EU politics
Middle East Eye: Muslim countries condemn Quran burning in Sweden
Morocco recalls ambassador to Stockholm, while Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, and several other governments denounce the provocative act Read HERE
Month: June 2023
Economics
Common Weal – Richard Murphy: Inflating the crisis
Understanding why inflation is out of control in Britain. Much is relevant for the EU. especially the increase in interest rates Listen HERE
Climate Crisis
Fortune: Drought has sent a Rhine River chokepoint to a historic low for this time of year and threatens shipping of critical fuel supplies
Water levels at a chokepoint on the Rhine have fallen to a seasonal low, hampering shipments of diesel inland from Europe’s oil-trading hub. Europe’s busiest commercial waterway is being closely watched after dryness last summer […]
Corruption
Lighthouse Reports: Europe’s Potemkin Lobby
Powerful European farming lobby Copa-Cogeca is losing legitimacy even as it stymies the EU’s green agenda and hoovers up public funds Read HERE
Economics
Reuters: Spain’s 12-month inflation falls to 1.9% in June, lowest since March 2021
Let us not forget that Spain introduced a gas price cap in power production, limits on rent increases, windfall profit taxation etc. early on did make a difference much to the annoyance of the EU […]
National Politics
France 24: UK court rules against government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
This will not stop the EU from doing the same. Read HERE
Economics
DeStatis: German inflation surges more than expected to 6.8%
Germany follows its strategy of fighting a demand side inflation, while experts explain it is the supply side that is the cause The Spanish inflation rate in June slowed sharply to 1.9%, which is below […]
EU politics
Wolfgang Munchau: Germany to miss defence spending target
The German Council on Foreign Relations published a report highly critical of the German government’s two-tongued defence strategy. Olaf Scholz’s much-quoted Zeitenwende has turned to have been really not much more than a public relations […]
EU politics
No Cold War – Briefing: Europe Needs an Independent Foreign Policy
An entirely sensible proposal to end the militarisation of Europe, stop the continent’s growing dependence on US energy, and oppose the US-led agenda to decouple from China. Read the article HERE.
National Politics
Jeffrey Sommers: Russia, the Wagner Insurrection and the Perils of Overwrought Punditry
Comparisons are being drawn between Russia’s internal conflict in WW1 and the present situation – the crisis was far more severe then than now Jeffrey Sommers is Professor of Political Economy & Public Policy in […]