Among the Member States for which data are available for the third quarter of 2023, Latvia (+0.6%) recorded the highest increase compared to the previous quarter, followed by Belgium (+0.5%) and Spain (+0.3%). The highest declines were recorded in Ireland (-1.8%), Austria (-0.6%) and Czechia (-0.3%). The growth rates compared to the same quarter of the previous year were positive for five countries, with the highest values observed for Portugal (+1.9%), Spain (+1.8%) and Belgium (+1.5%). The highest declines were recorded for Ireland (-4.7%), Estonia (-2.5%), Austria and Sweden (-1.2% both)
Economics
Jo Michell – Health vs. the Economy: A False Choice
Boris Johnson is framing the Covid-19 debate as ‘health vs. the economy’ – but his government’s approach to this crisis has helped neither, and nor will recklessness in easing the lockdown. Read here
EU politics
BBC: Kosovo agrees to rent prison cells to Denmark for its foreign prisoners
After beginning its wall building on the EU Eastern border, now this. Donald Trump must be incandescent that he did not think of it. Read here Nykoebing Prison in Denmark Photo by PejeDK licensed under […]
Corruption
DeClassified UK: Israel lobby funded a quarter of British MPs
Some 180 of Britain’s 650 MPs in the last parliament accepted funding from pro-Israel lobby groups or individuals during their political career, Declassified can reveal. That includes 130 Conservative MPs, 41 Labour MPs and three […]
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