Corruption
euronews: Money spent by EU on migration policy becoming ‘complex’ to track
The web of funds going towards the externalisation of the contentious issue is getting much wider. Read HERE
EU-Institutions
Austerity
Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay: Carbon Budget versus Fiscal Budget
Mark Blyth: “The continuing idiocy of the EU’s fiscal rules in an era of underinvestment and climate change. Madness on stilts”. Read HERE
Corruption
Lighthouse Reports: Europe’s Potemkin Lobby
Powerful European farming lobby Copa-Cogeca is losing legitimacy even as it stymies the EU’s green agenda and hoovers up public funds Read HERE
EU politics
Politico: EU capitals want media law carve-out to spy on reporters
The Orwellian ‘European Media Freedom Act’ – a very serious attack on journalism. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck: The skills shortage and inflation – why ECB leaders and German immigration policy are completely off the mark
Sometimes a very simple statement can tell you abruptly how a society lies to itself in order to avoid unpleasant contexts. So it is with inflation – and so it is with unemployment. One year […]
EU politics
Sarah Wolff, Florian Trauner – What an EU-Tunisia migration deal would mean for refugees
The EU has held discussions with Tunisia over a potential deal to reduce irregular migration in the Mediterranean. While the proposed deal might well reduce the number of arrivals in Europe, it could come at […]
Economics
German Foreign Policy: EU launches new Latin America offensive – against Russia and China – with a new Latin America strategy and the Commission President’s trip to the subcontinent.
With a new Latin America strategy and the Commission President’s long-announced visit to four countries of the subcontinent, the EU has launched a new Latin America offensive. The strategy is intended to make up for […]
EU politics
Politico: EU looks to ban companies from making sensitive tech in China
The European Commission has published plans to follow almost to the word the aggressive economic policy of the United States towards China. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
David Hearst: The Greek boat disaster was caused by Europe’s deals with dictators
The former colonial powers are feeding the very causes of regional, social and economic instability that create these refugee flows. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. Cross-posted from Middle East Eye […]
EU politics
Politico: EU issues muted response to Greek migrant shipwreck
The EU’s executive rejected calls to investigate Greece. Read HERE