Bill Mitchell: ECB continues to play a political role making a mockery of its ‘independence’

Farmers and lobby groups are split on an EU agricultural reform that may increase farmers’ incomes and consumers’ prices. A DW joint report reveals a rift between farmers and the groups purporting to represent them. […]

In effect, the EU has embraced a hyper-mercantilist, export-driven growth model, prioritising trade surpluses over internal economic development. This approach has come at the expense of both its own citizens, who face stagnating wages and […]

After years of cutting emissions per barrel of oil extracted, UK drillers saw carbon intensity rise by 15% in 2021 Read here Cormorant Oil Field in the North Sea. Photo: Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace