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
Corruption
Corruption
João Paulo Batalha – Nowhere to run: Portuguese local elections signal the death of politics-as-usual
The headline from last weekend’s municipal elections in Portugal is the success of the Socialist Party, an exception to the demise of the European center-left. But there are deeper lessons if you look at the […]
Corruption
David Whyte – Interview with Mireia Vehí, CUP and Member of the Catalan Parliament
The day after the incredible events of the Catalan referendum, and the day before a general strike that has been called to challenge the Spanish state’s violence, Mireia Vehí, Member of the Catalan Parliament, for […]
Corruption
DeSmog UK – Mapped: Here’s How Many PR Companies Lobby for Fossil Fuels in the UK
DeSMOG UK finds out who is doing the lobbying for the fossil fuel and energy companies in Britain Cross-posted from DeSmog UK By Kyla Mandel, Editor of DeSmog UK There are nearly two dozen PR […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Endocrine Disruptors: How corporations and their scientists have put public health in harm’s way
Just another example of the EU as the dogsbody of international corporations and the seat of institutionalised corruption Read here
Corruption
Corporate European Observatory – Two years after Dieselgate: car industry still drives Berlin and Brussels
In Germany the car industry rules the land and the main political parties, who receive millions each year from the car makers.. German citizens in cities simply have to accept being poisoned. Its all for […]
Corruption
The Guardian: Cyprus ‘selling’ EU citizenship to super rich of Russia and Ukraine
While hundreds of thousands of refugees risk their lives to reach the safety of Europe and hope to be allowed to remain, others fly in in their private jets and purchase EU citizenship Read here […]
Corruption
OCCRP: Justice Minister of Monaco Resigns over Murky Relationship with Russian Oligarch
Few hours after French newspaper Le Monde on Thursday revealed “a vast influence-peddling scandal at the heart of Monaco institutions,” the Principality’s Justice Minister announced his premature retirement. Read here
Climate Crisis
George Monbiot: Who’s the world’s leading eco-vandal? It’s Angela Merkel
From the Guardian Monbiot at his usual best. This is the sort of stuff that mainstream media in its efforts to create a great European stateswoman does not bring. Read here
Corruption
Vladimir Radomirović – Serbia: A Corrupt Political Class
Corruption is endemic to most of Europe, Scandinavia being the great exception. In Serbia corruption is not only damaging the economy, but hindering the development of democracy. Vladimir Radomirović is editor-in-chief of Pištaljka (The Whistle), […]