Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory: The deadly climate gamble
Dirty Energy bets on unproven ‘carbon removals’ to keep fossil fuels flowing Read Here
EU-Institutions
Climate Crisis
Balkan Green Energy News: Wind turbine giant Siemens Gamesa to lay off 10% of workforce
While hundreds of billions of euros in windfall profits are being given by EU government to gas companies, renewable energy appears to be making little progress. We see where the priority of the EU political […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck: Italy has voted – who is to blame?
Italy voted last Sunday in a way that should deeply frighten all those who still feel a touch of responsibility for Europe in them. But nothing of the sort can be observed in German politics […]
Economics
Wolfgang Streeck – Europe is Being Subjugated to US Power
The economic crisis in Britian, the war in Ukraine, and the disorder in the Eurozone are all intimately connected. Wolfgang Streeck is the Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies […]
EU politics
Thomas Fazi: Giorgia Meloni is no radical
A good analysis of the Italian election. Well worth reading. Read Here
Economics
Thomas Fazi: The EU is sleepwalking into anarchy
Its sanctions are crippling the bloc’s working class Read Here
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Big Tech now edges out Big Energy in EU lobbying
Companies with the highest-declared lobby budgets have increased their spending by a third since 2015 Corporate Europe Observatory is a non-profit research and campaign group whose declared aim is to “expose any effects of corporate […]
Climate Crisis
EEB: EU wastes more food than it imports, says new report
European Commission faces pressure to set legally binding targets to tackle food waste scandal. Read Here
EU politics
Sebastian Diessner – More questions than answers? The EU’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority
The EU, notorious den of money laundering, taking years to finally have a functioning authority and most concerned about where the offices will be. Sebastian Diessner is an Assistant Professor at Leiden University Cross-posted from […]
EU-Institutions
Corporate Europe Observatory: Lobbying the EU
A trio of studies examining the “revolving door”, the transparency register, and how much big companies have spent on lobbying the EU Read Here European Commission, Photo Credit: Stephane Mignon