Tag: European Union

Since the lifting of the sanctions, European sources have provided most of the new Western investment in Iran, which has rich natural resources. Iranian exports to the European Union reportedly spiked by about 300 percent from 2015 to 2016. More recently, France's Total partnered with purchased a majority stake in a $4.8 billion energy deal with Iran.

Iran deal’s moment of truth

Joel Gehrke · October 2, 2017 4:01 am

The Germans Turn Right

Christopher Caldwell · September 30, 2017 10:10 am

The Germans Turn Right

Christopher Caldwell · September 29, 2017 7:30 am

Beltway Confidential

A European Union defense force is a bad idea

Tom Rogan · September 26, 2017 6:58 pm

European Officials Indicate Willingness to Ratchet Up Pressure on Iran

Jenna Lifhits · September 25, 2017 8:32 pm

AfD co-chairwoman Frauke Petry, right, and other party leaders arrive for a press conference of the Alternative for Germany, AfD, in Berlin. Petry said that she won't be part of the party's parliament faction on the day after the nationalist party was elected first time into the German parliament. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Why the conservative AfD party did so well in the German elections

Janice Atkinson · September 25, 2017 6:22 pm

President Trump speaks to world leaders at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 19 in New York City. (MediaPunch/IPX via AP Images)

Let’s hear it for nationalism

Dan Hannan · September 25, 2017 4:01 am

Theresa May’s Indian Summer

Dominic Green · September 18, 2017 6:03 pm

European officials are visiting the U.S. next week to review an economically significant agreement that allows American companies to handle European data, with privacy advocates pointing at the Trump administration as a reason to rethink the deal.
(AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Europeans descend on DC to probe privacy under Trump

Steven Nelson · September 16, 2017 4:01 am

If anything, Europe has become the poster child of what not to do regarding national security. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Beltway Confidential

London Mayor Sadiq Khan was right: Terror has become part of everyday life

Jennifer Kerns · September 15, 2017 8:27 pm

If France is to escape its current economic malaise it must confront the source of that problem. Finally, a French president is now doing so.

Beltway Confidential

Emmanuel Macron drags France towards labor reform

Tom Rogan · August 31, 2017 3:23 pm

American steaks are generally bigger, juicier, and more tender than those in Europe. Why? Partly because American cattle are given hormones that are banned in the E.U. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

Brits need to get over their beef with US meat

Dan Hannan · August 7, 2017 4:01 am