Climate Crisis
Politico: Energy crisis means a ‘very dark winter’ for Europe’s forests
Faced with soaring energy prices, many EU governments are relaxing logging rules and encouraging people to burn wood to keep their houses warm. Read Here
EU-Institutions
Climate Crisis
Politico: EU tries to stop energy treaty exit stampede
EU countries reject the corrupt EU Commissions-led reforms to the Energy Charter Treaty, saying they fail to stamp out protections for fossil fuels. Spain, the Netherlands, France, and Poland have all declared their intention to […]
Economics
Thomas Fazi: Giorgia Meloni’s new cabinet is business as usual
Anyone expecting a dramatic change of direction will be disappointed Read Here
EU politics
Núria Bassa i Toni Strubell – Conservadorisme o feixisme, Sr. Tajani?
Al descobert les mancances democràtiques dels líders de la UE Toni Strubell és exdiputat al Parlament de Catalunya, periodista i autor d’El que volen els catalans Núria Bassa Camps és una escriptora i fotògrafa catalana […]
Economics
Alexander Melzer: EU Military Mission Is Coming Home
On the New European Union Military Assistance Mission in Support of Ukraine: no other EU civilian or military mission has previously aimed to operate on the territory of the Member States. Read Here Photo credit: […]
EU politics
Suzanne Lynch – Sorry, not sorry: EU’s top diplomat stands firm amid racism backlash
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is seeking to draw a line under controversial remarks he made last week — instead, his half-baked apology has raised more questions than answers. Read Here
Economics
Wolfgang Streeck – Zeitenwende?: German foreign policy
Ted talks with economic sociologist Wolfgang Streeck, emeritus director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne and one of the leading scholars and commentators on European capitalism. In this exciting […]
EU politics
Euractiv: Conservative MEPs still divided on platform worker status
The centre-right is still trying to find its position on the new rules to classify the status of platform workers, as shown by alternative compromise amendments seen by EURACTIV. Read Here
Economics
Michael Hudson – Escaping the Western Rentier
The integration of Eurasia and disintergartion of Germany Michael Hudson is the author of Killing the Host (published in e-format by CounterPunch Books and in print by Islet). His new book is J is For Junk Economics. He can be […]
Economics
Wolfgang Streeck: Not Quite Enough: How the Pandemic Failed to Save Europe
“What we need instead is a sober analysis of the structural conditions, restrictive as wellas conducive, and of the realistically possible organizationalforms for a Europe capable of keeping its distance from bothChina and the USA, […]