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Energy Transition Under Fire As Power Bills Soar
Energy Transition Under Fire As Power Bills Soar For a long period of time, the energy transition was primarily a technical topic concerning the transformation of the energy grid. Technological developments and the decreasing costs of renewables have made it a viable alternative to fossil fuels. The integration, however, of these new systems requires considerable […]
The Brewing European Debt Crisis
The Brewing European Debt Crisis Macron is pushing for the European Finance Minister to raise money by selling EU bonds and then distribute the money to the 19-member Eurozone. France is very heavily indebted and here once again we have simply the goal to raise more money rather than reform. Because of the riots in […]
Keeping Some of the Lights On: Redefining Energy Security
Keeping Some of the Lights On: Redefining Energy Security Image: Camilla MP. What is Energy Security? What does it mean for a society to have “energy security”? Although there are more than forty different definitions of the concept, they all share the fundamental idea that energy supply should always meet energy demand. This also implies […]
The EU and the warning signs of Fascism
The EU and the warning signs of Fascism Image source – here. Things are spiralling out of control in Europe, faster than many predicted. Outside of Brexit, there is strong anti-EU feeling in Hungary, Spain, Italy, Greece and France. The EU is in danger of crumbling, and people afraid of losing power are prone to […]
May Unleashes ‘Project Fear 3.0’ As Brexit Vote Looms: Stockpile Food, Drugs, Prepare For The Worst
May Unleashes ‘Project Fear 3.0’ As Brexit Vote Looms: Stockpile Food, Drugs, Prepare For The Worst On Tuesday, the UK Parliament is slated to vote on whether PM Theresa May’s Brexit deal should survive or die. All the signs are that politicians in the House of Commons will choose overwhelmingly to stop the agreement May […]
Macron Heralds The End Of The Union
Macron Heralds The End Of The Union Paul Almasy Paris 1950 The concept of the EU might have worked, but still only might have, if a neverending economic boom could have been manufactured to guide it on its way. But there was never going to be such a boom. Or perhaps if the spoils that […]
Italy, the EU, and the Fall of the Roman Empire
Italy, the EU, and the Fall of the Roman Empire The EU leadership is trying to contain a crisis that is emerging at increasing speed: this challenge comprises the rise of contumacious states (i.e. the UK, Poland, Hungary and Italy), or of defiant, historic ‘cultural blocs’ (i.e. Catalonia) – all of whom are explicitly disenchanted […]
EU Proposes Widespread ‘De-Dollarization’ Initiatives
EU Proposes Widespread ‘De-Dollarization’ Initiatives In the most blatant and transparent reaction to Washington’s continued vassal-ization, the European Commission has reportedly formulated a plan to reduce the role of the dollar in international trade. Amid increasing tensions between Trump and various European leaders (cough Macron cough) and the ongoing threats of sanctions and tariffs, the European […]
The Next French Revolution – Is it Beginning?
The Next French Revolution – Is it Beginning? The austerity measures of the EU are having a profound impact in Europe. In Paris of December 1st, 2018 (right on time with our volatility models for December) there was a major civil uprising, the worst France has witnessed in recent decades. Yellow Vests have converged in […]
Yes, the EU’s New #CopyrightDirective is All About Filters
Yes, the EU’s New #CopyrightDirective is All About Filters When the EU started planning its new Copyright Directive (the “Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive”), a group of powerful entertainment industry lobbyists pushed a terrible idea: a mandate that all online platforms would have to create crowdsourced databases of “copyrighted materials” and then block […]
Black Sea Provocation… Vintage Putin or Poroshenko Dregs?
Black Sea Provocation… Vintage Putin or Poroshenko Dregs? The latest potentially disastrous flare-up in violence between the Kiev regime and Russia near the Black Sea’s Kerch Strait is clearly a blatant provocation aimed at strengthening the autocratic regime under President Petro Poroshenko. It’s also a reckless gambit to push Kiev’s madcap agenda for joining NATO […]
Major Psy-Op in Europe Exposed: UK Government Tramples on Values It Vowed to Protect
Major Psy-Op in Europe Exposed: UK Government Tramples on Values It Vowed to Protect Those who have been saying that the West has turned Russia into a scapegoat to be blamed for each and every thing that goes wrong have been proved right. We have witnessed concocted stories invented to denigrate Moscow that have gone […]
Salvini Takes Control of Europe’s Future
Salvini Takes Control of Europe’s Future Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini just declared himself the leader of the Europe’s future. He refuses to budge one inch in negotiations with the European Union over Italy’s budget now threatening to take down the government. And in doing this he not only speaks for Italians, he is now […]
Salvini Threatens To Collapse Italy’s Government If Deficit Target Is Changed
Salvini Threatens To Collapse Italy’s Government If Deficit Target Is Changed Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini escalated the ongoing standoff between the EU and Italy, saying he would bring down the government if the coalition’s budget deficit target was changed. The remarks by Salvini, Italy’s de facto leader who has been enjoying a steady climb […]
The Big Bet Against Italian Banks
The Big Bet Against Italian Banks The eurozone’s third-largest economy, Italy, is marooned in a deep political and economic crisis, with seeming endless problems: an economy that has barely grown in decades, sky-high unemployment rates, ballooning national debt, an inability to form a stable coalition government and, lately, a looming showdown with the EU over […]
