Brussels is at it again.This time with a reform of the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) that promises “simplification,” but smells a lot like organized chaos. The big new idea?A giant “single fund” that’s supposed to include everything: money for farmers, local projects, rural development, social policy, energy, connectivity, training…All thrown into the same pot. Easy,…
Ursula von der Leyen said it herself: “The EU’s old budget was designed for a world that no longer exists.” The problem? The new one is shaping up to be just as useless. On Wednesday, the Commission will unveil its plan for how to spend the EU’s money from 2028 to 2034.But even before it’s…
There’s something grotesque about watching a global economic power accept a daylight robbery by tariff without so much as a raised eyebrow. Trump has made it official: 70% of EU exports will be hit. If things go south, that number jumps to 97%. And what does the EU do in the face of this assault?…
Tariffs go up in Washington, and hands go up in Brussels — in surrender. Donald Trump sends a letter announcing that starting August 1st, 30% tariffs will hit European exports, and how does the European Commission respond? With a resounding let’s wait and see. We’ve gone from the “Commission that never backs down” to the…
In the heart of Europe — the one that chokes up at every article of the treaty and preaches fiscal discipline with a quiver in its institutional voice — someone found a way to go ideological shopping on our dime. Not with their own wallet, of course, but with public funds. And now, finally, there’s…
Strasbourg, July 2025. The plenary opens as always: carpets too clean, coffee too expensive, MEPs far too present to really be there. At the center of the stage, Ursula von der Leyen — who doesn’t fall, doesn’t flinch, doesn’t retreat. Because in this Parliament, even no-confidence motions don’t have the guts to be real. There…