EU politics
Larry Elliot: A perfect economic storm made Italy ripe for a protest vote
Larry Elliot explains what conditions have lead to the whing to the right in Italy. In the end it reduces everything to one word: Eurozone. Read here
EU-Institutions
Corruption
Reuters: Diesel collapse gives automakers carbon headache
This is how absurd things can become – thanks to the EU: Diesel was supposed to reduce CO2., but the car manufacturers, to increase their profits, cheated, and produced radically more nitrogen oxide than permitted, […]
Economics
Riccardo Mastini – Eurozone: from neoliberalism to democracy?
The reason for the morphing of the 2008 global financial crisis into a sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone is to be searched in the neoliberal structure of the euro area. And even if today […]
EU politics
Investigate Europe: Legislation in the „Black Box“ of the EU Council – where secrecy feeds mistrust
Dutch parliamentarians recently labelled the European Council a “black box”. Through its informal bodies, such as the Eurogroup of finance ministers of the 19 eurozone countries, national parliaments become sidelined and are continually confronted with […]
Austerity
Bill Hudson: Greek debt update
The eurozone must collapse in the end. If it does not, the entire eurozone will end up looking like Greece looks like today. Greece is the eurozone’s future, if it is kept in place. Read […]
Economics
Thomas Fazi and William Mitchell – Tax havens must be closed, but not for the reasons you think
It is commonly believed that tackling tax evasion/avoidance is crucial to the viability of the welfare state and to the sustainability of public finances in Europe. A correct understanding of economics, however, tells a different […]
Corruption
Romania-Insider.com: Protests planned in Bucharest in support of Romania’s anticorruption directorate
Romanians will surely sleep better knowing that the European Commission is watching the developments with “caution and concern” as the Romanian government attacks the fundaments of Romanian democracy. Needless to say, the Social Democrats are […]
EU politics
Michael Mair, Alex Holder and Elizabeth Minor – The future of European militaries will be remotely piloted – and that should worry us all
There is nothing transparent about the use of armed drones. Although the number and use of these is increasing, our information concerning what they are doing, how and why, is not. Dr Michael Mair is […]
Corruption
Romania Insider.com: Protesters start gathering in Bucharest after justice minister’s announcement
Once again the Social Democrats in Romania are trying to destroy the nation’s justice system that keeps interfering in their endemic corruption. It is only thanks to the citizens of Romania, who repeatedly turn out […]
Corruption
Is ECB planning prison in its headquarters for Board of Governors?
Two members of the European Central Bank Board of Governors are being investigated for corruption: Yannis Stournaras of Greece and now Ilmars Rimsevics of Latvia. Both are heads of their nation’s central banks. Maybe the […]