EU politics
Al Jazeera – EU threatens tariff hike of up to 38% on Chinese electric vehicles
The EU is mirroring the United States’ tariff policy on Chinese electric vehicles, despite Germany’s opposition. Read the article HERE.
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Finance
Sam Pizzigati – Norway Isn’t Bowing to Threats of Capital Flight
Norway has introduced an ‘exit-tax’ to hit super-rich exiles seeking to avoid the country’s wealth tax. Sam Pizzigati, veteran labor journalist and Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow, edits Inequality.org. His recent books include: The […]
EU politics
Chris Dite – In Finland, the Left Alliance Just Trounced the Far Right
‘Europe’s elections saw gains for anti-immigration parties — but the breakthrough act in Finland was the Left Alliance, with 17% support. Its leader, Li Andersson, told Jacobin about why it did so well and how it defeated […]
EU politics
Gianluca Piccolino – Meloni’s EU election victory sets the stage for a clash over the Italian constitution
With Berlusconi passed away and Salvini weaker than he has been in a long time, Meloni is now the dominant figure on the right-wing of Italian politics. Gianluca Piccolino is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the […]
Finance
A Rebel’s Guide to the Gig Economy – What is the algorithm?
A Rebel’s Guide to the Gig Economy is a series of podcasts by journalist Ben Wray and researcher Marini Thorne which gets behind the tech jargon and the CEO propaganda to examine the reality of […]
EU politics
Thomas Fazi – Europe’s insurgent Right won’t change anything
The right-wing populists do not have a common agenda on Europe’s most pressing issues, and when they get a sniff of power they tend to bend towards the EU establishment anyway. In ‘Unherd’. Read the […]
EU politics
George Newth – EU elections: how Italy’s far-right leader Giorgia Meloni framed her politics throughout the campaign
Why would the far-right ever want rid of the EU, when it is serving it so well politically? George Newth is Lecturer in Politics and member of the Reactionary Politics Research Network at the University […]
EU politics
Harrison Stetler – Marine Le Pen’s Party Has Power Within Its Grasp
‘After his allies scored just 15% in the European elections, last night Emmanuel Macron called a snap election for the French parliament. It’ll pave the way for a new government — and it could raise […]
EU politics
Julien Robin – Snap elections in France: What’s at stake?
Emmanuel Macron has turned a low-stakes European Parliament election into a high-stakes French parliamentary election. Julien Robin is a doctor in Political Science at the University of Montreal and a specialist on the French Parliament. […]
Geopolitics
Victor Grossman – Netanyahu and Germany
Is Germany’s anti-Palestinian authoritarianism something new, or the re-emergence of its dark past? Victor Grossman writes the Berlin Bulletin, which you can subscribe to for free by sending an email to: wechsler_grossman@yahoo.de. Cross-posted from Counterpunch For people […]