Former European Central Bank president and Italian prime minister, Mario Draghi, has published a new “economic competitiveness” report after a year of work at the request of unelected ‘Queen’ Ursula von der Leyen’s ‘Royal’ European Commission. And it’s a real page-turner, one of the great mysteries of our times.
Western governments are in a crisis of their own making
As the American Empire’s proxy wars in Palestine and Ukraine escalate, the acute state of political instability that characterizes most Western democracies has – not surprisingly – intensified of late.
The United States is currently in the middle of a bitterly contested Presidential election race – with voters due to go to the polls on November 6.
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both recently confirmed their commitment to the Netanyahu government in Israel – as it continues to kill civilians with impunity in Gaza and launch military incursions in the West Bank – and both candidates continue, somewhat less enthusiastically, to support the Zelensky regime in Ukraine.
Zelensky accuses US media of lying
On Tuesday, the newspaper claimed that around 80,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed and around 400,000 more were wounded. The journal cited “a confidential Ukrainian estimate” from unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Reporters asked Zelensky on Friday to comment on the WSJ’s estimate. “80,000? That is a lie. The actual figure is much lower than what has been published. Significantly so,” he claimed.
The Ukrainian leader has objected to a WSJ estimate that 80,000 of Kiev’s troops have been killed in the conflict with Russi. Vladimir Zelensky has dismissed a Wall Street Journal report on Ukrainian casualties in the conflict with Russia as fake news.
On Tuesday, the newspaper claimed that around 80,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed and around 400,000 more were wounded. The journal cited “a confidential Ukrainian estimate” from unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Reporters asked Zelensky on Friday to comment on the WSJ’s estimate. “80,000? That is a lie. The actual figure is much lower than what has been published. Significantly so,” he claimed.
Sorry, we want war: Why EU elites will ignore Hungary’s Orban
So out came the knives. Back in 2022, the most memorable thing that France’s Emmanuel Macron did while in the role was make a logo for his EU presidency that incorporated his own initials. The benefit to the French and European people was fantastic – as in, it exists in fantasy.