EU politics
The Wire: Spain Blocks Catalan Ex-Leader Puigdemont From Being Voted In
In the meantime a successor has been found and should be voted in, if the Spanish Government does not intervene. Read here
EU politics
Economics
Guntram B. Wolff: Germany’s current account surplus and corporate investment
Following the 1990s post-reunification period and since the beginning of monetary union, Germany’s current account has grown substantially. In the crisis years, Germany’s lost about 15 percentage points of GDP in its external investments, but […]
EU politics
Helen Lock: ‘Google go home’: the Berlin neighbourhood fighting off a tech giant
Everything the monopolist Google touches it corrupts. For this reason citizens of Berlins borough Kreuzberg does not want them moving in. Rents are already rocketing in the city. There is no reason why Google have […]
Economics
Thomas Piketty: May 1968 and inequality
The May ’68 Movement was the start of a historical period of considerable reduction in social inequalities in France which ran out of steam later for quite different reasons. Read here
National Politics
Chris Bambery – Spain: Nationalism, not tolerance
Spain is currently not a beacon of democracy in the EU. Its cack-handed manner of dealing with the Catalan independence referendum and ensuing inexorable persecution of Catalan politicians has little to do with democracy. This […]
Corruption
Prem Sikka: Tax-haven transparency won’t stop money laundering in Britain
Money laundering is not an accident, aberration, or crime. It is an institution. Read here
EU politics
Rosalind Shorrocks – Young women are more left wing than men, study reveals
Drop the Label Movement/Unsplash Rosalind Shorrocks, University of Manchester Young women across Western Europe and Canada are more left wing than their male counterparts, according to new research I carried out that also shows among […]
Environment
ICCT – How to think about vehicle bans: An update after two major European judicial decisions
This article may be somewhat overly optimistic. There has been no real change up to now. Even in the United States Volkswagen could buy driving rights for its diesel powered cars. By Drew Kodjak, Executive […]
EU politics
The Guardian: Five in court accused of trying to help migrants enter Greece
Billions of Euros to reward the dictator Erdogan, prison for EU citizens that have a civilised conscience. That is the EU today – and Syriza, which sold its people down the river. Read here
EU politics
Private Eye: London lawyers pursue the dead – Daphne Caruana Galizia
What ever happened to freedom of the press being one of the most valuable elementss of our democratic heritage? Obviously making money trumps that. Read here