Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory: Derailing EU rules on new GMOs
CRISPR-Files expose lobbying tactics to deregulate new GMOs Read here
EU-Institutions
Corruption
Juan Laborda – Cádiz as a symptom: deindustrialisation, delocalisation, rentierism, and a hollowed-out Spain
The Spain that was forged in the 1980s has become an explosive combination in which Cádiz is seen as a symptom and reflection of all this. Juan Laborda teaches Financial Economics at the University of […]
EU politics
Nik de Boer, Jens van ‘t Klooster: The ECB Cannot Ignore its Secondary Mandate
The EU Treaties oblige the European Central Bank to support the broader economic policies in the EU. Yet, the ECB has long ignored this part of its mandate. Read here
Climate Crisis
Yanis Varoufakis: The West’s Wasted Crisis
A year that began hopefully is ending grimly. Western political elites, unable (and perhaps unwilling) to turn a deadly pandemic and climate crisis into a life-preserving opportunity, have only themselves to blame. Read here
Climate Crisis
Climate Home News: EU’s reformed agricultural policy fails its climate goals, say green groups
COP26 a la EU Lawmakers have approved a reform to the Common Agricultural Policy, which critics say fails to deliver on the bloc’s Green Deal and climate goals Read here Maize harvesting at a farm […]
Climate Crisis
META – How the green recovery looks in Central and Eastern Europe
The EU Green Deal is really a Brown Deal.to protect corporate profits, the use of fossil fuels, and social inequality By Alberto Vela Cross-posted from META The first allocations of recovery funds are flowing to Central and […]
EU politics
Corporate Europe Observatory: Bitter pill
How the EU’s defence of pharma profits could keep COVID treatments out of reach for millions Read here
Austerity
Philipp Heimberger – Do higher public debt levels undermine growth?
Philipp recently published a new empirical study on whether higher public debt levels reduce economic growth. Philipp Heimberger is Economist at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) This interview was originally posted in […]
Environment
Unearthed – Europe and the UK’s vast shipments of banned, bee-killing ‘neonics’
Typical EU: these pesticides are forbidden in the EU and are soon to be forbidden if in food imports, but European corporations that export these poisons are being supported Cross-posted from Unearthed Creative Commons […]
EU politics
Al Jazeera: Heavily criticised trial of activists adjourned in Greece
Two dozen humanitarian workers face espionage charges and possible jail sentences related to their work with refugees. Read here A Turkish police officer carries the lifeless body of Aylan Kurdi, 3, near the Turkish resort […]