Economics
MMT Podcast – Stuart Medina: Trade, The Euro and The Pain In Spain (Part 1)
Part 1: Patricia talks to Stuart Medina of Spain’s Red MMT group about the Eurozone crisis viewed through the MMT lens. Listen here
EU politics
EU politics
France 24: France’s Yellow Vests mark anniversary with nationwide protests
French police detained dozens in Paris on Saturday as fierce clashes broke out in demonstrations marking the first anniversary of the yellow vest protest movement challenging President Emmanuel Macron’s policies. Read here
EU politics
Sean Bell – Catalonia/Scotland: ‘The Crime of Sedition no Longer Exists’
Spain’s authoritarian cancer threatens to spread throughout the EU. Sean Bell is parliamentary reporter at CommonSpace Cross-posted from Common Space Following her bail from Edinburgh Sheriff Court after handing herself into police, exiled former Catalan […]
EU politics
Eliane Glaser: Belgium’s experiment in a new kind of democracy
As Britain goes to the polls, the Belgians are turning to randomly-chosen representatives. Could they do any better? Read here
EU politics
VilaWeb: International observers denounce massive violation of human rights at Catalan referendum trial
International Trial Watch reports infringement of liberties such as freedom of expression and peaceful assembly Read here
Economics
Jeremy Smith – Rethinking Britain: the Fundamental Choice the Nation Faces in the Upcoming General Election
Probably nowhere in Europe is there so much energy and thought being invested in the search for a way out of the dead end that neo-liberalism has led us into. “Rethinking Britain – Policy Ideas […]
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 […]
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
EU politics
Owen Espley – Why McDonald’s workers are on strike today
Working people shouldn’t have to rely on benefits to get by. This is simply a subvention from the UK government. The Nanny State coddling international corporations. Read here
EU politics
Lorenzo Codogno – The fiscal stimulus that is not: Why there is no fiscal expansion in sight for the Eurozone
Euroland or Neverland? Lorenzo Codogno argues that constrained monetary policy calls for a greater role for fiscal policy in supporting the Eurozone economy, as former ECB President Mario Draghi recently suggested. Yet of the three […]