Among Member States for which data are available, the largest monthly decreases in the total retail trade volume were registered in Slovenia (–10.5%), Hungary and Poland (both –2.0%) and Sweden (–1.6%). The highest increases were observed in Cyprus (+1.6%), Luxembourg (+0.8%) and Belgium (+0.7%).
Austerity
Yanis Varoufakis: Greece was never bailed out – it remains a debtor’s prison and the EU won’t let go of the keys
It is odd that the EU still is trying to maintain its lie of “We saved Greece”. How can the EU lead Europe when it has lost all moral authority? Read here
Corruption
Al Jazeera: Ukraine says it uncovers $40m arms corruption scheme
Ukraine has always been an exceptionally corrupt nation, so this cannot come as a surprise. Read HERE
EU politics
Lily Lynch: Estonia’s hawks
Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has become an icon of the new feminist Atlanticism, a rebranded form of aggressive militarism, writes Lily Lynch in ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
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