Category Archives: Europe

The UK’s Money Laundering Mess (II): HM Treasury Weighs in (and so Does Russia, With a $46Bn Money Laundering Allegation)

Even HM Treasury thinks the UK’s anti money laundering framework is a mess

John Helmer: As Merkel and the EU Look Wobbly and Obama’s Syrian Misadventure Misfires, Will Putin Be the Last Man Standing?

How has Putin managed to survive, and even arguably prosper from, a US/EU assault on his leadership?

Don Quijones: US Threatens UK over Brexit Vote

The spectacle of the US attempting to influence UK domestic politics through having the US Trade Representative Michael Froman issue a threat is pathetic, overreaching, and unconvincing.

Michael Hudson: How the U.S. Avoided Chronic Deflation by Relinquishing Monetary Control to Wall Street

Why finance-influenced economic policy in the US has managed to avoid deflation while in Europe, it has stoked it.

British Euroskeptics Go Off the Deep End, Flog Bogus Portugal “Coup” Meme

Making sense of the “overly dynamic” process of forming a new government in Portugal in the wake of an inconclusive election.

Don Quijones: Barcelona Threatens to Print Parallel Currency, Madrid Seethes

Barcelona threatens to go rogue by issuing its own currency.

Mathew D. Rose: Hubris and Nemesis In Germany – Volkswagen, Refugees, and Football

Finding the common threads of Germany’s latest scandals.

Dutch Safety Board’s Tjibbe Joustra on MH17: Absence of Evidence is Not Absence of Evidence

What the DSB head Tjibbe Joustra says about MH17 often doesn’t jibe with the physical evidence available.

Eric Zuesse: Europe Secretly Starts Imposing TTIP “Trade” Deal Despite the Public’s Overwhelming Opposition

The European Union is already secretly imposing provisions from the secret Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) treaty, even before anyone has signed it, and even before it has been formally approved in any nation.

John Helmer: Autopsy of MH17 Crash and the Dutch Report

A detailed discussion of the Dutch Safety Board report on the downing of MH17.

Russia’s Move In Syria Threatens Energy Deals With Turkey

Will the Turkish Stream project be a casualty of Putin’s bold moves in Syria?

Don Quijones: Did the European Court of Justice Just Torpedo the Mother of All US Trade Agreements?

A European Court of Justice’s tough ruling on privacy may have tanked a toxic “trade” deal.

Trans-Pacific Partnership: Should the Key Losers – China and Europe – Join Forces?

Can China and Europe forge a pact to undercut the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership?

John Helmer: What Ambulance-Chasing Lawyers Reveal About the MH17 Shoot-Down – Insufficient Evidence For Prosecution in Any National or International Court

More discussion of the state of evidence, plus legal and political maneuvering, in the MH17 downing investigation.

Could The Syrian Conflict Irrevocably Change Global Geopolitics?

A concise, high-level overview of the main issues at play in the Syrian conflict.