Tag Archives: Emmanuel Macron

21Jan/26

Tilting at Turbines: The 2026 Davos Standoff

January 21, 2026PoliticsBart De Wever, Belgium, Bright green environmentalism, China, Davos, Don Quixote, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, France, Germany, Greenland, Key Response, Miguel de Cervantes, Olaf Scholz, Renewable energy, United States, Ursula von der Leyen, Wind turbine, Windmill, World Economic Forumadmin

Jan. 21, 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — The trending comparison of Donald Trump to Don Quixote stems from his keynote address at the 2026 World Economic Forum (WEF) on January 21. In a speech that has rattled global markets, the President targeted European green energy as a “Green New Scam,” specifically mocking wind turbines as “losers” and “bird graveyards.” He alleged that China is “selling windmills to stupid people in Europe” while secretly avoiding their use at home—a claim that fact-checkers and European leaders have characterized as a “Quixotic” battle against imaginary giants. Continue reading →

20Dec/22

World Cup 2022: who won the prize for ‘soft power’?

December 20, 2022EconomyArabian Peninsula, Argentina, Creative Commons, Doha, Emir, Emmanuel Macron, FIFA, FIFA World Cup, France, Geography of Asia, Germany, HYUNDAI, Japan, Jung Kook, Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Marie Kondo, Morocco, Palestinian Territories, Paul Widdop, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Simon Chadwick, Sofiane Boufal, Soft power, South Korea, Spain, Western Asia, Worldadmin

Simon Chadwick, SKEMA Business School and Paul Widdop, University of Manchester

After four weeks, 64 games and more than a decade of controversy, Argentina has won the Fifa men’s World Cup in Qatar. And as Lionel Messi and his teammates celebrate victory over France, another competition has also reached its conclusion – the battle for “soft power”.

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08Jul/22

OPINION: Europe classifying gas and nuclear power as green is greenwashing

July 8, 2022EnvironmentÉlectricité de France, Electricité de France (EDF), Emissions reduction, Emmanuel Macron, Energy conversion, Energy development, Energy policy, Energy transition, Environmentalism, Esther Bollendorff, EU taxonomy for sustainable activities, France, Germany, Greenwashing, Nuclear power, Olaf Scholz, Olivier Vardakoulias, Renewable energy commercialization, Sustainable energy, Vladimir Putinche

Esther Bollendorff and Olivier Vardakoulias are policy experts with Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe.

Earlier this week, the European Parliament adopted the Delegated Act on Taxonomy classifying fossil gas and nuclear as “green” activities for private investors.

This highly controversial act developed by the European Commission, pushed by French President Emmanuel Macron, and supported in early stages by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz illustrates how politics can overrule science.
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