Austerity
Thomas Fazi: The rise of Europe’s military austerity
The EU’s new plan will make 2008 look like child’s play Read HERE
EU-Institutions
EU politics
Gig Economy Project: Open letter – EU labour ministers: Will you work for us or for Uber?
Trade unions and platform worker collectives across Europe have signed the following open letter addressed to ministers of labour of the EU member-states, calling for them to support a Platform Work Directive on the Council […]
EU politics
Nicholas Vinocur: All hail Queen Ursula!
The fact that it will be a coronation for Ursula von der Leyen to secure a second term as European Commission President says a lot about the state of EU democracy. In Politico. Read the […]
EU politics
Jordi Schröder Bosch: Beware of the lags
The European Central Bank has raised interest rates again, despite the alarming signs that a financial crisis is looming. Jordi Schröder Bosch is a researcher at Positive Money Europe. Cross-posted from Positive Money Europe Prices […]
EU politics
euronews: Nine EU countries join forces to reform voting rules on foreign policy and dent veto power
The little democracy left in the EU appears to be on the way out. And for the EU to speak of transparency is pure mockery. Read Here
Climate Crisis
New Economic Foundation: Beyond the bottom line
How green industrial policy can drive economic change and speed up climate action Read HERE
EU politics
Dominique Pierre – Fortress Europe: more migrants dying in the Mediterranean
The first quarter of 2023 was the deadliest for migrants crossing the Mediterranean since 2017. Published on International Viewpoint. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Laura Lambert, Martin Lemberg-Pedersen: Europe outsourcing asylum to African countries is a terrible idea – there are alternatives
Denmark and the UK have led the way in seeking to export the problem of refugees and economic migrants to the global south Laura Lambert is a Senior Researcher at the University of Freiburg. Martin […]
Economics
Al Jazeera: Slovakia ignores EU warning and also bans grain imports from Ukraine
Meanwhile, Hungary says it may extend a ban on grain if the EU fails to protect Hungarian farmers against price falls. Read HERE File: Turkish Defence Ministry
EU politics
Thomas Fazi: Does Europe need to split?
Thomas Fazi writes in ‘Unherd’ on the growing East-West divide in the European Union. Read the article HERE.