Aviation
Reuters: Dutch government scraps plan to cap flights at Schiphol next year
This is what happens to your national sovreignty when you join the EU – which is doing all it can to slow down a just climate transition. Read HERE
Month: November 2023
Corruption
Politico: Portugal’s corruption scandal spells trouble for EU’s critical minerals hunt
The EU faces a number of problems in its efforts to become less reliant on China for critical raw materials, not least corruption. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
VilaWeb: Spanish EU officials in Brussels rebel with a letter against the amnesty, violating internal rules
There is a concerted effort by the Spanish right-wing to get the EU to block the Spanish Amnesty law. Read the article HERE.
Corruption
Jeffrey Sachs, Guillaume Lafortune – Adhering to the UN Charter: Barbados first, the US last
The United States and Israel are ranked bottom and second bottom respectively of all UN member states in their respect for the UN Charter and UN Sustainable Development Goals. Jeffrey Sachs is University Professor at […]
EU politics
Lorenzo Piccoli – Offshoring Asylum the Italian Way
The agreement between Italy and Albania to relocate asylum seekers to an Italian run enclave in the Balkans country is unlikely to be legal, and will only make asylum processes more arduous and cumbersome. Lorenzo […]
Geopolitics
David Jamieson – The movement in Gaza has sown chaos in the UK establishment
The Palestine solidarity movement in Britain has had a transformative effect on British politics. David Jamieson is editor of Scottish anti-capitalist website Conter. Cross-posted from Conter In just a month, the movement against the attack […]
Geopolitics
Craig Murray – Activating the Genocide Convention
Any one of the 149 states that are party to the Genocide Convention has the right to report the Gaza case to the United Nations Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human […]
Geopolitics
Neve Gordon – Why is Israel Bombing Gaza Hospitals and Ambulances? It’s All About “Winning”
For most Israelis, “winning” currently seems to justify almost any violence, but there could be another way, towards a single Jewish-Palestinian state. Neve Gordon is a Leverhulme Visiting Professor in the Department of Politics and […]
National Politics
Thomas Caygill – David Cameron returns: what happens now?
How will a Lord as UK foreign secretary be held to account by the House of Commons? Not easily. Thomas Caygill is Senior Lecturer in Politics, Nottingham Trent University Cross-posted from The Conversation Photo: Kremlin/Creative […]
Geopolitics
Katie Marie Davies: Russia, West fight for Kazakhstan as Astana plays both sides
In recent months, Western leaders have taken a number of trips to Central Asia, rushing to show interest in a region they neglected for years Read HERE Kazakhstan President Tokayev