Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment: Shipping carbon price loophole lets millions of tonnes of CO2 off the hook
The EU’s “Brown Deal” makes it possible Read Here
Regulation
Economics
The Counterbalance – The UK is breaking up Facebook / Meta and (almost) nobody noticed
This is a big deal, and a very good thing Counterbalance is a newsletter from a new anti-monopoly organisation, the Balanced Economy Project. Cross-posted from The Counterbalance To subscribe to The Counterbalance click Here Frances […]
EU politics
Wolfgang Streeck – Waking sleeping dogs
As the possibility of revising the Treaties has stalled, the Commission and Parliament have asserted the right to intervene in the national politics and legal systems of member states. Wolfgang Streeck is the Emeritus Director […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: German threats of exit rely on the ignorance of others reinforced by Europhile progressives
Bullying is the hallmark of politics in Europe it seems. Read here Photo: youtube
Economics
Thomas Fazi, Paolo Cornetti: How the EU destroyed Italian democracy
Rome’s president has been turned into an emperor Thomas Fazi is a writer, journalist and translator. His latest book ‘Reclaiming the State’ is published by Pluto Press. Paolo Cornetti is a policy adviser. He is […]
EU politics
Reuters: Leonardo calls on EU to add defence to sustainable investment list
Then “Green Coal” cannot be far behind in the climate sustainability taxonomy Read Here Jeremy Fasci, U.S. Marine Corps
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Bottom up reform in the EMU requires the abandonment of the Treaties
The question is when will Brussels seeks to reinstate the Stability and Growth Pact. Read Here
Austerity
Costas Lapavitsas, Sergi Cutillas – National states, transnational institutions, and hegemony in the EU
The emerging EU fiscal policy framework lacks clear rules, reflecting the peculiar character of German hegemony as well as deep divisions between core and periphery in the EU. Costas Lapavitsas is an Economist at SOAS […]
Climate Crisis
BBC: EU plans to label gas and nuclear energy ‘green’ prompt row
The EU “Brown Deal” is taking shape. One can ask what this has to do with sustainability? Germany, which is closing its nuclear reactors anyway, is against nuclear energy being classified as green, but with […]
Austerity
Gustavo Piga – What an ambitious Europe would need
Not all that shines is gold. Gustavo Piga is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata Cross-posted from Gustavo’s website Painting by Angela Maria Piga Any citizen who cares about the […]