Corruption
Craig Mackay – Endemic Corruption in the UK?
Europeans believe they have very little corruption. That is because laws have been created to make corrruption legal – at least when it is on a large scale. Read here
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Daniele Albertazzi and Arianna Giovannini – The 2018 Italian election: old faces, new parties, familiar certainty
Italian elections are rapidly nearing. Although this article left out Liberi e Pari (Free and Equal) it ohterwiseprovides a good overview. The conclusion seems realistic enough: after the elections there will be no change, just […]
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 […]
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Lina Galvez – Rodrigo Rato’s troublesome “legal” legacy
Neo-liberalism has a face. In fact it has many faces. Lina Galvez looks at the career and egregious damage done to Spanish society by one of these faces: Rodrigo Rato. Lina Gálvez is Professor of […]
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Romania-Insider: Tens of thousands join first big protest of the year in Romania
Romania’s government, expecially the Social Democrats, is thoroughly corrupt. Its people are protesting relentlessly and in great numbers against this. While Poland and Hungary remain in the headlines of commercial media the political situation in […]
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Romania Insider: Media reports about Romania’s proposed Prime Minster not flattering
Brilliant! The EU is becoming a parody of itself. This article demonstrates that democracy has become irrelevant in EU countries. Governments have become enforcers of neo-liberal policy and their own particlular interests. They are not […]
Corruption
EU Observer – Malta: EU island of ‘impunity and fear’
Malta – a model EU land? It depends upon which EU model you are referring to. Read here
Corruption
Romania Insider: Romania’s chief anti-graft prosecutor faces disciplinary action for misconduct
Romania’s corrupt political elite is trying to get rid of the National Anticorruption Directorate’s chief prosecutor and her deputy. The reason: they are doing their job and investigating, arresting, and convicting leading politicians. Should the […]
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João Paulo Batalha – The Great Christmas Heist: Portugal’s political party financing caper reveals a democratic deficit
It seemed a sure thing. A vast majority of political parties in Portugal – from far left to neoliberal right – got together four days before Christmas to reward themselves by inserting lucrative loopholes in […]