ECJ says Oriol Junqueras, who was sentenced to 13 years in jail over independence bid, enjoyed immunity as MEP.
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![Former Catalan Vice President Oriol Junqueras has been a lifelong supporter of Catalan independence [File: Paul White/AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2018/10/25/ec81cbedb05740a38c5e52f6820da332_18.jpg "EU court says Spain should have freed Catalan MEP to take office")
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Left logic – the neoliberal EU cannot be reformed but exit is bad
Bill Mitchell takes the fight for the hearts and minds of Europeans with regard to the EU to the Grass Roots movements. This is the time to be doing this. 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 […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Obervatory: United Arab Emirates’ growing legion of lobbyists support its ‘soft superpower’ ambitions at the EU
The United Arab Emirates is one of the world’s major lobby spenders. While projecting an image of moderation and stability, it pursues its foreign policy aims in bloody wars from Yemen to Libya. As part […]
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