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
Richard Braude – Europeans Outraged at ICE Should Also Be Resisting Frontex
‘Reports of ICE thugs providing security for J. D. Vance at Milan’s Winter Olympics have sparked outrage in Italy. In Europe, too, multibillion-euro border agency Frontex is taking on increasingly troubling powers.’ In Jacobin. Read […]
Climate Crisis
Wolfgang Munchau: Cap reforms – not going to work
“Triumphant breakthroughs” are an EU term for further failure, this time with the common agricultural policy. Read here
Economics
Courthouse News: Soaring energy prices drives inflation to a new high across Eurozone
Energy only makes up about 10% of household spending in the EU, with about 40% going to services and 20% to food, alcohol and tobacco. Read Here
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