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Alter-EU: Open letter to Vestager and Breton: Aggressive lobbying by digital platforms must have consequences

December 1, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

In an open letter, ALTER-EU Alliance warned the EU Commissioners Margrethe Vestager and Thierry Breton against the aggressive and opaque lobbying work by Google and other digital companies – and called for more commitment to lobby […]

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European Ombudsman: The European Commission did not properly consider conflicts of interest when it granted a contract to BlackRock – a big investor in fossil fuels – to advise on the EU’s new sustainable finance agenda for banks

November 25, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

One of the reasons the German government was so keen on having Ursula von der Leyen elected as EU Commission president was to get her out of Berlin, where as Secretary of Defence she was […]

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Jonathan Cook – Biden will fail to bring back ‘normal’ politics. What’s needed now is a populism of the left

November 12, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Corporate donors desire the kind of neoliberal “normal” that leaves them free to continue making lots more money and ensures the wealth gap grows Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, […]

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The EU’s Brown Deal: EU lawmakers set to open door for recovery funds to support fossil gas

November 9, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

As we keep repeating, forget all the Green bullshit coming from the EU centre-left parties. The EU’s Brown Deal is coming. Some of the centre-left even voted to include fossil fuels, including natural gas, in […]

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Corporate Europe Observatory – Wakeup call for the European Commission in its Failed Power Grab over Local Services

November 4, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is an important article. An excellent example of the EU in the service of international corporations working against the interests of its citizens, against the environment, and against democracy. Corporate Europe Observatory is a […]

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France 24: Thousands of climate activists appeal to Brussels to withdraw farm policy

October 25, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Thousands of climate activists have added their names to a new campaign spearheaded by Greta Thunberg, asking the European Commission to retract a farming policy that they say would make it impossible to reach the […]

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DW: European top court upholds French ban on bee-harming pesticides

October 25, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

As we can again see, give lobbyists and corporations enough tie and funds to bribe EU politicians, any law can be changed, even if confirmed in courts. Read Here

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Corporate Europe Observatory – From Facebook friends to lobby consultants

October 22, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

EU revolving door rules not fit for purpose Read here

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Greenpeace – EU Parliament Signs Death Sentence for Small Farms and Nature

October 20, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The EU’s Brown Deal is becoming increasingly visible. Still people refuse to accept the fact that the corrupt EU political class serves international corporations, not its citizens. Read here

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Nina Holland, Martin Pigeon, Hans van Scharen – Billions for CAP as an “extinction machine” – Farm to Fork Derailed

October 16, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The EU’s Brown Deal is progressing rapidly thanks to the corrupt liberal democratic EU political class. The charge is being lead by the EU hegemon Germany. Now it is for all to see why Germany […]

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This Is Not Normal: The Collapse of Liberal Britain by Will Davies

January 9, 2021 0

Book Review by Sean Kippin There is a particular brand of UK media figure. Usually male, they revel in the gossip, intrigue and parlour games of British politics. Policy seems to bore them. Economic policy is […]

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The Call of Catalonia by Sue Crampton

December 14, 2020 0

Book Review by Toni Strubell Sue Crampton’s “The Call of Catalonia”, apart from being a good read, is a book that will be useful to those wondering what the recent kerfuffle was about with the […]

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