On March 6, the Special European Council saw 27 leaders of the European Union discuss the Russia threat and promote a strategic vision of disconcerting militarism. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had announced two days earlier that Europe had to spend more and indulge its various arms industries with greater attention than before. The ReArm Europe plan entails various measures intended to free up to EUR 800 billion in defence funding. This will entail something distinctly at odds with the standard EU mantra on balanced budgets: using the escape clause of the Stability and Growth Pact to bypass the Excessive Deficit Procedure.
EU politics
Al Jazeera: Asylum seeker father faces 10 years in Greek jail for son’s death
A 26-year-old Afghan man is charged with endangering his child’s life by taking him on a dinghy that capsized. Read Here
Corruption
Politico: Family affair rocks Portuguese government
It is the same old story. While Keynesian economists and leftists are hailing the success of a centre-left coalition in Portugal purportedly defying austerity, in reality it is the same old Social Democrat sleaze and […]
Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory: The future according to Shell
Shell is thus once again selling its supposed vision of a sustainable future, hoping to distract from the reality that the company bears a significant share of the responsibility for climate change and has a […]
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