Climate Crisis
David Keating: European Investment Bank Delays EU Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Proposal
An alcoholic, the Germans, and Orban join forces to protect fossil fuel corporations and destroy the planet. Read here
Corruption
Corruption
Reuters: ECB governor accused of bribery in Latvia corruption trial
These are the sort of people running the European Central Bank. Still another example for the endemic corruption in the EU political elite. Pity we can never write about endemic integrity in the EU political […]
Corruption
EU-OCS: Thierry Breton: Is Macron new pick for the EU Commission a smart move?
The EU neo-liberal dream: Big Business regulating Big Business Read here
Corruption
Selam Gebrekidan, Matt Apuzzo and Benjamin Novak – The Money Farmers: How Oligarchs and Populists Milk the E.U. for Millions
Why do such explicit articles have to come from the USA? It says everything about corporate media in the EU. Read here
Corruption
Mathew D. Rose – Germany’s Problem with its German Minority
Still another German state election has been held, resulting in still another major setback for Germany’s establishment zombie parties. Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised in Organised Political Crime in Germany and an […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Reform of EU Council Transparency in Stalemate
Is anyone really surprised? Transparency is not a quality of an undemocratic institution. Corporate Europe Observatory is a research and campaign group working to expose and challenge the privileged access and influence enjoyed by corporations […]
Corruption
DB Post: 5 Oil and gas giants spend over 250 million euros on EU lobbying, say green groups
The five biggest publicly listed oil and gas companies and trade groups representing them spent more than 250 million euros lobbying the European Union to influence climate action since 2010, environmental groups reported. Read here
Corruption
Blerim Vela – Five Lessons from Kosovo’s Parliamentary Elections
Yes, Kosovo is still there and seems to be getting its feet on the ground – despite the EU. This is an excellent article describing the current political situation. Blerim Vela is a PhD researcher […]
Climate Crisis
Heiner Flassbeck – Hatred and the Decline of Politics
Politicians the world over are ill-equipped to deal with the biggest threats facing society, hatred and extremism of all kinds including the climate. Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as well as publisher and editor of […]
Corruption
Branko Milanović – Why it is not the Crisis of Capitalism
Capitalism is stronger than ever before according to Branko Milanović, so why is there so much talk of a “crisis”? Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book “Capitalism, Alone: […]