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Brexit and the EU and possible troubled future relationship Simon Jenkins is reasoning that PM Johnson may have to give in to the EU as he thinks that the UK's fishing industry depends on the EU to survive. However, EU consumers will be angry when fish becomes scares and expensive after EU fishers are no longer allowed to fish in British waters; indeed, the UK's own fish export may even increase. Or the UK may export its fish to the rest of the world. Similar to other farming exports such as lam of which a large part is exported to the EU. Further, he writes [Quote] "It may be that one day the EU’s economy so collapses that it really is worth Britain’s while to turn away and seek better deals elsewhere. There is not the remotest sign of that at present." Really? Does he not read newspapers or watch news programs? Look to the border between Greece and Turkey. Turkey opened its borders with Greece because it's angry the EU (very likely) doesn't keep it...

Europe should not only criticize Turkey for invading the north of Syria to create as Turkey claims safe areas as this should have been done before so Syrians didn't need to escape their country. However, it's a pity Turkish President Erdogan considers the Kurds as enemies while the Kurds prevented ISIS and Assad's army to come close to Turkey's borders. Further, we should have sent much earlier judges to judge European ISIS fighters at the place where they committed human right violations. It also demonstrates why it's important to invest in modern military equipment that can be operated by professional military instead of an army of soldiers. But, Europe prefers to battle with each other over a country that wants to leave. What the EU could expect happened as tension between Kurds and Turkey are high since years: Turkey has over 3,6 million Syrian refugees within its borders and similar as the EU, the country wants them out. Thus, the north of Syria close ...

A political row was emerging between Germany and Turkey because of what a German comedian said about Turkish President Erdogan. As a reaction, President Erdogan demanded that the German government would take action against the comedian and PM Merkel allowed this to happen as I think should be done although troubles may return later. Here is why … The comedian Jan Böhmermann deliberately insulted President Erdogan during a show on ZDF television in which he called the Turkish president some names and described him as someone watching child pornography but also accused the Turkish president of “repressing minorities, kicking Kurds and slapping Christians”. And this was not by accident because before he read the poem, he informed the public that it contained allegations that breached German rules on free speech and thus he knew (hoped?) actions could follow. Of course, sometimes laws need to be broken (e.g. when Hitler was in power) but I do not agree that here laws should have bee...

To me, what is happening at this moment around the city of Kobani in northern Syria demonstrates how evil, hidden in people, comes to the surface during crisis moments. Indeed, the main evil hopes to understand the lesser evil and thus Assad hopes President Erdogan will not help his enemy the Kurds so they may be slaughtered by Isis . But Assad may also hope that, after the fall of Kobani, the Kurds will again start fighting against the Turkish state because President Erdogan allowed the defeat of his enemy, the Kurds. Indeed, unrest between the Kurds and Turkey is already growing because of the refusal at this moment by Turkey to help the Kurds . After Kobani falls, an enemy of Isis will be weaker as many Kurds will be killed while its influence and powers will continue to grow. Another possibility is that Isis offers safety for the Kurds on condition they join them. If only then Isis would attack Turkey, Erdogan will have to fight two fronts (i.e. Kurds and Isis), weakening Turkey...

Syria I recently saw a reportage about Syria and the fighting that is going on there. How is happening that one day there will be a ruler in that country who is no longer accepted by many of his people and thus people will fight against him because he refuses to leave. In the end, he will only be remembered as the person who tried to remain in power for as long as possible and as a result the city Damascus (and cities across the country), thousands of years old and one of the oldest, if not the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world, may be completely destroyed , similarly to what happened before during the war in Lebanon. Indeed, already historical parts of cities are gone during attacks from the army while rebels are blowing up parts of the city to undermine the army. If only Assad would accept to leave the country, the destruction of the country could stop and some of his and his family's achievements may remain. Idle hope as he was again elected as president . On...