Tax haven based companies won 5 % of the value of public tenders throughout EU countries in 2006-2017. That yields a rough estimate of 100 bilion EUR being awarded annually to such companies.
EU politics
Politico – Von der Leyen’s constant power play exasperates EU capitals
The EU is increasingly governed from the centre, with Von Der Leyen grabbing power where she can and bossing the agenda, despite the Commission President role originally intended to be a largely administrative one. Read […]
Climate Crisis
Politico: French court condemns government for climate inaction
It’s the first time a court condemned the French state over its climate policy. Read here
Austerity
Chris Dillow: The persistence of fiscal stupidity
The United Kingdom continues its destructive policy of austerity under the guise of “Every household knows you cannot spend what you do not have”. As so many critics have pointed out, there were hundreds of […]
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