The BRICS summit. Western attempts to isolate Russia failing?

This might be the most popular video from the summit (!) Erdoğan combing his hair!  The most recent BRICS summit was held from October 22-24, 2024 in Kazan, Russia. Here are the key highlights and outcomes: Expansion and Attendance The summit marked the first gathering after BRICS expanded to include new members: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, … Read more

Obama vows to explore diplomatic route on Syria chemical weapons…. Turkey lost in Syrian diplomacy.. Syrian updates…

Where is Turkey in Syrian diplomacy? The mood of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan before his departure to St. Petersburg How Assad Wooed the American Right, and Won the Syria Propaganda War Even before President Barack Obama put his plans to strike the Syrian regime on hold, hewas losing the battle of public opinion about military intervention. … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: No new pope yet, Snow brings chaos to Northern Europe …

Cardinals fail to elect new pope from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Black smoke emerges from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating that cardinals have failed to elect a new pope on their first day of voting. The Great Graphics Glut of the 2013 papal conclave from FP Passport by Elias Groll VIDEO: … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: Yeni modellerimizden kesitler

Yeni modellerimizden kesitler Temmuz ayında Kremlin?de gerçekleşen Erdoğan-Putin görüşmesinin videosunu görmediyseniz bir göz atmanızı öneririm. Görüşmenin özü ?Suriye?ye rağmen ticarete devam? idi. Bunun bir haber değeri yok. Esas, Erdoğan ve mahiyetindekilerin Putin karşısındaki yüz ifadeleri ve vücut dilleriydi ilginç olan. Erdoğan?ın, kendisiyle aynı ligde olup kendisinden daha kudretli olan Putin?e nasıl imrenerek baktığını görmek lâzım. … Read more

A Eurosphere roundup. More eurozone distress… Schengen wars…

Schengen Wars 2 from The European Citizen by Eurocentric Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen aspirations are being put on hold again, with the Netherlands and Finland opposing the phased introduction of the two countries into the border-free zone due to concerns over their levels of corruption. Before the vote, Romania blocked tulips from being imported across … Read more

Kücükdeveci case, France’s rediscovery of nationalism and more from Europe…

Kücükdeveci – A European case

by Julien Frisch

If you believe the comments of bloggers from all over Europe, the Kücükdeveci case (C-555/07) in front of the European Court of Justice might have been both, another milestone in the legal primacy of EU law over national law and a precedent for the importance of the Charta of Fundamental Rights after the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty.

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