Opposition leaders and environment activists condemned German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government Monday for watering down a new climate protection law, as “Extinction Rebellion” protestors blocked traffic in Berlin. Read here

Bulgaria has joined the Euro and the public don’t seem very happy about it – no wonder. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.

From The Guardian This is a brilliant criticism of Thatcherite policy  – its collapse and how and why it has failed. Read here