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The Parliament of the European Union, the institution that loves to lecture the rest of the world about democracy, is in fact powerless. It cannot legislate on its own initiative and cannot even dissolve itself. Its function relative to the Executive of the EU, the Commission, is similar to that of consultative bodies under absolute monarchies. Only once during a […]

The three parties of the German government coalition (SPD, Greens, FDP) were all among the losers of the election for the European Parliament. For the Greens, it was a smashing defeat, as they lost 40% of the votes they got four years ago, as a result of the growing disgust at the party’s war policy and the Green Deal, both […]

Despite all the hype in France around the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of D-day, the Renaissance party of President Macron could not avoid a stunning disavowal of his policy in the June 9 European Parliament elections. As expected, the party of Marine Le Pen, the National Rally, came in at over 31%, more than double the score of Renaissance […]

The Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) brought together leading actors in the economic and political sectors from many countries in the world to discuss not only trade and investment opportunites, but also fundamental questions related to international relations and to the reorganization of the international financial system to promote cooperation. As Russia currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the […]

The purpose of the never-ending series of sanctions the West has imposed on Russia, we are told repeatedly, is to weaken the Russian economy, and to force Moscow to accept the “rules-based order”. They have certainly weakened the European economies due to soaring energy prices and the restriction of trade, but what happened in Russia? That question was answered indirectly […]

In an obscene travesty of history, the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of D-day, the landing of the Allied Forces on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, was turned into a love fest for war, revenge, and the militarization of society. It coincided with the visit of U.S. President Biden and of special guest President Zelenskyy, both of […]

Citizens of the world were again shocked and horrified to hear of the killing of over 270 Palestinian refugees on June 8 in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, conducted in order to rescue four hostages held by Hamas. Some 700 civilians were injured and the camp was completely destroyed by the bombing and shelling, […]

On on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 7, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Russia’s state owned nuclear power engineering firm Rosatom and the Republic of Guinea on developing floating nuclear power units (FPUs) for this West African nation. The agreement, according to Vladimir Aptekarev, Deputy Head of Rosatom’s Mechanical Engineering Division, ”involves […]

Schiller Institute Conference, June 15-16, 2024 (on line) The World on the Brink: For a New Peace of Westphalia! Preliminary Program SATURDAY, June 15 Panel I: Europe after the European Elections (14:00-17:00 CET; 8 am ET) Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Schiller Institute founder (Germany) Chas Freeman, U.S.-China scholar, and diplomat (ret.) U.S. Foreign Service (United States) Prof. Georgy Toloraya, Director, Director, Center […]

The Schiller Institute will hold an international conference on June 15-16, just one week after the results of the European Parliament elections, to discuss the need of “A New Peace of Westphalia”. The invitation to the event is included at the end of our newsletter. Registration is open (and required for simultaneous translation into English, French, German and Spanish) here.