Economics
Bloomberg: Germany’s Days as an Industrial Superpower Are Coming to an End
As political paralysis grips Berlin, the energy crisis was the final blow for a growing number of manufacturers Read HERE
Regulation
Climate Crisis
Natalia Mamonova – Blame the System, Not the Farmers
The farmer protests as indicators of the systemic crisis of the neoliberal agricultural model that has failed farmers and the planet. Natalia Mamonova is a rural (political) sociologist with over 10 years of research experience […]
Economics
Thomas Piketty: Rethinking Europe after Delors
With the death of Jacques Delors, president of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995, a chapter in European history has ended. The time has come to take critical stock of this decisive period and […]
National Politics
Aneira J. Edmunds: France’s ban on the abaya – the perfect distraction?
While the ban has been presented as a protection of women’s rights, it says far more about the insecurities of the French government. Read HERE Photo: hilmar h. werner/Wikimedia Commons
Corruption
ARC – EU Commission Proposes 10 Year Glyphosate Renewal
This can’t be true. The author forgets to mention that since the German corporation Bayer bought Monsanto with its glyphosate product Round Up, the German government is no longer is against the use of glyphosate. […]
Climate Crisis
Sebastian Mang, Dominic Caddick – New EU fiscal rules jeopardise investment needed to combat climate crisis
Limits will hit poor countries the hardest Sebastian Mang is Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer at the New Economics Foundation Dominic Caddick is a researcher specialising in the political economy of fiscal and monetary policy. […]
Climate Crisis
Tatyana Novikova – Rare Earth Mining: Sacrificing the Environment to Save the Planet?
The EU Critical Raw Materials Act, supposedly motivated by concern over climate change, may perversely have been about overriding environmental regulations at the national level. Tatyana Novikova reports on issues of nuclear power and sustainable […]
Corruption
Benny Haerlin; New Genetic Engineering – Small Cause, Big Effect
The genetic engineering lobby together with the EU Commission has gone on the offensive again. Benny Haerlin ist journalist and former MEP A first version of this article has been published July 7th on ARC2020 […]
National Politics
Helmut Philipp Aust – Cluster Munition and International Law
Ukraine’s use of cluster munition has implications for allies like the Federal Republic of Germany Helmut Philipp Aust is a Professor of Public and International Law at the Free University of Berlin Cross-posted from Verfassungsblog […]
Climate Crisis
Robin McAlpine – We need a collective response to climate disaster, not punitive individualism
As one European government after the other – most recently Germany – is foiled in its neo-liberal climate policies, the simple solution of the state leading the way based on social policy is anathema. Robin […]