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
Corruption
Ende Gelaende 2018 – Germany: Hambach coal track and RWE digger blocked
Hambacher Forest: 6,500 activists block mining operations in the Rhineland coalfield, Largest action of civil disobedience of the German climate movement. Read here
Economics
DeStatis: German Economy sinks 0,3% in 4th quarter of 2021
Gross domestic product (GDP), 4th quarter of 2021-0.3% on the previous quarter (price-, seasonally and calendar adjusted)+1.8% on the same quarter a year earlier (price-adjusted)+1.8% on the same quarter a year earlier (price- and calendar-adjusted) […]
Climate Crisis
UNDP: Fossil fuel subsidies reform could limit climate change while tackling global inequalities. Here’s how
The world is spending billions of dollars on fossil fuels subsidies while hundreds of millions of people live in poverty. Priorities must shift if we want humanity to survive. Read here
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