Hundreds of thousands in the restive region of Catalonia have protested in Barcelona on Saturday (local time) against the imprisonment of nine separatist leaders for their roles in an illegal 2017 secession bid.
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – From Facebook friends to lobby consultants
EU revolving door rules not fit for purpose Read here
Austerity
DW: France hit by more strikes against pension reform
From Eiffel Tower operators to hospital doctors, the strikes have drawn French workers from major sectors of the economy. But the French could be losing their appetite for disruption as the holidays draw near. Read […]
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.
Be the first to comment