The EU courts are too often the backstop to protect transnational corporations against attempts by national governments to regulate them.
Economics
Joseph Stiglitz, Kevin P. Gallagher: IMF surcharges: A lose-lose policy for global recovery
The IMF has imposed significant surcharges on countries that have had to undertake large borrowings and are unable to pay their debts back quickly. These surcharges are pro-cyclical financial penalties imposed on countries precisely at […]
Climate Crisis
CNN: Court orders Shell to slash CO2 emissions in landmark climate ruling
A Dutch court has ruled that Royal Dutch Shell must dramatically reduce its carbon emissions in a landmark climate decision that could have far reaching consequences for oil companies. Read here
Climate Crisis
George Monbiot: The one good thing about Brexit? Leaving the EU’s disgraceful farming system
One could add the EU´s disgraceful global warming policy, or its disgraceful economic policy, or its disgraceful tax policy, or its disgraceful refugee policy, or……. Read here
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