Social Democrats simply cannot change their spots. First magnanimously declare that you are not selling weapons to a criminal dictatorship, enjoy the accolades, then kick human rights in the teeth.
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![Yemen's disastrous war has led to the world's worst humanitarian disaster [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2018/9/13/8fbf1b67c77f47e5b97eab18ca906695_18.jpg "Spain makes U-turn, will now sell 400 missiles to Saudi Arabia")
Finance
Ken Boyd: Tax Avoidance By The Numbers: The Paradise Papers
This an excellent, easy to understand, somewhat long explanation of the Paradise Papers. So if you feel you did not really understand what the fuss was about, you can catch up here. A great weekend […]
Corruption
eu observer: The non-accountable MEPs
Neo-liberalism can only flourish where democracy is reduced to a minimum, to folklore. The EU is neo-liberal. Thus the European Court of Justice will almost always decide against democracy. Read here
EU politics
Colm Tóibín: ‘Catalonia is a region in the process of reimagining itself’
From The Guardian The Germans made it clear after the election of Syriza in Greece: In the EU democracy is secondary. Primary are contracts and laws. Thus two former fascist nations can now “legally” stymie […]
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