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Corporate Europe Observatory: Veto power to please lobbyists – corporations behind Commission power grab over services

February 15, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

We cannot emphasise how important this topic is. It is the logical next step in the EU´s policy of destroying democracy in Europe to impose a neo-liberal diktat.  We have shortened this article  – somewhat, […]

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El Nacional Cat.: Main Spanish parties ask European Parliament to ban Puigdemont from speaking

February 15, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

With Centrists like this, who need populist fascist parties. The EU is arrving at its predestined neo-liberal goal: the end of democracy in Europe. No surprise to see the Social Democrats in the forefront. Read […]

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Bill Mitchell: A progressive European superstate will never come to pass

February 14, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

“A progressive European superstate will never come to pass” Read here

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ICIJ: Why has the European Commission not investigated Lux Leaks tax deals?

February 14, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

WHY has the EU Commission not investigated the Lux Leaks tax deals? Can Commission President Juncker & former PM of Luxembourg prove there’s no conflict of interest? Read here

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Ashoka Mody – The ECB has reached its political limits. Its consequences in eight charts

February 12, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

The problem with the European Central Bank is that it has a neo-liberal mandate. It cannot and will not serve the interests of EU citizens because that is not its job. See its role in […]

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Politico: Ombudsman wraps up Selmayr job probe

February 12, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Great stuff! We have one corrupt German EU official being defended by another corrupt German EU official and a corrupt, alcoholic Luxemburger EU president. European media may make fun of Trump, but is the state […]

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UnHerd: Why Europe can’t cope

February 12, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

An interesting roundup of EU economic and political current events. Read here

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Simon Toubeau – France and Italy: a deeper rift over Europe lies behind the current crisis

February 11, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Simon Toubeau, University of Nottingham France and Italy are in a diplomatic crisis, provoked by a recent meeting between Italy’s deputy prime minister, Luigi Di Maio, and representatives of the French Gilets Jaunes protest movement. […]

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Bill Mitchell: The EU’s democratic deficit is intrinsic and unfixable without dissolution

February 11, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Bill Mitchell on the report by Amnesty International EU Vanishing Act: The Eurogroup’s Accountability (see here)

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Corporate Europe Observatory – Captured states: when EU governments are a channel for corporate interests

February 7, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Member states play a hugely important role in EU decision-making, but too often they act as middlemen for corporate interests. This new report combines case studies, original research, and analysis to illustrate the depth of […]

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The European Illusion – Why We Need New Strategies Towards the EU and Beyond by Attac Austria

January 7, 2019 0

Book review by Mathew D. Rose It takes courage these days to write a book critical of the EU, especially from a leftist perspective: to do so in Austria even more so. Austria, like Germany, […]

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A Happy Future is a Thing of the Past by Pavlos Roufos

December 2, 2018 0

Book review by Mathew D. Rose Together with the European Union refugee policy, the EU’s handling of the Greek crisis is the other great disgrace that has scarred its history – our history – in […]

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