On March 6, the Special European Council saw 27 leaders of the European Union discuss the Russia threat and promote a strategic vision of disconcerting militarism. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had announced two days earlier that Europe had to spend more and indulge its various arms industries with greater attention than before. The ReArm Europe plan entails various measures intended to free up to EUR 800 billion in defence funding. This will entail something distinctly at odds with the standard EU mantra on balanced budgets: using the escape clause of the Stability and Growth Pact to bypass the Excessive Deficit Procedure.
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T&E has joined forces with environmental NGOs in Spain to warn that a high-profile exercise in cleaning up shipping risks locking in fossil fuels for decades to come. The port of Barcelona has committed to […]
Economics
Thomas Piketty – France: Emerging from the pension crisis
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To secure the lucrative Project Nimbus contract, the tech giants agreed to disregard their own terms of service and sidestep legal orders by tipping Israel off if a foreign court demands its data, a joint […]
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