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Why 2017 Is Going To Be An Interesting Year

Ne News
3 January 2017

Reality television star Donald Trump is set to become US President, an event that will have a major impact on the world that we live in. A possibility that the European Union will collapse due to the opposition against the regime in Brussels. No matter what happens, 2017 will be an interesting year in both the United States and Europe.

In Europe

In 2016, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in what has been referred to as the Brexit. But it looks like that 2017 will be an interesting year to be in Europe. In March 2017, it is expected that the United Kingdom will begin talks to activate Article 50 of the European Union Constitution, which will begin talks to leave the European Union; but this year, there is a lot more events happening in Europe. 


In January, the Supreme Court in the United Kingdom will reach a verdict in regards to Article 50, and in the same month, Malta will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (with Estonia holding the presidency in the second half of the year). It is expected that the Supreme Court ruling will shape the year in the United Kingdom as this could cause another election in the UK on top of mayoral and local elections in the country.

In February, the twenty-seven members of the European Union will meet, most likely to be in regards to the activation of Article 50, as well as Presidential elections in Germany. It is expected that the tragedy of what happened at the Christmas Market in Berlin just before Christmas will have an impact on the German elections, with the possibility of the far-right making some impact on the German electorate; as well as parliamentary elections in Germany in September. And speaking of elections, there will be elections in the Netherlands in March and the first round of Presidential elections in France in April, with the second round in May; and legislative elections the month later.

There is a possibility that the far right will have some impact on these elections, with the National Front in France and Freedom Party in the Netherlands, with promises to hold referendums on membership of the European Union. But as Ne News has mentioned several times, people need to be careful of these far right wing parties, as many of these parties are actually in favour of membership of the European Union. And also, many multinational corporations (many of them tend to support the far-right) are in favour of the European Union. In addition, many far-right wing groups (such as the League of St George, which was mentioned in a 2016 editorial on Ne News) tend to support the European Union.

As highlighted in late 2016, all it will take for the European Union to collapse is an event of a similar impact to the Brexit. So it will be an interesting year for the European Union, which could collapse at any time.

United States of America
Donald Trump had won the electoral college and just a couple of weeks ago was formally chosen to be the President of the United States of America. It should be stressed that Ne News didn’t support Trump nor his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton. There is much debate over whether Donald Trump will deliver on his promise, or will he go the way of Barack Obama and sell out the American people by delivering anything but change.

It is worth noting that despite campaigning against the establishment and Wall Street, the incoming administration has the most millionaires and billionaires of any American cabinet. There has also been controversy among the incoming cabinet, including a White Nationalist, oil executives and a person who had campaigned against public education being named the Secretary of Education with a token African-American member who will be Secretary of Housing.

Donald Trump has made his opinions on the European Union during the 2016 Presidential race, but the question is, is it genuine? In the previous section, it was noted that the far right are actually in favour of the European Union, and there is a possibility that Donald Trump may actually be planning to incorporate the United States of America into a North American Union, just like the past several Presidents (both Democrat and Republican).

Ne News and 2017
2017 will be an interesting year for international relations. While Ne News supports international cooperation, Ne News is opposed to supranational bodies such as the European Union which tend to support the elite and impose privatisation onto the people (it is worth noting that privatisation is at the root of fascism, which is the merger of state and corporate power). There is a possibility that the New World Order will collapse in 2017 and the people will regain their rights as citizens first and foremost.

2017 will set the emergence of true freedom of movement. 2017 will see the emergence of true cooperation between nation-states, and people from different countries and cultures working together for a peaceful future without the need of Orwellian superstates. People will move beyond fear of each other and we will see true love power over hatred.

And no doubt that Ne News will be there for the journey throughout 2017 as international relations will change a lot over the next twelve months. Some for the better and some for the worse.

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