German manufacturing activity downturn deepened in March -PMI (archive.vn)
French Strikes Leave Millions of Barrels of Oil Stuck on Tankers (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
Poland remains EU’s biggest importer of Russian LPG, paying €710 million to Moscow last year (notesfrompoland.com)
Finland's right-wing NCP likely to win election, Marin to come in third (www.reuters.com)
Monuments Evoke Tragic Memories of NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia (balkaninsight.com)
German leftist lawmaker says US soldiers and nukes must leave her country (geopoliticaleconomy.com)
UK living conditions in unprecedented decline according to Resolution Foundation data (www.wsws.org)
Ukraine war guns likely to end up on UK streets, says weapons expert (www.bbc.com)
Lest we remember: how Britain buried its history of slavery (www.theguardian.com)
Financial Times tries to convince the French that Macron is right about raising the retirement age because otherwise France would have to give up the idea of having a navy in the Pacific. (archive.ph)
The road to fascism: How the war in Ukraine is changing Europe (mronline.org)
German public debt reached all-time high of roughly 2.37 trillion euros at the end of 2022 (www.destatis.de)
Germany at a standstill as huge strike halts planes and trains (www.reuters.com)
Rishi Sunak's answer when challenged on woman who can't afford lightbulb sitting in dark (www.mirror.co.uk)
The EU remains secretly dependent on Russia. Some officials, on the condition of anonymity, said that Russia continues to receive income from oil supplies to the EU. (www.politico.eu)
Bordeaux town hall set on fire in France pension protests (www.bbc.com)
French police continue to explain to citizens the benefits of pension reform (www.wsws.org)
55% of German residents are afraid of dragging their country into the war (headtopics.com) German
The French regime has decided to forcibly return the employees of oil refineries (www.reuters.com)
'A financial banana republic': UBS-Credit Suisse deal puts Switzerland's reputation on the line (www.cnbc.com)
Finland still purchasing gas from Russia (yle.fi)
Spain Takes 84% More Russian LNG Than Before Invasion (oilprice.com)
Europe is discovering that it's not possible to increase ammunition production by simply throwing money at the problem. (archive.ph)
This is another example of just how utterly incompetent and detached from reality people running things in EU are. Turns out that it takes time to build factories, train workers, and secure supply chains for the resource production....