EU politics
Reuters: Bayer says Monsanto likely kept files on influential people across Europe
Do not think that Monsanto is the exception. This is the rule for firms that produce controversial products. Read here
Month: May 2019
Economics
Ashoka Mody: Europe cannot escape nationalism
For good reason, European leaders and intellectuals worry that, absent the utmost vigilance, virulent nationalism could again be unleashed with the full force of its destructive potential. Europe, they believe, is essential to prevent such […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – Pretty Much All That Most People Need to Know About Modern Monetary Theory
Richard Murphy’s take on Modern Monetary Theory. Do familiarise yourself with this. In one form or another it could well play a major role in our financial and economic future. It also appears to offer […]
EU politics
Tamara Ehs – Transnational Democracy or Renationalisation
For Tamara Ehs Europe is not only facing a fundamental decision on its future direction but also the first truly European election. Parties from all across the political landscape are pushing for transnational dialogue – […]
EU politics
Robin McAlpine – Scotland: We March Because You’re Failing Us
The title could be from the Yellow Vests in France or Extinction Rebellion. It is about Scotland. Europe’s political class has failed its citizens. Economically, socially, and with regard to climate change. If you go […]
EU politics
Lee Jones – Britain and the Self-Paved Road Back to Serfdom
Europe’s political class has failed its citizens. Economically, socially, and with regard to climate change. If you go beyond the mainstream media, you will discover that there is a deep political dissatisfaction with this failure […]
National Politics
AFP: Sporadic clashes as ‘yellow vests’ rally in France today
“Yellow vest” protesters gathered in Paris and other French cities Saturday for the 26th straight week of rallies against President Emmanuel Macron, with scattered incidents of violence but overall a marked decline in the size […]
Climate Crisis
Heiner Flassbeck – Reason for Future
It is said that CO² must finally get a price. But it already has a price. But consumers don’t react to this price as expected. More intensive thinking and political action is the order of […]
Deregulation
Jörn Boewe – The Dirty Routine on European Motorways
Underbidding competition dominates long-distance lorry traffic on European roads. Working conditions are inhumane, and the EU initiates only half-hearted countermeasures to alleviate these inequities. To change things for the better, the countervailing power of unions […]
EU politics
Chris Bambery – Spain: Repression of voting is not democracy
Have Catalan voters a predilection for head butting the truncheons of Spanish riot police? If you believe the evidence given by Spanish police witnesses so far in the trial of the12 Catalan leaders at Spain’s […]