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Reflexions on politics in Europe.

  • So maga

    Where the f… is Europe?

    (Sven Franck, )
    Stock markets around the world are in maga-red after US president Trump slapped tariffs on the world before heading to a Nero-esque weekend of golf. And while China was quick to announce quid-pro-quo tariffs, the European Union does… nothing. Business as usual? Read the article.

  • Ho-ho-hoh! - behold a European Santa!

    How Greenland convinced Santa to change his outfit to European blue

    (Sven Franck, )
    Greenland stood up the Vance family because they were convincing Santa to switch his outfit from Maga-red to EU-blue. With a green light from the North Pole, a petition has been launched to request chocolate manufacturers and retailers to jump on the bandwagon. Read the article.

  • Heading for a fall? Photo: Austin Hervias on Unsplash

    Tariffs: Why a zero-sum game?

    (Sven Franck, )
    The United States and Europa have started imposing tariffs on each other and we should ask what is the EU’s end game, because "an eye for an eye" should not mean that Europe must poke out its eyes just because America does it. Read the article.

  • Replace cannonball with Nuke - Photo: Alphonse Adolphe Bichard (1879)

    Fact or Fiction?

    (Sven Franck, )
    Credibility and reliability are amiss in the world today. The more chaos Trump creates, the more Europe has to become a defender of not only its frontiers, but also of facts and science over fiction and lies. Read the article.

  • The wise choice: Volt

    Out of options? Nope. Vote Volt.

    (Sven Franck, )
    Since Maastricht, governments of the right and left neglected to advance the European project and to make the EU the federal Institution, which we would need today. Why should it be any different after 23.02.? Read the article.

  • European Dystopia anyone? - photo: aleXsandro Palombo

    MEGA, MAGA, GAGA?

    (Sven Franck, )
    The extreme-right spent years framing migration as their topic to win elections. Why not copy the strategy and use the Trump presidency to question the "American way of life" and the extreme-right’s true objectives? Read the article.

  • Free brainwash brought to you by social media - Photo by Gaelle Marcel/Unsplash

    Bananas? Bent. Lids? Fixed. Social media: you're next!

    (Sven Franck, )
    The negative effects of social media far outweigh its benefits even before Donald Trump took office. Just like with junk food, the European Commission would have the regulatory means to protect citizens and make the European online world a better place. The time is now. Read the article.

  • California gone missing: only 49 stars left.

    Why California should join the EU

    (Sven Franck, )
    The European Union should respond to Donald Trump’s imperialist ambitions not only by rattling its regulatory toolbox. A united and political Europe would also find other ways to sway public opinion at home and abroad. Read the article.

  • Alice on the way to Wonderland - Photo : Disney

    Alice in Wonderland

    (Sven Franck, )
    Let’s journey into a wonderland to find out if the AfD's slogan "Alice for Germany" is just a sham for "Alice in Wonderland". Read the article.

  • European wishes beyond plastic-lids

    European wishes beyond plastic-lids

    (Sven Franck, )
    Staring at the EU's self-congratulatory post of gifting us the USB-c plug and while pulling on the plastic-lid clumsily attached to my water bottle, I cannot help but wonder: are these all of your latest achievements, Europe? Read the article.

  • Sven Franck, a voix for Europe in France

    Why a vote with conviction is useful

    (Sven Franck, )
    On June 9th, I will vote for Europe-Territoires-Écologie because because it's the only chance the left will have to build a majority in 2027 and because Volt France is part of it. Read the article.

  • A new hand to build a new house of cards?

    (Sven Franck, )
    The European elections offer a chance to break the deadlock of our political system - by voting for small parties such as Volt France. Read the article.

  • Let's be frank: Immigration is invaluable for our economy

    (Sven Franck, )
    Our economy depends on immigration and our diversity could be one of France's greatest assets. Read the article.

  • Let's be frank: Immigration is invaluable for our economy

    (Sven Franck, )
    Our economy depends on immigration and our diversity could be one of France's greatest assets. Read the article.

  • SOTEU 2023 - Travelling without moving

    (Sven Franck, )
    In her SOTEU 2023 speech, Ursula von der Leyen touched on a plethora of subjects, but proposed only superficial measures instead of advancing the European project. Read the article.

  • The United States of Europe [Graphic par Midjourney]

    Why not call for a vote of non-confidence against the European Commission?

    (Sven Franck, )
    The recent appointment of Fiona Scott Morton, an American citizen and lobbyist for Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, as Chief Economist of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition, will make the far right very happy across Europe in the 2024 European elections. Read the article.

  • The Avengers of politics [Graphic by Midjourney]

    Pourquoi n'y a-t-il pas d'Avengers en politique ?

    (Sven Franck, )
    A year before the European elections and with most eyes already turned towards 2027, French politics is once again engaged in its perpetual search for the equivalent of the voice - the personality who will unite the country and become its quintessential leader - in theory. Read the article.