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A Torrid Week for the Transatlantic Corporatocracy
A Torrid Week for the Transatlantic Corporatocracy The carefully woven fabric is unraveling. A new survey conducted by YouGov for the Bertelsmann Foundation showed that only 17% of Germans believe the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a good thing, down from 55% two years ago. In the United States, only 18% support the deal compared to 53% […]
Affairs of State
Affairs of State Insulting Mr. Erdoğan Can Be Dangerous Most of our readers are probably aware by now that the German government finds itself in a rather awkward situation over its relations with Turkey’s government again – with which the EU has just struck a widely criticized and very expensive deal to help it stem the flood […]
With Impeccable Timing, ‘Economic Miracle’ in Spain Unravels
With Impeccable Timing, ‘Economic Miracle’ in Spain Unravels The European Union on the verge. Since the granddaddy of all housing bubbles popped in Spain between 2008 and 2009, unleashing one of the deepest recessions in living memory, the nation’s public debt has more than doubled, from just over 40% of GDP to almost exactly 100% […]
Draghi at War with Reason & Other Central Banks
Draghi at War with Reason & Other Central Banks Tensions are starting to rise between Germany and the ECB because Draghi will not admit his negative interest rates are causing an economic meltdown. “We continue to expect them (interest rates) to remain at present or lower levels for an extended period of time, and well past […]
EU parliament chief warns of bloc’s ‘implosion,’ says people lost trust in ‘entire institutions’
EU parliament chief warns of bloc’s ‘implosion,’ says people lost trust in ‘entire institutions’ European Parliament President Martin Schulz. © Vincent Kessler / Reuters Many people have lost trust in “entire institutions, whether national or European,” EU parliament Chief Martin Schulz says. He sounded the alarm over a possible “implosion of the EU” due to the […]
The Catastrophic Mismanagement of the Economy & The Coming Meltdown
The Catastrophic Mismanagement of the Economy & The Coming Meltdown We are finishing up the “Pension Crisis – The Next Nightmare,” which is a special report outlining the next global meltdown. Germany’s Federal Finance Minister Schaeuble is now openly blaming Mario Draghi for the electoral success of the AFD in Germany, which is the Alternative for Germany (In German: Alternative für […]
Dutch Voters Reject Ukraine Deal
Dutch Voters Reject Ukraine Deal Dutch voters struck a blow against the E.U.’s Ukrainian association agreement – and the incessant Russia-bashing that has surrounded it – creating hope for less belligerence in Europe, writes Gilbert Doctorow. On this overcast Thursday morning in Brussels, the political capital of Europe, rays of bright sunshine are breaking through […]
The Dutch referendum shows how the internet is taking back power from our Europhile elites
The Dutch referendum shows how the internet is taking back power from our Europhile elites Dutch member of the Socialist Party (SP) Harry van Bommel hands out flyers against a referendum on the association treaty with Ukraine CREDIT: BART MAAT Today’s Dutch referendum on the EU’s expansionist agreement with Ukraine really is the people’s referendum. It wasn’t triggered by […]
Yanis Varoufakis Issues a Major Warning to the Greek People
Yanis Varoufakis Issues a Major Warning to the Greek People Varoufakis said that Schäuble, Germany’s finance minister and the architect of the deals Greece signed in 2010 and 2012, was “consistent throughout”. “His view was ‘I’m not discussing the program – this was accepted by the previous [Greek] government and we can’t possibly allow an […]
The EU Has Bigger Trouble than Brexit alone
The EU Has Bigger Trouble than Brexit alone Trouble brewing in the Netherlands The referendum in the Netherlands on April 6th is going to cause a lot of trouble, possibly axing the strong Dutch commitment to the European project. The plebiscite is about the Association Treaty between EU and Ukraine, into which the EU inserted some curious […]
Fed Admits it is the World’s Central Bank – not just the USA Central Bank
Fed Admits it is the World’s Central Bank – not just the USA Central Bank Janet Yellen signaled that the Fed is grappling with the problem I have been warning about: the dollar has become the de facto currency and the Fed is indeed becoming the world’s central bank. Yellen has admitted that everyone is […]
Deadly Blowback from Neo-Imperial Wars
Deadly Blowback from Neo-Imperial Wars Exclusive: The E.U.’s crisis – with the post-World War II project to unify Europe spinning apart amid economic stress, refugees and terrorism – can be traced back to E.U./U.S. neo-imperial wars in the Arab world, says Jonathan Marshall. In what may be the most dramatic blowback yet from Western military intervention in […]
Brexit Meltdown at the Bank of England
Brexit Meltdown at the Bank of England But it’s supposed to be “independent” from national politics. Project Fear — the massive PR campaign aimed at sowing and watering the seeds of dread about the potential consequences of a YES vote in the upcoming referendum on a British exit from the EU — is in full bloom. […]
The Fed And The Oil Markets On Unsustainable Path As Election Looms
The Fed And The Oil Markets On Unsustainable Path As Election Looms Oil prices have increased 50 percent since the lows exhibited earlier this year, a rise that is largely linked to the positive market reaction to the OPEC output freeze. That comes even as for all intents and purposes OPEC has nearly reached its […]
