Economics
Thomas Fazi: Integration by coup(s): a counter-history of the EU
The text of the talk I gave yesterday at the full-house launch of my latest MCC Brussels report: “The silent coup: the European Commission’s power grab” Read HERE
Regulation
Austerity
Richard Murphy – Neoliberalism was the underlying cause of the Grenfell disaster
The only supporters of neo-liberalism are those porfitting from it. Others, as in this case and many others, die due to it. Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting, Sheffield University Management School. […]
EU politics
Craig Murray – Pavel Durov and the Abuse of Law
“Everything I have seen in the mainstream media has been wrong about Durov’s arrest, claiming that the EU Digital Services Act places obligations for monitoring and granting access when it specifically says the exact opposite.” […]
Environment
Transport & Environment: Mining waste – time for EU to clean up
A new legal analysis makes the case for a revision of the EU Extractive Waste Directive. Read HERE
Economics
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era by Gary Gerstle
Book Review by Branko Milanović The very well-written and easy to read book by Gary Gerstle (The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order) makes two key points. First, and continuing from Gerstle’s previous book […]
EU politics
Jewish Currents: The Strange Logic of Germany’s Antisemitism Bureaucrats
An army of antisemitism commissioners was supposed to help Germany atone for its past. Critics say it is evidence of a memory effort gone haywire. Read HERE
Climate Crisis
Moira Lavelle – Greek Unions Want Paid Time Off When It’s Too Hot to Work
Greece’s latest heat wave in July highlighted the danger of 100°F-plus temperatures for workers toiling in the sun. Trade unions are proposing a sensible solution: mandatory, paid stoppages on outdoor work when temperatures reach dangerous […]
Climate Crisis
ARC – Re-CAP: Breaking down the breakdown of the EU’s green farming measures
The last few months have been a rollercoaster ride for the EU’s farming subsidy programme, which has seen its green ambitions sacrificed on the altar of food security and politics Cross-posted from the ARC website […]
Economics
Carlo D’Ippoliti – After the European Elections: Fiscal Policy is the Elephant in the Room
The most crucial issue in European policy, and one on which no big party campaigned and no important public discussion took place, was the fiscal policy stance for the next few years Carlo D’Ippoliti is […]
EU politics
Al Jazeera – EU threatens tariff hike of up to 38% on Chinese electric vehicles
The EU is mirroring the United States’ tariff policy on Chinese electric vehicles, despite Germany’s opposition. Read the article HERE.