In the second quarter of 2022, the EU seasonally adjusted current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of €37.4 billion (–1.0% of GDP), down from a surplus of €8.8 billion (0.2% of GDP) in the first quarter of 2022 and down from a surplus of €104.8 billion (2.9% of GDP) in the second quarter of 2021
Climate Crisis
Politico: Macron, 3 other leaders warn Mercosur deal could ‘destabilize’ farm sector
Here we are again: the interests of EU citizens are being suppressed so that the Germans can sell more cars. Cheaper beef for cheaper cars. What about climate change? Read here
Geopolitics
Tithi Bhattacharya – Palestine: My Letter to the Modern Language Association (MLA) Refusing the Prize for My Book
As a historian of British imperialism, I cannot close my eyes to the colonial legacies, similarities and solidarities between the Palestinians and my people. Moreover, as an educator of the next generation I find that […]
EU politics
Adam Tooze: Italy’s elite chooses a strategy of tension
The EU political elite appears to have lost contact with reality, to such an extent that it seems to have gone into self-destruct mode. This has nothing more to do with politics and everything to […]
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