European Union
Trump announces sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs against key allies

A 54% total tariff rate against Chinese imports will go into effect on April 9, with tariffs announced against over 100 trading partners

Movement against increased military spending grows in Italy

Demonstrators in Rome delivered an unequivocal message to Italian and EU leaders: not a single euro should be spent on war and armament

Europe does not need a domestic Trump clone

Trump’s power play with Zelenskyy exposes US imperialism, Europe’s subjugation, and the urgent need for diplomacy over war.

Corporate lobbying drives EU policy as Austerity 2.0 rolled-out

Corporate lobbying expenses in the EU have surged by a third in five years, fueling policy shifts that reinforce the bloc’s focus on ‘competitiveness’

People’s movements raise concern over EU-Mercosur agreement

Experts and social movements worry about the agreement’s potential negative impacts on Brazilian industry and peasant struggle

Meloni administration scrambles to save controversial migration deal

After a Rome court ruled that migrants sent to Albania must return to Italy, Giorgia Meloni’s government is struggling to salvage its controversial migration plan

Asylum seekers to be deported from Italy to Albania, according to Meloni’s new migration agreement

Italy begins offshoring asylum seekers to Albania, sparking fears of even worse European migration policies and further human rights violations

Iran denies supplying missiles to Russia, asks US and allies to stop arming Ukraine

Iranians have termed the repeated allegations of weapons supply to Russia without providing any evidence a form of psychological warfare waged by the US and the EU

Does NATO make the world a safer place?

On the 75th anniversary of its founding, the alliance seems to renew commitment to escalating wars and tensions across the globe

China resumes shuttle diplomacy as Ukraine war drums get louder

A recent statement by French President Emmanuel Macron has led to questions on whether the ground is being prepared for a soft landing for the idea of western military deployment in Ukraine in some form

Ukraine war is undergoing mutation

Zelensky’s political future will be crucially affected by the decision taken by the US senate apropos USD 60 billion in additional aid for Ukraine

EU-Tunisia migrant deal EU releases funds to Tunisia as part of controversial migrant deal

Human Rights Watch says that the migrant deal will make the EU complicit in the human rights violations committed by the Tunisian security forces as they try and prevent migrants and asylum seekers from reaching Europe