French President Emmanuel Macron’s government suffered a major blow Monday when the key architect of the pension overhaul resigned over alleged conflicts of interests, on the 12th day of transport strikes against the planned changes.
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Austerity
Politico – EU goes easy on France’s Bayrou as he tries to plug €53B black hole
Yet more evidence that the EU’s ‘budget rules’ are wholly political – when it’s government’s Brussels doesn’t like, they are iron-clad, when it’s government’s Brussels does like, they are broad guidelines. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
German Foreign Policy: ‘In Germany’s national interest’
The German government continues to support the Israeli war policy. Berlin’s alliance with Israel is central to a Middle East policy designed to free up the US for its power play against China Read HERE
Finance
Reuters: Swiss prosecutors seek widening of secrecy law to bankers abroad
Interesting how often laws are either interpreted or “improved” to protect the interests of the 1%. Read here
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