European Union (EU)

Serbians Protest Rio Tinto’s Lithium Mining Project

August 11, 2024 Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. Resist! European Union (EU), Lithium, Mining, Rio Tinto, Serbia

Mass protests have erupted across Serbia in response to Rio Tinto’s reignited plan to develop a lithium mining project in the west of the country. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in over 40 locations, with a major demonstration planned for August 10 in Belgrade. Protesters are demanding that the government pass a law to block the exploitation of lithium and boron, warning that they are prepared to escalate actions if their demands are not met. Nebojša Petković of the platform Ne damo Jadar (We Won’t Give up Jadar) has stated that targeted blockades may be organized. Protesters have raised concerns about the devastating environmental impact Rio Tinto’s Jadar Project would have.

Greenpeace International Uses First EU Anti-SLAPP Directive

August 3, 2024 Greenpeace International. Resist! European Union (EU), Greenpeace, Legal System, SLAPP Lawsuit

Amsterdam, Netherlands — Greenpeace International pushed back today against a meritless, US $300 million lawsuit from US-based fossil fuel company Energy Transfer by sending a Notice of Liability to its headquarters in Dallas, Texas. The Notice of Liability informs Energy Transfer (ET) of Greenpeace International’s intention to bring a lawsuit against the company in a Dutch Court to recover all damage and costs it has suffered as a result of the SLAPP suit, unless ET withdraws its case and accepts responsibility for the harm Greenpeace International has suffered.[1] The Notice of Liability marks the first application of the new European Union anti-SLAPP Directive.

Europe’s Path To War And Self-Destruction

July 27, 2024 Fabian Scheidler, Scheer Post. Educate! Europe, European Union (EU), Hungary, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine

Brussels is working hard to boycott Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s EU Council Presidency. The background: Orbán’s trips to Kiev, Moscow and Beijing, which were aimed at negotiating a ceasefire agreement, are infuriating EU leaders and the governments in Berlin, Paris and other capitals. There is certainly a lot that can be said against the right-wing Hungarian head of state and Trump friend, who is responsible for a whole series of rule of law deficits in his home country. But to accuse him of a diplomatic initiative that other member states have so far been unwilling or unable to take shows how far the EU has moved away from its former claim to be a force for peace.

EU Admits ‘Double Standards’ On Israel, Ukraine, Iraq, Climate Crisis

July 19, 2024 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report climate crisis, European Union (EU), Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Russia, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

The European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Josep Borrell, has acknowledged that the West has hypocritical “double standards”. Borrell argued that “diplomacy is the art of managing double standards”. As examples of Western hypocrisy, the top EU diplomat cited international law, the Russia-Ukraine-NATO war, Israel’s bombing of Gaza, the US-led invasion of Iraq, and climate change. “Wherever I go, I find myself confronted with the accusation of double standards”, Borrell recalled. “I used to say to my ambassadors that diplomacy is the art of managing double standards. Certainly, something difficult, but it is about [that]: to manage double standards”.

Europe At The ‘Hot Gates’!

July 19, 2024 Jack Rasmus, LA Progressive. Educate! European Union (EU), Russia, Sanctions, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism

2,500 years ago, the myth goes, 300 Spartans faced a much larger military force from the East at Thermopylae, a small mountain pass in ancient central Greece. Thermopylae is the Latin word for ‘Hot Gates’, as the area featured hot springs. In European history the ‘hot gates’ battle ended with the 300 Spartans annihilated. The Persians had opened a second front to the rear of the Spartan line which then collapsed, wiping them out to the man. The ‘hot gates’ was thus a defeat, although in later mythology it was spun as a strategic victory that bought time for the Greeks to mobilize to fight another day. Having bought time at Thermopylae is debatable, however, given that the battle of the ‘hot gates lasted only three days!

Spain Is First European State To Back ICJ Genocide Case Against Israel

July 1, 2024 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! European Union (EU), Genocide, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, South Africa, Spain

Spain filed a Declaration of Intervention on 28 June in the case accusing Israel of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), becoming the first European state to do so. “This intervention is motivated by our responsibility as a State party to the Genocide Convention and our firm commitment to international law,” said the Spanish Foreign Ministry. In December, South Africa brought the case against Israel to the ICJ, the world’s highest court, alleging that Israel’s ongoing war on Palestinians in Gaza is a breach of the Genocide Convention. “We seek to contribute to bringing peace back to Gaza and the Middle East,” the Spanish Foreign Ministry added, emphasizing the need for a two-state solution to ensure lasting peace and stability for Palestinians and Israelis.

Europe’s Elections As A Mirror

June 16, 2024 Patrick Lawrence, Scheer Post. Educate! Elections, Europe, European Union (EU), Rightwing Politics

Ah, those elections last week to the European Parliament, in which voters across the European Union administered a sound whack to the technocrats, market fundamentalists, and liberal authoritarians who now hold power across much of the Continent: Let us attempt what we are not supposed ever to undertake. Let us try to understand them. The E.U. Parliament, to get straight a few basic details, is one strut of the three-legged stool of which the union is made: The unelected technocrats are in Brussels, the unelected central bankers are in Frankfurt, and the elected legislature is in Strasbourg. Belgium, Germany, and France: The distribution of institutional power in this way is meant as a display of the Continent’s hard-won unity.

