!europe@hexbear.net
Includes Turkey, the UK, and Georgia.
!europe
@hexbear.netMe and some friends are leaving in a month's time, maybe two.
Give me suggestions down below. I'm asking on Discord, Twitter, etc.
https://www.euronews.com/2024/05/27/suspicious-death-of-italian-meps-husband-raises-questions-of-foul-play
Italian MEP Francesca Donato claims her husband was killed as authorities investigate the death of Angelo Onorato, found in his car by his wife and daughter on Saturday.
https://www.politico.eu/article/lame-ducks-macron-and-scholz-will-struggle-to-steer-eus-post-election-agenda/
The fabled Franco-German engine is sputtering — meaning the next EU top jobs and political priorities are all to play for after next week’s vote.
http://web.archive.org/web/20240528205809/https://www.politico.eu/article/geert-wilders-eyes-former-intelligence-agency-boss-as-dutch-prime-minister/
“It will be a surprise to many that I’m standing here,” said likely new PM at press conference.
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/energiepreise-erdgas-fuer-haushalte-84-prozent-teurer-als-vor-der-krise-a-658bf319-e85b-4026-af30-43c703ff8382
Die Energiepreise sinken wieder, trotzdem müssen Haushalte deutlich mehr Geld für Erdgas und Heizöl ausgeben als vor dem Krieg in der Ukraine. Neben dem Wegfall russischer Lieferungen gibt es zwei Gründe für den Anstieg.
https://energyandcleanair.org/publication/kremlin-pit-stop-eu-imports-eur-3-bn-of-oil-products-from-turkish-ports-handling-russian-oil/
https://jacobin.com/2024/05/germany-afd-liberalism-militarism-authoritarianism
The rise of the anti-immigrant Alternative für Deutschland has prompted a wave of troubled reactions in Germany. But authoritarianism isn’t just a far-right creation, and today, liberals are leading the charge against basic democratic freedoms.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-24/next-uk-government-faces-hardest-fiscal-challenge-in-70-years
https://jacobin.com/2024/05/keir-starmer-uk-election-2024
The British Labour Party will probably cruise to victory in July’s election after more than a decade of social vandalism by the Conservatives. But there is little popular enthusiasm for a party determined to promise as little change as possible.