Corruption
Nicholas Shaxson – How to Crack Down on Tax Havens: Start With the Banks
Nick Shaxson provides a good introduction to the opaque world of tax havens. Read here
Lobbying
Corruption
Geroge Monbiot: Resist a US trade deal. Your life may depend on it
Isn’t it convenient that people are poor. As Bertolt Brecht famously wrote: “First comes food, then morals”. If you are hungry, it matters little what you eat. The increasing poverty in Europe has raised the […]
Corruption
New York Times: Greek Politicians May Have Taken Bribes from Drug Maker, Prosecutors Say
Once again it is the United States uncovering massive corruption in Europe. This time it is the political nomenclature of Greece, many leading figures in the EU. What has come to light there would be […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Corporate lobbying influence over the Council of the EU
Corporate Europe Observatory has started a new workstream to publish investigations which expose corporate lobby influence over the decision-making of the Council of the EU (member states) and how this impacts on resulting laws and […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Arms industry lobbying and the militarisation of the EU
40 billion euros. That’s how much the European Union wants to spend on the research, development and procurement of new weapons during the next 10 years. The establishment of the European Defence Fund is an […]
Corruption
Norbert Häring – How Uber money dominates and distorts economic research on ride-hailing platforms
The academic community is discrediting itself, much like the political elite before it, as it prostitutes itself to big business. Norbert Häring is a financial journalist at the German daily business newspaper Handelsblatt, blogger and […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – The Great Gas Lock-in: Industry lobbying behind the EU push for new gas infrastructure
A new report from CEO shows why the fire-power of the gas industry makes it a powerful and effective lobbying force in Brussels and national capitals. Meanwhile, public interest groups have a fraction of the resources and […]
Climate Crisis
Megan Darby – UN Shipping Climate Talks ‘Captured’ by Industry
The shipping industry is one of the main cotributors to CO² and nitrogen-oxide. It is hardly regulated with regard to emissions as this article documents. Megan Darby is Climate Home’s deputy editor. She previously wrote […]
Corruption
Wyn Grant: The murky world of lobbying
Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (Speri) Despite recent reforms, there are still concerns that the activities of lobbyists lack transparency and are insufficiently regulated Read here
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK – European Parliament: Say No to Fossil Fuel Lobbying at International Climate Talks
We shall see what becomes of this. Read here