Corruption
euronews: Money spent by EU on migration policy becoming ‘complex’ to track
The web of funds going towards the externalisation of the contentious issue is getting much wider. Read HERE
Racism
EU politics
Greek shipwreck oracle: A horrible accident at sea or the inevitable function of militarised borders? – Interview with Lauren Markham
The militarisation of the EU’s external borders replicates many of the deadly practices of the United States on its Mexican border Interview by Todd Miller, author of ‘Build Bridges Not Walls’ and editor of The […]
EU politics
Harrison Stetler: France’s Police Unions Are Mobilizing to Defend Their Impunity
The police killing of a 17-year-old in a Paris suburb has sparked a revolt against state violence across France. But powerful police unions have closed ranks behind the killer, in a backlash that shows French […]
EU politics
Philippe Marlière: Who Will Protect France’s Ethnic Minorities From the Police?
The killing of Nahel was only the latest in a long track record of brutal, racist policing in France. Philippe Marlière is a Professor of French and European Politics at University College London (UK). Cross-posted […]
Economics
Mathew D. Rose – Germany: No Country for Angry Old White Men
An analysis of the rise of the far-right AfD in Germany Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised in Organised Political Crime in Germany and an editor of BRAVE NEW EUROPE The “political barbarians” […]
EU politics
BBC: Finland’s economy minister resigns after 10 days over Nazi references
The EU has become a breeding ground for Nazis as state leaders. Vilhelm Junnila, of the far-right Finns Party, quit amid a new furore over comments he made in parliament where he said a solution […]
National Politics
France 24: UK court rules against government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
This will not stop the EU from doing the same. Read HERE
EU politics
Binoy Kampmark – Deaths at sea: from the Titan to the Mediterranean
The Titan implosion was foolhardy exploration, the Greek shipwreck was an enormous disaster with the state’s fingerprints all over it – which is more significant for the media to focus coverage on? Binoy Kampmark was […]
EU politics
Sarah Wolff, Florian Trauner – What an EU-Tunisia migration deal would mean for refugees
The EU has held discussions with Tunisia over a potential deal to reduce irregular migration in the Mediterranean. While the proposed deal might well reduce the number of arrivals in Europe, it could come at […]
EU politics
David Hearst: The Greek boat disaster was caused by Europe’s deals with dictators
The former colonial powers are feeding the very causes of regional, social and economic instability that create these refugee flows. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. Cross-posted from Middle East Eye […]