Climate Crisis
Corporate Europe Observatory: The deadly climate gamble
Dirty Energy bets on unproven ‘carbon removals’ to keep fossil fuels flowing Read Here
Regulation
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Big Tech now edges out Big Energy in EU lobbying
Companies with the highest-declared lobby budgets have increased their spending by a third since 2015 Corporate Europe Observatory is a non-profit research and campaign group whose declared aim is to “expose any effects of corporate […]
Climate Crisis
EEB: EU wastes more food than it imports, says new report
European Commission faces pressure to set legally binding targets to tackle food waste scandal. Read Here
EU politics
Sebastian Diessner – More questions than answers? The EU’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority
The EU, notorious den of money laundering, taking years to finally have a functioning authority and most concerned about where the offices will be. Sebastian Diessner is an Assistant Professor at Leiden University Cross-posted from […]
EU politics
Bill Mitchell: IMF reform proposals for the Eurozone are just weak band aids that cannot fix the dysfunctional mess
All the other options – such as the IMF’s current plan – just put band-aids over the mess – and they are weak bandages at best. Meanwhile, the ECB will have to continue funding the […]
Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Picking apart the corrupt European energy system
Amid a growing energy crisis, political leaders across Europe want to divert attention away from their own role in its exacerbation and instead make citizens focus on one thing only: Russia. However, it is far […]
EU politics
Wolfgang Streeck – Strategic desperation
Is there any chance of building an independent Europe with an independent security policy? Wolfgang Streeck is the Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany Cross-posted from […]
Economics
Philipp Heimberger, Lea Steininger – ECB interest rate hikes will damage climate protection policies
On 21 July, the European Central Bank decided to raise interest rates for the first time since 2011 in a bid to curb inflation. With further rate rises potentially on the horizon that climate protection […]
Economics
Carlo Clericetti – EU rules, Germany looking backwards
A document from the Germen ministry led by Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck, who is also co-leader of the Greens, proposes a reform of the EU financial rules that changes very little compared to the past and […]
Economics
John P. Ruehl – Russia and the European Union Continue Transition to Wartime Economies
Russia and the West have signaled their intent to commit to a long-term confrontation over Ukraine. While Russia has clearly felt the effect of sanctions, the EU remains vulnerable to Russian attempts to use energy […]