As European neo-liberal enforcers go into meltdown (political zombies like Renzi and Rajoy are gone, Merkel and May will follow) the European political class has a new strategy: ever bigger lies. In this blog Bill Mitchell looks at the Germans European unemployment insurance proposals that aren’t.
Climate Crisis
The Northern Echo: Councillors in Durham refuse to approve opencast coalmine extension
This is not happening in the EU, where Germany just brought a new coal power station online. Maybe Brexit is bringing a rethink. Read here
EU politics
Perry Anderson: Ever Closer Union?
The roots of the European Court of Justice is not in democracy, but in fascism (mainly German Nazism). “The court became not just a unique institution within the Community, but unique within supreme or constitutional […]
Economics
DeStatis – German Recession: Stock of orders in manufacturing in July 2024: -4.3% year on year
Stock of orders in manufacturing, July 2024 +1.0%, in real terms, on the previous month (seasonally and calendar adjusted) -4.3%, in real terms, on the same month a year earlier (calendar adjusted) Read HERE
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