Russian Gas Pipeline Triggers Transatlantic Spat
Nick Ottens via Atlantic Sentinel | An Americans sanctions bill that explicitly mentions the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has set off alarm bells in Berlin and Vienna.
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As Economies Rebound, European Union Looks More Attractive
Nick Ottens via Atlantic Sentinel | Support for the European Union has gone up in the last year as voters have become more confident about their future, suggesting that anti-EU sentiment is closely tied to Europeans’ overall satisfaction in life.
UK Election Exacerbates Britain’s Blue-Red Divide
Nick Ottens via Atlantic Sentinel |UK election result confirms that the political divide in the country has shifted from the traditional left versus right to what I call “blue” versus “red”.
Reasons To Doubt Labour Party’s Poll Surge Will Last
Nick Ottens via Atlantic Sentinel | Britain’s Labour Party has narrowed the gap with the ruling Conservatives in the polls, going up from an average of 25 percent support when Prime Minister Theresa May called an election last month to nearly 35 percent.
Theresa May Adopts Energy Policy Her Predecessor Called “Nuts”
Nick Ottens via Atlantic Sentinel | British prime minister Theresa May has adopted a policy her Conservative predecessor, David Cameron, once described as “nuts”. When the opposition Labour Party proposed to freeze electricity rates in 2013, Cameron, then the Conservative Party leader, ridiculed it.
Don’t Rely on American and British News About Europe
Nick Ottens via Atlantic Sentinel | If you want to understand what’s going on in continental European politics, don’t rely solely on American and British sources. English-language commentators routinely misread the mood and have a tendency to project their own doubts about the European Union on the people living in it.
Victory For Brexit Fundamentalists As May Invokes Article 50
Nick Ottens via The Atlantic Sentinel | Brexit fundamentalists scored another victory on Wednesday, when the United Kingdom began the process of withdrawing from the European Union without a plan for what comes next.
Why Rich, Equal Countries Are More Polarized
Nick Ottens via Atlantic Sentinel | Political scientists Torben Iversen and David Soskice have found, to their surprise, that democracies with low inequality, like Denmark and the Netherlands, are politically more polarized than countries that are less equal, such as the United States.
Renzi Should Finish the Job He Started
Nick Ottens via Atlantic Sentinel | Italy’s prime minister, Matteo Renzi, has lately taken a hard line against the rest of the European Union, warning that German-inspired austerity is fanning the flames of populism.
Even In Gas Crisis, Germany Refuses Nuclear Power
Nick Ottens (Atlantic Sentinel) | Germans are urged to ration gas. “We are in the midst of a gas crisis,” according to economy and climate minister Robert Habeck. “From now on, gas is a scarce asset.” Russia has reduced supplies to what is its largest customer in the EU in anger over the bloc’s support for Ukraine. All consumers, whether in industry, in public institutions or private households, should reduce…