Austerity
Thomas Fazi: Italy’s Organic Crisis
Thomas Fazi analyses the current poltical and economic crisis of Italy. Read here
EU-Institutions
EU politics
Ross Douthat: The Fall of the German Empire
An extremely interesting article. Highly recommended. Read here
EU politics
Tax Justice Network – LuxLeaks verdict: hope for whistleblowers as Antoine Deltour is acquitted
We’ve always said that the #LuxLeaks whistleblowers Antoine Deltour, Raphaël Halet and investigative journalist Edouard Perrin should never have been charged because the disclosures they were involved in were so obviously in the public interest, […]
Corruption
Beancounters – The Triumph of the Accountants and How they broke Capitalism by Richard Brooks
Book review by Atul K. Shah As Private Eye journalist, Richard Brooks has long been responsible for exposing corporate corruption, especially around tax avoidance and evasion. One story kept on repeating in his research – […]
EU politics
Vox EU: Peter Bofinger – Euro area reform: No deal is better than a bad deal
The recent proposals for euro area reform from a team of French and German economists have initiated an intensive debate. This column, part of VoxEU’s Euro Area Reform debate, argues that the specific insolvency risk of euro area […]
EU politics
Corporate Europe Observatory – How AirBnB is using the EU to defeat cities’ affordable housing laws
It’s an all too familiar story: international corporations using the EU Commission to force their interests on democratically elected municipal and state governments, against the interests of EU citizens. By Kenneth Haar, Researcher and campaigner […]
EU politics
The Wire: Spain Blocks Catalan Ex-Leader Puigdemont From Being Voted In
In the meantime a successor has been found and should be voted in, if the Spanish Government does not intervene. Read here
Environment
ICCT – How to think about vehicle bans: An update after two major European judicial decisions
This article may be somewhat overly optimistic. There has been no real change up to now. Even in the United States Volkswagen could buy driving rights for its diesel powered cars. By Drew Kodjak, Executive […]
EU politics
The Guardian: Five in court accused of trying to help migrants enter Greece
Billions of Euros to reward the dictator Erdogan, prison for EU citizens that have a civilised conscience. That is the EU today – and Syriza, which sold its people down the river. Read here
EU politics
Alessandro Volpi – Erasmus for the disadvantaged
The Erasmus Programme is commonly seen as a positive development in Europe. One hardly hears any criticism. Thus we found this piece so interesting. It is by Alessandro Volpone, editor at Senso Comune, a partner […]