EU politics
Catalan News: European MPs launch network condemning Spain’s ‘repression’ of Catalonia
Parliamentarians from various countries come together to call for dialogue and a binding referendum on self-determination Read here
EU-Institutions
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis – TIME magazine’s report on DiEM25’s German party campaign for the European Parliament
This is an interesting foray into desolate German politics by the pan-European movement DiEM 25. By Billy Perrigo Cross-posted fromYanis Varoufakis´s blog On Sunday morning, the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis picked up a microphone in […]
EU politics
BRAVE NEW EUROPE – Of the people, by the people, for the people, supported by the people
BRAVE NEW EUROPE is a political website of the people, by the people, for the people. That however assumes that we are supported by the people. And that is you. Over 1,350 people follow […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Under plastics pressure
Industry turns up the heat to avoid plastics regulation spurred by public demand. As EU negotiators try to reach agreement on the single-use plastics proposal this week, industry lobbies continue their push to avoid robust […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: The ‘fiscal contraction expansion’ lie lives on – now playing in Italy – Part 1
“Pathetic was the first word that came to mind when I read this article – The Italian Budget: A Case of Contractionary Fiscal Expansion? – written by Olivier Blanchard and Jeromin Zettlemeyer, from the Peter […]
EU politics
Paul Mason: Liberals must learn the politics of emotion to beat right-wing populists
How far we have come in the past couple of years, from the denunciation of any sort of national consciousness as neo-fascist to the realisation that most people think and feel not as globalists nor […]
EU politics
Common Space – 5 things you need to know about the UK-EU Political Declaration on Brexit
This is an excellent summing up of the agreement, very simple to understand. Thank you Common Space and Ben Wray By Ben Wray, Head of Policy & Research at Common Weal Cross-posted from Common Space […]
Climate Crisis
Sofía López, Bram De Botselier, Simon Schunz – The EU talks big on protecting the Arctic, but it continues to prioritise economic interests over the environment
The Arctic is one of the world’s most environmentally fragile regions, but it also offers substantial economic opportunities. This has led many states and companies with an interest in the region to promote a policy […]
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis: “The EU declared war and Theresa May played along”
The former Greek finance minister on how a bad Brexit deal became inevitable and his plan to transform Europe. We at Brave New Europe don’t take a position on Brexit. While we recognise that many […]
EU politics
ekathimerini.com: Austerity violated Greeks’ right to food, new report concludes
Austerity violated Greeks’ right to food, new report concludes: “structural reforms that “significantly tipped the balance in favor of larger food retailers and private traders to the detriment of small-scale producers.”” Read here