Corruption
The Irish Times – EU: Banking regulator scores another own goal
Once again the dominance of lobbyists and corruption in the EU is made clear. Let us see how the plenary session votes. Read here
Revolving Door
Corruption
City A.M.: Northern Rail set to be nationalised ‘this week’ amid franchising chaos
This was being run by the German State Railway “Deutsche Bahn”. Not a word in German media about this failure – Germans never fail (at the worst they get caught cheating or bribing). In the […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – EU: Thierry Breton, the Corporate Commissioner?
After seeing his first pick for Commissioner rejected by the European Parliament due to concerns of conflict of interests, French President Macron seems to have doubled down with a potentially even more controversial nomination: Thierry […]
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: […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Who Owns All The EU Pipelines?
Why is the EU still building new and unnecessary gas pipelines and LNG terminals? Who’s pushing them and who’s profiting from them? The companies behind Europe’s gas transport network are rarely household names, yet their […]
Finance
Sky News – Top EU regulator in talks to head bank lobby group
One of Europe’s top banking regulators is in talks to head the trade body that leads the investment banking industry’s lobbying effort across the EU. Read here
Corruption
Mathew D. Rose – Germany: Liberal Democracy is Rotting from its Core
Most German establishment political parties have turned away from striving for a better society. In recent decades they have become profit-oriented service companies in a billion euro industry: selling laws, permits, public contracts, even protection, […]
Corruption
Politico: How Europe’s biggest media company infiltrated the EU
How Bertelsmann mixes business, philanthropy and Continental politics. Read here
Corruption
Branko Milanović – The apogee of capitalism and our political malaise
With neo-liberalism, the ethos of private gain came to dominate our political culture. Now, we have a crisis of trust in politics Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. Branko will be […]
Austerity
Renegade Inc: Myth Busting the European Dream featuring Mathew D. Rose
Politically you can ignore some of the people some of the time…but you can’t ignore all the people all of the time. For many years European citizens have intuitively opposed unaccountability, a lack of political […]