EU politics
Fintan O’Toole: Trial runs for fascism are in full flow
What we are seeing cannot be ignored. At the same time, we have to ask the question: How did we get here? Read here
EU politics
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK: Ireland’s Government Using Fake Data to Pretend Dairy Emissions Aren’t Rising Fast
Ireland’s Agriculture Minister, Michael Creed and his officials are mounting a co-ordinated campaign to mislead the Irish parliament (Dáil) about the true state of spiralling dairy emissions, DeSmog.uk has learned. Read here
Economics
Richard Murphy – Setting the appropriate objectives for economic policy
Richard Murphy seems to be heading for the title of the “People‘s Economist”. In this piece he does a brilliant job of explaining economics and state finances in a simple (not simplistic) and systematic fashion. […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The Meseberg Declaration – don’t hold your breath waiting
The EU as we know it: Much ado about nothing. Read here
Corruption
Prem Sikka: The UK’s financial regulators are presiding over widespread corporate failure
As we are probably heading into the next financial crisis, afterwards there will be the great outcry concerning the lack of regulation. It never went away following the last financial crisis. Read here
Economics
Ann Pettifor: Irish house prices sky-high due to finance not scarcity
This all sounds frightfully familiar. It is a problem that currently extends through much of Europe. Read here
Economics
Michael Roberts: Erdogan’s Turkey
A good summary of the acute economic problems currently facing Turkey. Read here Wikimedia Commons
EU politics
GUE/NGL: Apple’s systematic EU tax dodging exposed by new study
This shows what a sham the tax policy of the EU for international corporations is. Read here
Corruption
Romania Insider.com: Romania’s ruling party leader will accelerate criminal code changes after new conviction
So we have the Romanian Social Democrats and Liberal parties, both members of their corresponding groups in the EU Parliament, changing the laws to exonerate themselves of corruption. This is what the EU political elite […]
Economics
Lars P. Syll – To save Europe we have to abandon the euro
That the Euro was mistakenly constructed seems to be consensus, but no one seems to be willing to change this. We are already seeing the effects: the rise of far-right parties in the EU, not […]