Corruption
Politico: Big business circles EU’s consumer protections
An industry-friendly approach to consumer protection could make its way into EU legislation after years of lobbying. Read here
Regulation
Deregulation
Investigate Europe: Crina Boros – Romanian Trucker, Polish Wage, Dutch Workplace
How salaries migrate across the EU in the road haulage business Read here
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory: Renewable gas lobby exposed as misleading ahead of EU 2050 Climate Strategy
Ahead of the European Commission announcing its ‘2050 Climate Strategy’ for complying with the targets set out in the Paris Agreement, Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) today released a two-part briefing (Part I, Part II) on […]
EU politics
Bill Mitchell: EU Services Notification Directive will undermine democracy within cities
How the non-democratic EU Commission continues to usurp power to serve corporations. It is good that Bill Mitchell has picked up on this and provides a thorough analysis. This is truly important. Read here
Austerity
Judith Clifton, Daniel Díaz-Fuentes and Ana Lara Gómez – Ideology (not economics) explains why the Troika treated Ireland less harshly than Greece
Both Greece and Ireland suffered substantially during the Eurozone crisis, but the two countries’ treatment by the ‘Troika’ of the IMF, European Central Bank and European Commission was strikingly different. Drawing on new research, they […]
Economics
Richard Murphy – Brexit: What I think Labour should be saying on Europe
During the Brexit debate we have concentrated our coverage on the real cause of the successful referendum: the destructive neo-liberal policy of the EU that has caused so much suffering and misfortune for so many. […]
Deregulation
Bill Mitchell: Financial services agreements – the EU as a neoliberal, corporatist project
Bill Mitchell on one of the EU´s current neo-liberal mega projects: TISA (“Trade in Services Agreement”). Read here
Environment
Nick Dearden: Tricks of the trade
Liam Fox is planning bargain-basement trade deals for Brexit Britain – but Labour policy promises to deliver trade justice and democracy for the many. Read here
Austerity
Jeremy Smith and John Weeks – EU’s dysfunctional fiscal rules empower the far right, both in Italy and elsewhere
Prime Economics Co-Director Jeremy Smith and PEF Council member John Weeks analyse the “bar room budget-brawl” between the Italian government and the European Commission, and argue that the Commission’s wrong-footed response threatens to strengthen the […]
EU politics
Bloomberg: Browder Laundering Complaint Shows $97 Million Nokia Payment
The reputation of Scandinavian banks is going from tarnished to sullied, from hygga to organised crime. Read here