The Covid-19 crisis, the most serious global health crisis in a century, forces us to fundamentally rethink the notion of international solidarity. Beyond the right to produce vaccines and medical equipment, it is the whole question of the right of poor countries to develop and to receive part of the tax revenues of the world’s multinationals and billionaires that must be asked. We need to move beyond the neo-colonial notion of international aid, paid at the whim of rich countries and under their control, and finally move towards a logic of rights.
EU politics
Balkan Insight: Italy Sends Third Ship Transporting Migrants to Albania
After two failed attempts to sent migrants and asylum seekers to camps in Albania for processing under a controversial scheme instigated by Italian premier Giorgia Meloni, Italy sent a third ship that reached Albania on […]
Corruption
ICIJ: Seven EU Countries Labeled ‘Tax Havens’ in Parliament Report
A committee of the European Parliament has found that seven of the European Union’s own member states — including Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg — behave like tax havens. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The ‘truth sandwich’ and the impacts of neoliberalism
In this blog Bill Mitchell addresses two topics: argumentation and socialmobility/inequality. As always eith Mitchell, a worthwhile read. Read here
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