Economics
Shaun Richards: The ECB is learning the hard way that precommitting on interest-rates is a mistake
A look at today’s 0.5% interest increase by the ECB and its consequences Read HERE
EU-Institutions
Energy
ETUC- EU: ‘Cosmetic’ energy reforms won’t help workers
The European Trade Union Confederation’s press release on the European Commission’s proposals to reform the EU’s internal electricity market design. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico: Brussels banned TikTok. Europe has questions.
The EU has banned members of staff from using the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok and advised MEPs to get rid of the app. But it has failed to offer any real explanation as to why […]
Energy
Transport & Environment – Two-thirds of European battery production at risk
US subsidies under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are the chief threat to Europe’s gigafactory plans unless the EU offers accessible incentives and streamlined permitting, says a new Transport & Environment report. Cross-posted from Transport […]
EU politics
Clare Daly, Mick Wallace – The EU’s Turn To Militarism
The transformation of the European Union from an economic union widely associated with the ideal of peace on the European continent to an aspiring center for military power. Clare Daly is a member of the […]
Corruption
Politico: EU watchdog probes Commission’s business trip rules amid Qatargate
The EU Commission’s top transport official took free flights to Doha while his team were negotiating a major aviation deal. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Abandoning the euro would have essentially zero negative income effects for the vast majority of Member States
“I am still one that considers the only viable future for the 20 Member States is to exit the EMU, restore their own currency sovereignty, and then negotiate inter-governmental agreements at the European level (by […]
Corruption
Margrete Auken, Ana Miranda and Diana Riba: Why three MEPs withdrew from the European Parliament committee hearing
The European Parliament’s Petition’s Committee has been instrumentalised in the service of the right-wing People’s Party in Spain. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
UK, EU strike new Northern Ireland post-Brexit deal
Al Jazeera report on the new Northern Ireland deal, known as ‘the Windsor Framework’. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Clare Daly – A Peaceful Europe?
The European Union’s foundation myth links “ever closer union” to peace on the European continent, but the ideal of a peaceful Europe has been in retreat for some time. Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, […]