Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: It all adds up to the conclusion that system change is required not progressive tinkering
Bill covers a number of current events in this analysis. Read Here
EU-Institutions
Climate Crisis
Balkan Green Energy News – Is EU to sacrifice Balkans to secure resources for its energy transition
The European Commission wants reliable supply chains for the materials that the EU needs to accelerate the switch to renewable energy sources and a green economy. The extraction of lithium, copper and other necessary commodities, […]
Economics
Philipp Heimberger – How the ECB is trying to prevent a new Euro crisis
Monetary policy-makers are using PEPP reinvestments to buy Italian government bonds while reducing the portfolio of German bonds Philipp Heimberger is an economist at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) This article originally […]
Economics
Philipp Heimberger, Lea Steininger – ECB interest rate hikes will damage climate protection policies
On 21 July, the European Central Bank decided to raise interest rates for the first time since 2011 in a bid to curb inflation. With further rate rises potentially on the horizon that climate protection […]
EU politics
Emmanuel Achiri – Helping asylum seekers in Northern Cyprus
Asylum seekers coming to Cypriot shores is a direct result of violent pushbacks against refugees at the EU’s borders Emmanuel Achiri is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Eastern Mediterranean University Cross-posted from IPS Migrants in […]
Climate Crisis
Sergio Cesaratto – Italy: ‘Inflation will be beaten by the end of the war, not by recession’
Italy’s economic outlook is not rosy, with the US economy in recession and clouds over the German economy heavily dependent on Russian gas (with Italy heavily dependent on exports to Germany). Sergio Cesaratto teaches European […]
EU politics
Joseph Downing – The EU’s Digital Services Act: Europeanising social media regulation?
Should we worry that Brussels technocrats, which we can’t kick out of office, will decide what is illegal online content? This article is cross-posted from LSE’s European Politics and Policy blog Big tech has been blamed for […]
EU politics
Peter Becker: Germany’s U-turn over the EU’s recovery funds was further evidence of its role as Europe’s ‘status quo power’
The EU recovery funds have been wrongly interpreted as a major policy shift – they were a minor tweak in order to maintain the current European order in a moment of acute crisis Peter Becker […]
Economics
John P. Ruehl – Russia and the European Union Continue Transition to Wartime Economies
Russia and the West have signaled their intent to commit to a long-term confrontation over Ukraine. While Russia has clearly felt the effect of sanctions, the EU remains vulnerable to Russian attempts to use energy […]
Energy
Politico – Spain orders temperature limits for businesses in sweeping energy saving decree
This can only be the beginning. By the way, had Germany not sabotaged Spain’s ambitious renemwable energy programme in the financial crisis, Spain would be in a much better position now. Read Here Photo: Jacques […]