Corruption
Reuters: EU says McDonald’s, Luxembourg tax deal not illegal
Wasn´t Juncker Prime Minister and Minister of Finances in Luxeburg at that time. Yes, the EU is really getting tough on mulitnationals and tax evasion. Read here
EU-Institutions
Climate Change
Greenpeace: Trade group including Facebook, Google to ‘oppose’ EU climate efforts
Leaked document details BusinessEurope’s campaign to undermine EU attempts to cut climate emissions Read here
Deregulation
Saša Uhlová: If the Czech economy is thriving, why are we so poor?
It is no wonder that Eastern Europeans do not want any refugees in their nations. Many living in working poverty do not need competition to further depress their wages. The question of refugees in Eastern […]
Austerity
Thomas Piketty: Social-nativism, the Italian nightmare
Piketty brings together two simple phenomena: a neo-liberal EU resulting in a neo-liberal/far-right success – in this case in Italy. Read here
Austerity
German Foreign Policy: EU- State of the Union
The EU must develop the capacity “to shape global affairs” and act as “architect of tomorrow’s world,” declared Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission during his “State of the Union” speech yesterday. The speech […]
Corruption
Bloomberg: Why the EU Is Furious With Malta
The union’s least-populous member nation has become a cryptocurrency and online gambling hub plagued by allegations of corruption and money laundering. And it’s selling passports. Read here
Deregulation
Reuters: Swiss plans for EU treaty in tatters as labor boycotts talks
This artilce is a month old but still current. It demonstrates still again how the EU is traing to foist its neo-liberal policies on independent European nations. Read here FILE PHOTO: A Swiss construction worker […]
Corruption
Reuters: EU plan on bank money laundering pushes back action to next year
Once again the EU political elite demostrates its fealty to banks and corporations and protects their criminal activities. Read here
EU politics
Corporate Europe Observatory – Selmayrgate: Or why the Secretary-General job matters
As its authority in Brussels is being threatened, Germany is consolidating its control over the EU. Three of the EU´s four leading civil servants are now German. Angela Merkel has declared that a German, the […]
EU politics
Common Space – Analysis: All eyes on Brexit, but the EU ship is hitting the rocks
While the UK Conservatives continue to bicker and infight over post-EU Britain, the Brussels ship continues to sink. CommonSpace examines major political developments on the Continent. Read here