Designees (as of 8 December 2016)

1. White House Chief of Staff: Reince Priebus, was Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
2. White House Chief Strategist: Stephen K. Bannon, was Chairman of the President-elect’s campaign. 
3. White House Counsel: Don McGahn, was Attorney at Jones Day.

Designees Subject to Senate confirmation hearings

On 4 December, Austria will elect a new President  again. If Mr. Hofer is elected the most plausible scenario is that Mr. Hofer  will continue doing what he does best: be moderate in appearance, conciliatory in speech and occasionally criticise government policy (especially on immigration) to show that he does care about the concerns of “the people”.

Economic patriotism aims to implement a regulatory and encouragement system of economic activity that allows a nation positive benefits from the development of enterprises in terms of growth and jobs as well as keeping on its national soil major decision making centers in order to guarantee the control of activities and of strategic enterprises that are indispensable for preserving the decision making capacity of the State.

1. Hungary: Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has spoken on the telephone with the President-elect of the United States Donald Trump, who has invited him to Washington. The Prime Minister said that Hungary’s position has improved significantly, and Mr.Trump made it clear that he thinks highly of Hungary

In the United States Government, the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR) is part of the U.S. Department of State, charged with implementing U.S. foreign policy and promoting U.S. interests in Europe and Eurasia (which it defines as being Europe, Turkey, Cyprus, the Caucasus Region and Russia) as well as advising the Under Secretary for Political Affairs. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.

Organization

The Executive Branch and the Congress have constitutional responsibilities for U.S. foreign policy. Within the Executive Branch, the Department of State is the lead U.S. foreign affairs agency, and the Secretary of State is the President's principal foreign policy adviser. The Department advances U.S. objectives and interests in shaping a freer, more secure, and more prosperous world through its primary role in developing and implementing the President's foreign policy. The Department also supports the foreign affairs activities of other U.S.

The purpose of “SME Europe” (Small and Medium Entrepreneurs of Europe) is to shape EU policies in a more SME friendly way. SMEs are the backbone of the European economy as it is especially them that create sustainable jobs, growth and prosperity. SME Europe closely cooperates with national business organisations and European policy makers within the EPP political family, with a particular focus on the European Parliament.

Authors: Thomas Piketty (Professor of economics at the Paris School of Economics and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales); Jeremy Adelman (Professor of history and Director of the Global History Lab at Princeton University); Anne-Laure Delatte (Research scholar at France’s National Center for Scientific Research and a visiting lecturer at Princeton University).

Europe has been absent from the political debate in the primaries of the right and centre parties in France. France was supposed to be the engine of the European construction but at this time it is not inclined to recognize the depth of the problems facing the EU and to reconsider the priorities for treating such problems.

In October, the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs committee endorsed a document titled “EU Strategic Communication to Counteract Propaganda Against It by Thirdparties”. Without supporting evidence, it accused Moscow of spreading “disinformation and propaganda seeking to maintain or increase (its) influence to weaken and split the EU.”