EU politics
ara.cat – Xavier Antich: Who protects us from the judges?
This is an excellent article concerning the latest travesties of the Spanish (in-)justice system. Read here
National Politics
Corruption
the shift: Pilatus Bank might be gone but Malta remains a money-laundering haven
Once again it took the intervention of the US justice authorities to force the EU to finally do something about one of its criminal bank, not that the EU really cares. Laws, like austerity, are […]
Austerity
Heiner Flassbeck – The economic situation in Bulgaria and Romania – Part 2
For economic policy in most Eastern European nations, only the market counts. However, this cannot work in a world where the conditions for traditional macroeconomic management no longer exist. Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as […]
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis – Can you take on the EU and win?
The former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis staked his political career on getting a deal with the European Union – and lost. Now, as Theresa May enters the Brexit endgame, he looks back at the […]
Economics
Gwilym Pryce and Meng Le Zhang – Inequality in Scotland: despite Nordic aspirations, things are not improving
Shutterstock Gwilym Pryce, University of Sheffield and Meng Le Zhang, University of Sheffield When it comes to social policy, Scottish politicians have tended to look across the North Sea, rather than the Atlantic, for […]
Environment
Nick Dearden: Tricks of the trade
Liam Fox is planning bargain-basement trade deals for Brexit Britain – but Labour policy promises to deliver trade justice and democracy for the many. Read here
EU politics
Maurizio Molinari: Italy’s battle with Brussels is about more than money
The unlikely coalition running Italy has one thing that unites it – hostility to the EU Read here
EU politics
Bloomberg: Spain´s notorious Supreme Court: Banks Win Mortgage Tax Reprieve
Thanks to the Catalan independence movement we are realising how politicised and reactionary Spain´s justice system is. Also see this Read here
EU politics
Reuters: EU digital tax plan flounders as states ready national moves
Oh well. This is going the way of the financial transaction tax and stopping tax evasion. The EU is simply a neo-liberal organisation in service of the transnational corporations. Read here
EU politics
Hans-Georg Betz: Matteo Salvini – Italy’s salvation?
Is it entirely unreasonable to expect that Italy’s populists in power, though unavoidable, will end up like many governments before them – mugged by harsh reality? Hans-Georg Betz is a leading expert on populism and […]