Climate Crisis
Wolfgang Munchau: Cap reforms – not going to work
“Triumphant breakthroughs” are an EU term for further failure, this time with the common agricultural policy. Read here
Regulation
EU politics
Eamonn Mulholland, Pierre-Louis Ragon – The ongoing battle for stricter vehicle emission limits in Europe
Since the first regulations were put in place to address pollution from cars, the arguments against emissions standards have scarcely changed. Eamonn Mulholland is an Associate Researcher at ICCT Pierre-Louis Ragon is Heavy-Duty Vehicles Fellow […]
EU politics
Wolfgang Streeck – Switzerland and its relationship with the European Union
The EU has once again failed to impose its political will upon a sovereign nation. Wolfgang Streeck is the Emeritus Director of Director the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany […]
Economics
Corporate Europe Observatory – Off the hook?
How business lobbies against liability for human rights and environmental abuses Read here
Climate Crisis
Chelsea Baldino, Stephanie Searle – EU: GO big or GO home with e-fuels and hydrogen
The EU is already preparing to cheat on the Green Deal just as they did with the diesel cheating devices used by European car manufacturers to get past emissions laws. Chelsea Baldino is a Researcher […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory: Big Pharma’s lobbying firepower in Brussels: at least €36 million a year (and likely far more)
Big Pharma is currently waging a fierce lobbying battle to protect its monopoly patent rights for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. While Corporate Europe Observatory broadly outlines the sector’s lobby spending, this is likely to be […]
Austerity
Thomas Fazi – The Eternal Return of “Technical Government” in Italy
If there is a country that epitomizes the perils of technopopulism, it is Italy Read here
Economics
Vladimir Bogoeski – Germany: Harvesting injustice
How the legacy of neoliberal labour market regulation helps exclude seasonal migrant workers from social security in Germany Vladimir Bogoeski is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam and an associate researcher at the […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Dr Die Schwarze Null still not thinking beyond more austerity
Wolfgang Schäuble is the person who personified the so-called ‘die schwarze null’ (Black Zero) while finance Minister. His conduct as finance minister was an instrumental element in extending the GFC across the Eurozone. He is […]
Corruption
The Counterbalance – The European System of Monopoly
An interview with Tommaso Valletti, who served as Chief Competition Economist at the European Commission from 2016 until 2019. He tells us how, after moving from academic life to policy and being confronted with questions […]