Ferry Biedermann
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Journalist - @tmrwsaffairs, @TheLancet, @TheNewEuropean, others... Visiting fellow at @BCU_Brexit Centre for Brexit Studies
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2 days ago |
theneweuropean.co.uk | Ferry Biedermann
The bizarre, 11-month-long sock puppet show that called itself the government of the Netherlands has come to an end, thanks to the puppet master himself. Geert Wilders, the 62-year-old, far-right anti-Islam Dutch leader, has pulled his party out of the ruling coalition, saying he now wants to be prime minister himself. But with elections scheduled for the autumn, he could end up frozen out of power.
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1 week ago |
tomorrowsaffairs.com | Ferry Biedermann
Migration is very much back at the centre of performative politics in Europe, after the first six months of the year were dominated by Donald Trump-induced disruptions over issues such as tariffs, NATO and Ukraine. From the UK to Germany and the Netherlands, although under very different circumstances, the far-right knocking at the doors of power has once more put migration at the top of the agenda, albeit without any new ideas, insights, or indeed practical proposals.
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2 weeks ago |
tomorrowsaffairs.com | Ferry Biedermann
Spring and the approach of summer have, over the last couple of years not only brought the pleasant contemplation of holidays and basking in sunshine but increasingly also the dreaded anticipation of heatwaves, forest fires and other extreme weather events in Europe. This year, the climate stress has started even earlier.
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3 weeks ago |
tomorrowsaffairs.com | Ferry Biedermann
Donald Trump sidestepping Israel during his trip to the Middle East, his first foreign outing since taking office, is symbolic on many levels. Mostly, though, it highlights the empty boasts that he’d end the war in Gaza, made during his election campaign. He’s staying away so as not to draw attention to failure. In the Arab Gulf countries, Trump is lauded and fawned over, he gets to announce deals in the hundreds of billions, his most beloved number.
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1 month ago |
tomorrowsaffairs.com | Ferry Biedermann
It’s a sad commentary on the world when one of the surest ways to explain what’s going on is a reference to the 2006 futuristic movie parody Idiocracy. It depicts a USA on the brink of starvation because it waters its crops with an energy drink. How far off is that from the current US Health Secretary recommending vitamin A for measles?
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On the link between right-wing populism and vaccine hesitancy that is helping to fuel measles outbreaks - my latest for @tmrwsaffairs https://t.co/kFp2Js9ypz
RT @tmrwsaffairs: Vaccination coverage in the Global North is falling below the required 95 per cent of the population that’s needed for he…
RT @tmrwsaffairs: In the long run Europe will have to find different solutions, and none of them, not on a technology or manufacturing leve…