European Union

Economy 08/03/22, 16:12

The race for Britain's new Prime Minister is underway, and the two candidates vying for the top job are both tough on the CCP on foreign policy. British business people with deep commercial ties to China are severing business ties with Beijing and turning to other countries amid concerns that ...

U.S. 03/26/22, 17:44

On Saturday, March 26, U.S. President Joe Biden met two senior Ukrainian officials on his trip to Poland, according to Reuters. This was the first face-to-face meeting since the Russia-Ukraine conflict started. During the meeting in Warsaw, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and President Biden, the ...

Insights 02/20/22, 19:53

During the plenary meeting this week at headquarters in Strasbourg, France, the European Parliament adopted two resolutions on the annual implementation report of the EU's "Common Foreign and Security Policy" (CFSP) and the EU's "Common Security and Defense Policy" (CSDP) on Feb. 17. Article 56 of the CFSP report specifically calls ...

China 02/20/22, 19:33

The European Parliament passed two security policies on Thursday, Feb. 17, including clauses supporting Taiwan's effective involvement in international organizations and calling for peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. CNA reported the parliament passed the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) in a 474-113 vote with 102 abstentions, while the ...

Tech 02/19/22, 19:40

The EU, on Friday, Feb. 18, filed a lawsuit against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO), accusing Beijing of using domestic courts to undermine intellectual property laws and allowing Chinese telecom giants such as Huawei and Xiaomi to obtain low-cost technology licenses. The European Commission said that since August 2020, ...

China 02/17/22, 13:00

According to the media outlet archyde.com, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (MOFA) stated on Feb. 15 that Taiwan would fully assist Lithuania in responding to China's economic bullying, which included the suspension of imports of beef and other agricultural products from Lithuania. The European Union ...

Europe 01/01/22, 20:33

With France taking over the presidency of the European Union in January, Germany's left-wing government expressed its unconditional support for Macron to form a 'more sovereign Europe' for which the bloc's member states will have to give more power to the bloc. Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, said, "Our French ...

China 12/18/21, 15:25

Lithuania hastily withdrew all staff from its embassy in China on Dec. 15 as tensions increased over the Taiwan issue.  Lithuanian officials on Dec. 14 said its embassy would work remotely.  Foreign Minister Landsbergis of the Baltic state said the diplomats were leaving for consultancy over changing the department's name. Reuters cited a diplomat ...

China 12/11/21, 03:46

The European Union (EU) is expected to announce strict economic measures aimed at China and other countries accused of financial bullying. According to a drafted proposal, the measures to combat economic coercion would target those countries trying to interfere with the EU's legitimate sovereign options or those of one of its ...

China 12/02/21, 15:35

The European Union announced a long-term investment of 250 billion euros to provide infrastructure projects to developing countries in an attempt to counter the influence of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Belt and Road that Beijing uses to pursue its ambition for global domination. According to the press release, the global ...

China 12/01/21, 02:16

On Tuesday, Nov. 30, the European Union demanded credible evidence that tennis star Peng Shuai is safe. "The EU requests the Chinese government to provide verifiable proof of Peng Shuai's safety, wellbeing and whereabouts," the EU's foreign service said in a statement, according to Reuters. Since disappearing on Nov. 2 after alleging that ...

Europe 11/29/21, 15:41

Left-leaning politicians want to create a new superstate called the United States of Europe. Three German political parties formed a coalition at the request of incoming Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Scholz, who replaces predecessor Angela Merkel, is already trying to rewrite European Union treaties to turn the bloc into a federal ...

U.S. 11/17/21, 16:38

Military forces will be combined to deploy thousands of soldiers for emergencies without needing U.S. assistance. Up to 27 European Union nations are planning to set up a "Strategic Compass." Mirroring the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO's) existing "Strategic Concept," the EU's plans to eventually have up to 5,000 troops who ...

Politics 11/11/21, 16:52

A special committee of the European Parliament is concerned about interference by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the democratic processes of the European Union (EU) and calls for measures to be taken to counter the threat. On Tuesday, Nov. 9, during a hearing in Brussels, European parliamentarians called for the ...

Politics 10/20/21, 16:17

The Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, responded forcefully to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, that the Poles are in favor of the "power of the rule of law" and "do not believe in blackmail or paternalistic attitudes," in the fierce debate in which they ...

Politics 10/16/21, 16:52

Slovenia's Prime Minister Janez Janša posted a tweet with pictures titled: "13 of 226 known [George] Soros puppets in the EU Parliament," causing a strong reaction from European politicians. The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, censured Janša through a tweet, condemning the attack on the MEPs mentioned above. "We urgently ...

United Kingdom 09/16/21, 15:36

In a speech on Wednesday, Sept. 15 in Strasbourg, France, the president of the European bloc, Ursula von der Leyen, said that "political will" is needed for the European Union to form an army so that it "can do more" independently, the Daily Mail reported. "In the last weeks, there have ...

U.S. 09/09/21, 20:41

The President of the Council of the European Union (EU), Charles Michel, indicated during an interview that after the failure of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the need for the European bloc "to generate greater autonomy" in geopolitical matters became more evident, also indicating his interest in achieving a rapprochement ...

News 07/12/21, 19:43

An Italian lawyer and medical experts are fighting an authorisation to administer Pfizer's experimental mRNA vaccine on children as young as 12-years-old. They are also challenging a mandatory vaccination order for health workers who object to being immunized on safety grounds. Lawyer Renate Holzeisen has filed a lawsuit at the General ...

Politics 07/07/21, 21:45

European Union leaders, including President Ursula von der Leyen, warned Hungary on Wednesday, July 7, that they would take legal action against it and even withhold funds allotted to help with the pandemic if it did not step back from the anti-pedophilia law that will go into effect on Thursday, ...