The highest shares of people unable to keep their home adequately warm were registered in Bulgaria (22.5%), Cyprus (19.2%), Greece (18.7%), Lithuania and Portugal (both 17.5%), Spain (17.1%) and Romania (15.2%).
Economics
Thomas Fazi: 25 Years of the Euro, The Eurocrats’ secret weapon
Twenty-five years on, the euro has handed them victory Read HERE
Austerity
The Guardian: Families thousands of pounds worse off after years of cuts, study finds
Still another report confirming that austerity targets those most vulnerable in society. Better yet, children cannot vote. Read here
EU politics
The Globe Post: Catalan Separatists on Trial Pay Price for Spain’s Crude Transition to Democracy
Watching the trials of the Catalan independentists now taking place at Spain’s highest court in Madrid, I have been reminded again and again of a scene from director Hal Ashby’s marvelous 1979 movie Being There. Read here
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