This is well and truly a milestone. Interesting are the two nations that abstained. Britain, because it is scheduled to leave the EU and does this on principle and Germany because of its endemic corporate crime. Germany does not have a whistle-blower law. That was very convenient during the diesel scandal. This is unfortunately only in German, but here is an intervention by Germany against the law: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/parlements_nationaux/com/2018/0218/DE_BUNDESRAT_CONT1-COM(2018)0218_DE.pdf
EU politics
The Herald (Scotland): Nicola Sturgeon was right to call on Mariano Rajoy to follow the “the shining example” of the Edinburgh Agreement in Spain
Iain Macwhirter reflects upon the importance of Scotland’s Independence Referendum of 2014 for Scottish democracy. The current policy of the Spanish government with regard to the Catalan referendum has nothing to do with today’s Europe. […]
Economics
Kate Allen: No, the housing crisis will not be solved by building more homes
Acutally a book review, but it gets to the point very quickly. Read here
Austerity
The Local fr: With no Christmas truce, transport strikes continue across France on Monday
With unions ruling out a ‘Christmas truce’ strike action continues in France on Monday, with public transport still badly disrupted and power cuts over the weekend. Read here
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