BAN ON DONATIONS FROM FOREIGN INTERESTS TO POLITICAL PARTIES IN TH EU

  1. Austria: Donations from foreign natural or legal persons must not exceed € 2,500
  2. Belgium: Donations from foreign persons or bodies are not prohibited and are not subject to any specific regulations

THE BAN ON FOREIGN POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE U.S.A.

The ban on political contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals was first enacted in 1966 as part of the amendments to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), an "internal security" statute. The goal of the FARA was to minimize foreign intervention in U.S.

THE ‘SPECIAL INTEREST’ LABEL IN THE U.S.

The term "special interest" is one of those terms that makes politics what it is: no one can say exactly what the "special interest" label means, but everyone knows that it doesn't apply to them. "Special interest groups" are made responsible for rising taxes, delays in decision-making, the corruption of politicians, and the antagonistic tone of politics.

SPECIAL INTERESTS REPRESENTATION IN THE EP

Source: Institutional and Constitutional Aspects of Special Interest Representation- Study for the AFCO Committee (2015). European Parliament Directorate-General for Internal Policies- Policy Department C (Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs)

JOB CREATION NR 1 PRIORITY IN THE U.S.

Job creation is the number one issue facing U.S. in regard to economic growth, sustainment and prosperity.  Jobs do not create jobs, businesses do, especially small businesses. Unfortunately, America is focused on big business and government employment solutions that have not been very effective growing the U.S. labor force. In fact, the U.S. labor force is in a state of decline as evidenced by the eroding middle-class and the transformation from full-time to contingency workers.

SOME WORRISOME CHINESE INTERNATIONAL TRADE STRATEGIES

State-Owned Enterprises (SOE): China owns and subsidizes many companies, as in the steel industry. Through the subsidized companies, China can target a market with low-cost products, capture market share and drive competitors out of business.

TARGETING EU DECISION MAKERS

European Commission

  1. Head of Unit
  2. The Case Handler
  3. Public Servants within the lead DG and other DGS
  4. Members of Commissioners' office
  5. The Commissioners

European Parliament

  1. The Rapporteur and the Shadows
  2. Opinion Leaders
  3. Parliamentary Assistants
  4. Administrators in Committees
  5. Group Coordinator

Council of Ministers

THE BALTIC NPP IN KALININGRAD: A WORTHWHILE OPTION TO CONSIDER

Nuclear power can solve some of Europe’s most pressing energy issues. The European energy sector is facing a triple challenge: decarbonisation of the economy, security of supply, and affordability. There are opportunities for Baltic electricity markets integration via third-party infrastructure, for example by using the Baltic NPP in the Kaliningrad region in Western Russia. 

MAINSTREAM AND INDEPENDENT ON-LINE NEWS SOURCES

The fact that most major news outlets are controlled by a handful of massive, powerful companies, is becoming of growing concern in America. It is vitally important that citizens in the U.S. become more skeptical of the news that is being fed to them by these huge corporate media outlets and find alternative means of learning about what is actually happening in their country and around the world. What they find might be rather shocking in its contradiction to what they are spoon fed on a daily basis.

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