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As the coronavirus unleashes economic shockwaves across Europe, the European single currency, the most visible symbol of European unification, is facing collapse.
The intrusion of some wholly extraneous event " like a pandemic " into any given status quo doesn't necessarily break it, in and of itself. But it exposes cruelly the shortcomings and workings of the existing status quo.
As the coronavirus pandemic rages through Europe -- where more than 250,000 people have now been diagnosed with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and 15,000 have died -- the foundational pillars of the European Union are crumbling one by one.
The new coronavirus and its accompanying disease Covid-19 has stopped the globe in its tracks.
Bazooka #1 was an epic dud. Here comes Bazooka #2.
"The problem with socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money." -- Margaret Thatcher
The closures of restaurants, bars, and gatherings is picking up steam. If you absolutely have to be someplace, go now.
I think it's safe to say the new crisis just killed the Schengen Treaty. That ridiculous document which guaranteed freedom of movement across the European Union finally hit something it couldn't bully, COVID-19.
On February 27, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made good on his many threats to send millions of migrants and refugees to Europe, despite a 2016 deal between Europe and Turkey to hold them.
I think it's safe to say the new crisis just killed the Schengen Treaty. That ridiculous document which guaranteed freedom of movement across the European Union finally hit something it couldn't bully, COVID-19.
As the House further debates a resolution restricting President Trump's power to make war on Iran, the House is rushing through a "coronavirus stimulus" bill pumping more billions into the pockets of the well-connected. Meanwhile, President Trump has
After disappointingly not cutting rates even more negative than they already are - because that was working so well - ECB boss Christine Lagarde did, however, open the floodgates with some more liquidity facilities.
"Fortress Europe is an illusion."
Turkey's Islamist strongman, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, has threatened Europe several times with "sending millions of refugees your way."
The EU and euro face a sudden deterioration in economic conditions due to the coronavirus, which seems certain to widen the differences between Germany and the spendthrift Mediterranean members.
Turkey has upped the ante in both Idlib -- where its military is busy attacking Syrian government forces in a state of open war -- and its stance toward Europe, after late last week making good on threats to 'open the gates' for refugees fleeing
Greek police fire tear gas and barricade the border with barbed wire as more than 75,000 migrants try to cross from Turkey into the EU
Speaking to the crowds, Farage compared Brexit to America breaking free in 1776.
Despite a 2016 agreement with the EU to stop refugee flows out of Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that 18,000 refugees stood ready along Turkish borders with Europe to pour into the continent.
Google is planning to move its British users' accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under US jurisdiction instead, the company confirmed on 19 February.
Much is made in western media and discourse about the horrors the Chinese surveillance state. In many ways, this is a convenient scapegoat for western establishment pundits to deflect from what is currently being erected in North America and Europe.
Yanis Varoufakis once described negotiating with the European Union like you're singing the Swedish National Anthem.
Nigel Farage tells his farewell press conference in Brussels that he always belied the UK was a "square peg in round hole" when it came to the EU.
Britain left the EU on the last day of January and is an independent nation once more.
Brexit is one of the most historically significant events of recent times. It was the precursor to Trump, it heralded the populist movement across Europe, and it was the first moment that the world realized that the ideology of globalism was not a fi
Brexit leader Nigel Farage has hailed Brexit Day as a time to celebrate, but noted much work remains to be done and vowed he would be sticking around to hold the Prime Minister to his word.
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu. With little fanfare, Britain left the European Union on Friday after 47 years of membership, taking a leap into the unknown in a historic blow to the bloc.
And by George, they've got it: The UK leaves the EU this weekend.
Nigel Farage did a masterful job of exiting the EU while bashing it one last time. Note that The Daily Telegraph openly calls the EU a Technocracy but Americans have no idea of what that means. However, as Farage rode the populist party wave to vi
Video suggested by Dr Phranq Tamburri (Trump Report)...European Parliament's Mairead McGuinness gave the group a dressing down, saying: "Please sit down, resume your flags, put your flags away and take them with you if you're leaving now."
