Two weeks of nationwide industrial action against President Emmanuel Macron’s planned overhaul of the pension system have disrupted railways and roads, shut some schools and brought more than half a million people onto the streets.
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Economics
Hong Kong Free Press: Hong Kong Budget 2020: HK$10,000 cash handouts for all adult permanent residents among raft of relief measures
Helicopter Money has landed. Apparently Singapore and Macau are following suit. Read here
Economics
Nick Shaxson: Tax justice and the coronavirus
The Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic is, at least on available evidence, striking rich western countries the hardest so far. Lower-income countries will be hit hard too, however: massive capital flight is already underway. And in all […]
EU politics
Fidaa Al Zaanin: Germany Believes in Free Speech, but Not for Palestinians
This month, Palestinians mark the Nakba, the wave of ethnic cleansing that began their decades of displacement. But in Germany, trumped-up antisemitism allegations are being used to suppress the commemorations — showing that speech isn’t […]
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