Corruption
Bloomberg: Latvia’s Corruption Scandal Is Getting Even Weirder
The EU is looking more and more like a motley collection of money-laundering, tax dodging , mafia states. Is this the European dream? Read here
Corruption
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Accounting for influence: how the Big Four are embedded in EU policy-making on tax avoidance
We pay our taxes, so why don’t corporations? This new report shows how the Big Four are embedded in EU policy-making on tax avoidance, and concludes that it is time to kick this industry out […]
Corruption
Politico: EU legislators rake in millions in outside earnings
This is just the tip of the iceberg. What about the jobs following their time at the EU? What about jobs now for their family members? What about the perks: travel, gifts, entertainment? What about […]
Austerity
Zoe Konstantopoulou: If you love Greece, help us get rid of Alexis Tsipras and his zombie party
This was a long time coming, but finally this discourse has transceded the Greek borders. Read here
Austerity
David Whyte – Two neoliberal infernos: Grenfell, and Piper Alpha 30 years on
Profit-before-safety, warnings ignored, 239 people dead. Britain’s oil bonanza and London’s gentrification have much in common. David Whyte is Professor of Socio-legal studies at the University of Liverpool. His most recent book is The Violence […]
Corruption
Prem Sikka: After decades of following a failed economic model, we need to reshape the state
The neo-liberal state has become a guarantor of corporate profits and engineer for increased inequaltiy . This has to change. . Read here
Corruption
Andrea Capussela – Illegality and Italy’s new government
Andrea Capussela has the courage to address probably the greatest threat to democracy in Europe: corruption. One can safely claim that in Germany there is hardly a major law or government contract, which is not purchased […]
Corruption
Steven Forti – Catalonia: With Sánchez there could be a thaw in relations with Spain
Steven Forti looks at the political changes in Spain and the consequences they may have, especially with regard to his meeting on Saturday with the Catalan president Quim Torra. Steven Forti is Researcher at the […]
Corruption
Politico: No transparency please, we’re Members of the European Parliament
The EU political elite at its corrupt best. As we learnt from the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal of 2009, many, when not most politicians, have no scruples about using funds provided for the political […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory: Biosafety in Danger – How industry, researchers and negotiators collaborate to undermine the UN Biodiversity Convention
Documents released to Corporate Europe Observatory following a Freedom of Information request reveal how pro-biotech lobby platform Public Research Regulation Initiative (PRRI) unites industry, researchers and regulators in ‘like-minded’ groups to influence crucial international biosafety […]