Corruption
EU politics
EU politics
Middle East Eye: Use of force by guards in trial of pro-Palestine activists in Germany under scrutiny
Defence lawyers reiterate demands for the recusal of the judge, who they say has ‘no interest’ in hearing the defendants Read Article HERE
Climate Crisis
Politico – Don’t let Big Tech hide ecological cost of AI, environment agency chief tells EU
If Big Tech can build data centres and hide the energy consumption of those data centres, transparency is dead in the EU. Read the full article HERE.
EU politics
Euronews – Germany resists EU members’ push for a tougher stance on China
Germany’s confusion about the sort of relationship it wants with China is symptomatic of an EU that hasn’t woken up to the fact that it can’t compete with Chinese manufacturing and neither can it afford […]
EU politics
Jean-Michel Lafleur, Abdeslam Marfouk – What the public thinks about regularising undocumented migrants depends on how it is framed
Regularisation campaigns create more equal and just societies and have benefits for everyone, but the public doesn’t often hear that message. Jean-Michel Lafleur is the Director of the Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM) […]
EU politics
John McEvoy, Karsen Trull – UK citizens and others subjected to ‘show trial’ in Germany, lawyers say
Two Britons are among activists being tried in Germany after targeting an Israeli weapons factory last year John McEvoy is Chief Reporter for Declassified UK Karsen Trull is the Press Officer at CAGE International Cross-posted […]
EU politics
EU politics
Euronews – Europe’s poverty divide: Which cities and regions are most and least at risk?
One in five people in Europe are in poverty, but the picture varies a lot by country and by region. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Electronic Intifada: Italy jails Palestinian over videos on his phone
On 14 April, a court in Campobasso, southern Italy, sentenced Ahmad Salem, a Palestinian asylum seeker, to four years in prison. The decision followed a now-familiar pattern in Italian – and, more broadly, European – […]
Economics
Larry C. Johnson: What the US Media is Saying About Trump’s Trip to China
I thought it would be useful to highlight the reporting and analysis of the New York Times, the Washington Post and Politico regarding President Donald Trump’s trip to China. I read it so you don’t […]