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Wide view of the Security Council.

Parliamentary committees deal this week with issues such as helping out refugees from Syria and offering better legal protection to young people accused of crime, while the political groups prepare for next week's plenary session in Strasbourg. The week starts with a two-day meeting with MEPs and national parliamentarians from all over the EU to discuss how the cooperation on budgetary matters can be improved.

A wide view of the Security Council in session.

A trio of experts, including two former U.S. Senators, have published grave warnings about the growing danger of thermonuclear war as the Ukraine crisis deepens, and both Russia and the United States modernize their strategic nuclear triad under conditions of great tension.

Greece elected the first government in Europe opposed to the European oligarchy’s nightmare policy of bailing out the bankrupt banks no matter how many people must die. The election of a new government led by the parties Syriza and the Independent Greeks, is a powerful repudiation of the murderous austerity policies imposed on Greece by the Troika, better known as the three horseman of the Apocalypse—the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. The question now is whether Spain and Portugal, or even Italy and Ireland, will be far behind.

The EU is being challenged by a wide range of issues including the economic crisis, unemployment, immigration, globalisation, and various kinds of security concerns. In such tough times what does the future hold for the Union? This coming Tuesday 3 February you can discuss it on Facebook with Manfred Weber, the chair of the largest group in Parliament, the European People’s Party.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) holds a press conference at the end of his visit to Ethiopia for the 24th Summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa, January 2015.