EU politics
Catalan News: Spain adopts controversial digital decree
Measure presented by Spanish Socialists to stop Catalonia developing “digital republic” grants authorities in Madrid “exceptional” powers Read here
Regulation
Climate Crisis
Transport & Environment – Crunch Time for Europe’s List of True ‘Green’ Businesses
This is an extremely critical issue. The financial industry is having difficulty finding investments that bring a high profit. They are trying to manipulate the EU rules as to what is a “Green Investment”, which […]
Corruption
EU-OCS: Thierry Breton: Is Macron new pick for the EU Commission a smart move?
The EU neo-liberal dream: Big Business regulating Big Business Read here
Corruption
Selam Gebrekidan, Matt Apuzzo and Benjamin Novak – The Money Farmers: How Oligarchs and Populists Milk the E.U. for Millions
Why do such explicit articles have to come from the USA? It says everything about corporate media in the EU. Read here
Austerity
Costas Lapavitsas – Learning from Brexit
We have avoided the topic of Brexit, but when the most eloquent and convincing proponent of Lexit writes something on the topic – and this is a lengthy article – it is well worth reading, […]
Regulation
Peter Mock – Revival of diesel? How the dead hand of the past steers the German economy
Sales of diesel cars in Germany jumped towards the end of 2018. Does this indicate a revival? Perhaps its says more about the late response of Volkswagen to a global crisis. Peter Mock is EU […]
Climate Crisis
Sam Lowe – Should the EU put a Tax on Imported CO2?
An EU carbon border tax would be tricky to design, costly to implement and sure to provoke legal challenges. But if done properly there are reasons to think it could succeed, says the Centre for […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Who Owns All The EU Pipelines?
Why is the EU still building new and unnecessary gas pipelines and LNG terminals? Who’s pushing them and who’s profiting from them? The companies behind Europe’s gas transport network are rarely household names, yet their […]
Climate Crisis
Alex Phillips – A Green New Deal is the only way to fight Climate Change.
Transition to renewable energies – to redress past profligacy – needs to be enforced by an Environmental Justice Commission, as proposed by a Green New Deal for Europe Alex Phillips is a Green Party Member […]
Finance
Sky News – Top EU regulator in talks to head bank lobby group
One of Europe’s top banking regulators is in talks to head the trade body that leads the investment banking industry’s lobbying effort across the EU. Read here