Democracy Will Not Come Through Compromise And Fear

June 14, 2024 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Educate! BRICS, Democracy, Elections, European Union (EU), India, Mexico, South Africa

Half of the world’s population will have the opportunity to vote by the end of this year as 64 countries and the European Union are scheduled to open their ballot boxes. No previous year has been so flush with elections. Among these countries is India, where a remarkable 969 million voting papers had to be printed ahead of the elections that culminated on 1 June. In the end, 642 million people (roughly two-thirds of those eligible) voted, half of them women. This is the highest-ever participation by women voters in a single election in the world. Meanwhile, the European Union’s 27 member states held elections for the European Parliament, which meant that 373 million eligible voters had the opportunity to cast their ballot for the 720 members who make up the legislative body.

European Nuclear Deterrent A Harebrained Illegal Proposal

June 14, 2024 Alice Slater, Inter Press Service. Educate! China, Europe, European Union (EU), Nuclear War, Russia, US Imperialism

It is quite astonishing and clearly insane, that Manfred Weber, the German leader of the European Union’s center-right European People’s Party, now expected to come in first in the European Parliament election scheduled on June 6-9th, is calling for the EU’s own nuclear “deterrent”—arguing that the US-stationed nuclear weapons in five NATO states, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherland, and Turkey, may be inadequate protection for Europe’s security should Trump, that great friend of Russia, be elected! There is a total disconnect from reality in the western world. It is driven by what has been described as an expansion of the warning of former General Eisenhower, commander of US World War II forces that worked with Russia to defeat the Nazi onslaught, which happened to kill the astounding number of 27 million Russians, in his outgoing presidential address.

Europe’s Shift To The Right Must Be Countered With Mass Mobilization

June 12, 2024 Giuliano Granato, People's Dispatch. Strategize! 2024 European Parliament elections, Austerity, Elections, Europe, European Parliament, European Union (EU), Rightwing Politics, Social Movements, The Left

The composition of the new European Parliament will more or less trace the outgoing one. Much ado about nothing? Not really. It’s not just a question of how many votes and seats you get—the conservative European People’s Party (EPP) increased their share by 10 seats, and the ultra-right parties Identity and Democracy and European Conservatives and Reformists by 13—but also where and how. The ultra-right is the leading force in two key countries such as France and Italy, where it won around 30% of votes (40% if we add the votes of Zemmours Reconquuête in France and Salvinis Lega in Italy).

Far-Right Surge In Elections Shakes Up European Parliament

June 10, 2024 Ana Vračar, People's Dispatch. Educate! Elections, Emmanuel Macron, European Union (EU), Far Right, France, Right wing politics

The European Union woke up to a grim reality, albeit with few surprises, after the European Parliament elections concluded on Sunday, June 9. As predicted by polls, far-right parties emerged gleeful. According to preliminary results, combined, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and Identity and Democracy (ID) groups secured only four fewer seats than the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), the second-largest group in parliament. Including mandates won by unaffiliated parties close to ECR and ID, the far-right easily overtakes the center. The conservative European People’s Party (EPP) received 186 of the 720 seats, and remains the largest group in parliament.

How Europe Outsourced Border Enforcement To Africa

June 7, 2024 Andrei Popoviciu, In These Times. Educate! Africa, Europe, European Union (EU), Immigration

When Cornelia Ernst and her delegation arrived at the Rosso border station on a scorching February day, it wasn’t the bustling artisanal marketplace, the thick smog from trucks waiting to cross, or the vibrantly painted pirogues bobbing in the Senegal River that caught their eye. It was the slender black briefcase on the table before the station chief. When the official unlatched the hard plastic carrier, proudly unveiling dozens of cables meticulously arranged beside a touchscreen tablet, soft gasps filled the room.

European Farmers Shun Anti-Green Deal Protest In Brussels

June 1, 2024 Katharina Wecker, DeSmog. Strategize! European Union (EU), Farmers, Food and Agriculture, Green New Deal, Right wing extremism, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Europe’s largest farming unions representing millions of agricultural workers have rejected calls to join next week’s protest against EU green reforms, DeSmog can reveal. Smaller groups have also shunned the demo – some wanting to avoid the prospect of violence, others claiming they didn’t know it was happening. Preparations for the June 4 demo have been ramping up ahead of the start of the EU elections next Thursday, with protesters set to gather in Brussels days before European citizens head to the polls. The hardline Dutch group Farmers Defence Force (FDF) has urged farmer “warriors” to attend the demo, with its spokesperson claiming: “we are defending the rights of farmers and the standards of the European Union as it’s supposed to be”.

Revealed: Far-Right Links Of Polish Farmer Hunger Strikers

May 28, 2024 Marta Kasztelan, Claire Carlile and Phoebe Cooke, DeSmog. Educate! European Union (EU), Far Right, Farmers, Food and Agriculture, Hunger Strikes, Poland, Politics and Policy, Worker Rights and Jobs

An obscure far-right linked farmers group has risen to prominence in Poland after it was championed by populist politicians ahead of the EU elections, DeSmog can reveal. Orka, a new farmers’ movement that materialised earlier this month, entered Warsaw’s parliament building on May 9 to protest against EU climate plans and Ukrainian food imports. Protesters suspended a 10-day hunger strike last week after winning the attention of Polish President Andrzej Duda, who invited them to talks, and reportedly offered one member a role on his council for agriculture. The protest group was accompanied by the far-right Confederation Party’s Marta Chech, who is running as a candidate in the June 6-9 EU ballot.

Top EU Official Accused At ICC Of ‘Complicity’ In Gaza Genocide

May 27, 2024 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! European Union (EU), Gaza, Genocide, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Palestine, Ursula Von der Leyen

The Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI) has submitted a request to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, for complicity in Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip. A communication submitted by GIPRI on 22 May details “through facts and evidence, that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the current president of the European Commission … is complicit in a number of violations of international humanitarian law, amounting to crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC, committed by the Israeli armed forces against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including the Gaza Strip.”

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