Deregulation
The Local se: Swedish prime minister resigns to trigger search for new government
How the neo-liberal political parties are ushering in the far right. Read here
EU politics
Climate Crisis
Wolfgang Munchau: Cap reforms – not going to work
“Triumphant breakthroughs” are an EU term for further failure, this time with the common agricultural policy. Read here
EU politics
Claudio Salone – The (not only) Italian anomaly of the 5 Star Movement
The financial elite has bought European liberal-democratic parties, but are these still relevant or simply an illusion of media? Claudio Salone was a school principal and teacher for ancient literature in Rome The ‘Perfect Storm’ […]
Corruption
Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – L’escàndol del Tribunal de Cuentas: “Allibera’ls primer, arruïna’ls després!”
You can read this article in English here Margarita Mariscal de Gante Després d’haver indultat els nou presos polítics catalans rere tres anys i mig de vergonyosa presó, qualsevol persona que pensi que hi ha […]
Aviation
Marta Vidal – The Portuguese government wants to build a new airport; environmentalists want climate justice
This repeats itself throughout Europe. Governments cannot say enough about climate emergency, but do not change their policies. Marta Vidal is a freelance journalist Cross-posted from Equal Times Standing on a wooden tripod on a […]
EU politics
Steve Keen – Free Julian Assange
Today begins #AssangeWeek in the week running up to Julian’s 50th birthday. BRAVE NEW EUROPE would like to help kick this off with a piece by the fellow Australian, progressive thinker, and renowned economist Steve […]
EU politics
Eamonn Mulholland, Pierre-Louis Ragon – The ongoing battle for stricter vehicle emission limits in Europe
Since the first regulations were put in place to address pollution from cars, the arguments against emissions standards have scarcely changed. Eamonn Mulholland is an Associate Researcher at ICCT Pierre-Louis Ragon is Heavy-Duty Vehicles Fellow […]
EU politics
Dana Brablec – #Romalivesmatter: death at police hands raises questions about racism faced by Czechia’s Roma citizens
Footage showing Stanislav Tomáš being restrained by three policemen in Teplice, Czech Republic. YouTube/ROMEA TV Dana Brablec, Bangor University Video footage from Teplice in the Czech Republic which appears to show a police officer kneeling […]
EU politics
Núria Bassa, Toni Strubell – Sánchez or Catalonia, who needed pardoning?
On June 21 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe approved a resolution arising from a excoriating report calling for the release of the pro-independence prisoners in Spain, an end to the persecution of […]
Finance
Sabrina Aquino – Chile: Neoliberalism Under Siege in its Country of Birth
The movement for a new constitution is changing Chile, the country where military rulers embarked on an early and violent experiment in market reforms. Sabrina Aquino, director of Fundación País Digno and feminist activist of […]