Corruption
Politico: EU watchdog probes Commission’s business trip rules amid Qatargate
The EU Commission’s top transport official took free flights to Doha while his team were negotiating a major aviation deal. Read the article HERE.
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Branko Milanović: On charisma and greyness under Communism
The point was to be “the average man”. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His newest book is “Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World” This article […]
Finance
Tech Won’t Save Us: What new EU rules might mean for gig workers
Paris Marx, host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast, is joined by Ben Wray, Gig Economy Project co-ordinator, to discuss the fight to win a pro-worker Platform Work Directive in the European Union, Uber’s […]
EU politics
Dominique Soguel: Will exiled Kurds pay the price of Sweden’s NATO entry?
Exiled Kurds in Sweden fear the government may sacrifice them in a grubby deal with Turkey for NATO entry. Dominique Soguel is a Swiss-based freelance journalist currently filing for the Christian Science Monitor. Cross-posted from […]
EU politics
Ben Wray: Are Europe’s independence movements dead?
Europe’s independence movements are no longer the threat they were in the mid-2010s, but it would be premature to write-them off entirely. Ben Wray is the co-ordinator of BRAVE NEW EUROPE’s Gig Economy Project and […]
Finance
Hubert Horan: Can Uber ever deliver?
Uber expert Hubert Horan separates fact from fiction in the company’s latest company accounts. Hubert Horan has 40 years of experience in the management and regulation of transportation companies (primarily airlines). Horan has no financial […]
Corruption
Gig Economy Project – Berlin: A new solidarity fund will combat “wage theft” in labour disputes
The PayDay e.V. fund in Berlin has been established to counter the threat of wage theft as a tool for union-busting The Gig Economy Project is a media network for gig workers hosted by BRAVE […]
National Politics
Jonathan Cook – Britain: Labour is paving the way for the triumph of dark politics
Labour leader Keir Starmer is determined to destroy the last vestiges of Corbynism through smears. Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a winner of the Martha Gellhorn Special […]
Finance
Joana Ramiro: No One Should Have to Spend Most of Their Income on Rent
Renting a one-bedroom apartment in Lisbon costs a massive 63% of the average resident’s wage. Faced with one of Europe’s worst housing markets, Portugal’s government has proposed to subsidize rents — but critics say it’s […]
Corruption
Margrete Auken, Ana Miranda and Diana Riba: Why three MEPs withdrew from the European Parliament committee hearing
The European Parliament’s Petition’s Committee has been instrumentalised in the service of the right-wing People’s Party in Spain. Read the article HERE.