By Reiner Braun Nothing is harder and nothing requires more character, than to be in open opposition to its time and to say to say loudly: No. I put this quote from Kurt Tucholski at the beginning of my remarks because it is also about countering the narrative of mainstream politics and media reporting with clarification and facts.
Continue reading →Deadline 25.08.2020 Dear friends, On 23 July, the vast majority of the Left Group (GUE/NGL) in the European Parliament approved, together with the social democratic (S&D), Green and rightist (EPP, Renew) parties, a resolution which criticizes the ‘European deal’ of 21 July on the Recovery Fund and the multi-annual European budget. There are indeed plenty of reasons to criticize the proposal of the European Council, but the resolution of the European Parliament also contains elements which are unacceptable from a progressive point … Continue reading →
Yves-Jean Gallas Le Mouvement de la Paix (France) 25 janvier 2018 Dès sa campagne électorale, Emmanuel Macron a annoncé son intention de relancer l’Union Européenne (UE), selon lui en panne, au moyen du développement de l’Europe de la Défense. On a pu voir ensuite tous les signes manifestes de sa volonté de militariser sa fonction et sa politique au travers de discours et de symboles. Cette intention a été réaffirmée à la suite des premiers propos de Donald Trump … Continue reading →
Open Appeal to the German Government and to the Council of Europe, OSCE and NATO I In February 2016 the Turkish Constitutional Court revoked the pre-trial imprisonment imposed upon two journalists who had uncovered support provided by Turkish authorities to militant Islamists in Syria. In response, the Turkish President Erdogan threatened the judges: “I don’t need to accept [this decision], I want to make that clear. I don’t obey or respect the decision.”[i] Deeds have now followed these words. The … Continue reading →
Ostasiens Mittelmeer (I) 08.06.2016 BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Eigener Bericht) – In der EU beginnt eine Debatte über gemeinsame Marinepatrouillen im Südchinesischen Meer. Dies geht aus Berichten vom “Shangri-La Dialogue”, einer am Wochenende durchgeführten hochkarätigen Konferenz zur Außen- und Militärpolitik in Asien, hervor. Hintergrund sind die schnell eskalierenden Auseinandersetzungen zwischen dem Westen und der Volksrepublik China um die “Navigationsfreiheit” im Südchinesischen Meer. Sie knüpfen an Territorialstreitigkeiten um dortige Inseln und Inselgruppen an, bei denen sich die meisten Anrainer als Rivalen gegenüberstehen. Während die … Continue reading →
