Corruption
Reuters: EU watchdog slams Germany for lapses in Wirecard fraud
The German government is not sweeping the dirt under the carpet, it is shovelling it, especially SPD finance minister and chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz. Read here
National Politics
Corruption
El País: Spain’s former king Juan Carlos targeted by new investigation
While Catalan officials are rotting in Spanish jails in a dubious justice system, the out and out corrupt king is allowed to leave the country to avoid prosecution. Read here
Corruption
Mathew D. Rose – Some Thoughts for the Labour Left from Germany
There is probably no group more afraid of radical change than the Left. Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised in Organised Political Crime in Germany and an editor of BRAVE NEW EUROPE It […]
Climate Crisis
Grace Blakeley – The Elephant Trap: The Language of National Security and the Politics of Liberation
It is tempting for reformers to adopt the language of national security in pursuit of policies that would help protect the interests of popular constituencies. But we should be wary that we don’t operate in […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – The Meltdown to Come
The economic cost of lockdown.
EU politics
Vila Web: Amnesty International requests once again the release of two Catalan activists
Human rights NGO says Spain has the opportunity to correct the effects of an ‘unjust sentence’ Read here
Corruption
Carlos Rodríguez: En Madrid están matando al sector de taxi
Volviendo a la realidad del neoliberalismo de la UE, cuyo lema es “Nunca dejes que una buena crisis se desperdicie”. El gobierno regional de Madrid sólo está aplicando la política de la UE Carlos Rodríguez, […]
EU politics
Phil Leeke – The American Election: Jollity and Gloom are contending for an Empire
The US election in on coming Tuesday Phil Leeke is a Faculty Member at the University of Liverpool, English Language Centre American Progress by John Gast The Black Lives Matter movement in America has crystallized […]
EU politics
Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – Prosecuting Catalans, Honouring Fascists
It is not just that “liberal democrats” are anti-democratic, but they are making themselves ridiculous in their campaign to disguise their anti-democratic fervour. Toni Strubell is a former MP in the Catalan Parliament, journalist, and […]
Economics
Carlo Clericetti – Italy and The European Stability Mechanism: “Europe is making us an offer we can’t resist”?
In the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Lucrezia Reichlin, a very authoritative economist, proposes a new version of the “Europe is making us an offer we can’t resist” in which she backs Italy applying for […]