France: Legislative Elections Will Be Decisive for Macron’s Second Term

Following the very short lead of Emmanuel Macron in the first round of the presidential elections, who received 30 % of the votes against the sizeable score of 23% for Marine Le Pen and 22% for Jean Luc Mélenchon, Solidarité & Progres President Jacques Cheminade immediately recognized the emergence of a new majority. This « popular bloc », he said, was not between […]

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Russian Economy Is Faring Better than Expected

Within days after Russia launched its “special military operation” in Ukraine on Feb. 24, the West unleashed what it called “the largest sanctions in history,” including the “nuclear financial option”, which involved banning seven Russian banks from the SWIFT financial system. A few weeks later, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that, as a result of those sanctions, the […]

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The Needed Victory over the New Fascism

The world witnessed two major events on May 9: the traditional parade in Moscow, on the anniversary of the victory over Nazism in WWII, and the simultaneous Europe Day in Strasbourg. Two events, two world views: the geopolitical conception of “blocs” armed against each other vs. international law based on sovereign nations. The irony is that whereas weapons were exhibited […]

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The EU’s Self-Destructive Energy Bluff

The European Union announced the sixth round of sanctions against Russia last week which, like the previous five, is supposed to “destroy” the Russian capacity to finance the war in Ukraine. But, if approved, it will help destroy the European economies. The new sanctions are imposed on 58 individuals, among whom alleged Bucha criminals, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov’s family and […]

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Anti-War Voices Gaining Ground in Germany

An online petition against Western escalation of the war in Ukraine, that quickly gathered over a quarter of a million signatures last week, has helped shift the balance in the public debate in Germany against the war party. Signed by 28 senior intellectuals and artists, the open letter to Chancellor Scholz warns an uncontrolled spiral toward nuclear war. The main […]

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New Poll Indicates 75% of Austrians Oppose Joining NATO

Despite the tremendous hype about NATO being the only rampart against autocracies and totalitarianism, only 14% of Austrians polled are in favor of their country joining the military alliance, while 75% are against, according to the results of a poll commissioned by the Austrian Press Agency that were announced last week. The respondents are thus very much in favor of […]

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