myth
by Ralph T. Niemeyer It is hardly possible for any democratically elected leader to stand up against their power and it is impossible…
Inequality is morally wrong and uneconomic
by Ralph T. Niemeyer The extreme inequality that global capitalism creates is not only morally and socially wrong. It also is a major…
EUkraine: From “Orange”- to “Brown Revolution”
The Ukrainian Interim-Government’s Reps and Vitali Klitschko (far right) by Ralph T. Niemeyer Five years on, the winter 2004/05 “orange revolution” of pro-Western President…
Socialism crippled by Centralisation, Capitalism by Concentration
by Ralph T. Niemeyer ‘Number of Americans in poverty highest in 50 years’, said the Financial Times (FT) headline of 14 September….