Nuno Mendes, a 40-year-old Portuguese worker lives on six-month contracts. He earns 1,200 euros a month. Banks won’t give him a mortgage. “Everything in my life is on hold — starting a family, making long-term plans,” he says.
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Corruption
OCCRP: Gold for visas
For refugees and poor migrants, travel can be terrifying, with no guarantee of a welcome at the end. For the one percent, it’s a different story, as a growing number of cash-strapped countries invite them […]
EU politics
GUE/NGL: Apple’s systematic EU tax dodging exposed by new study
This shows what a sham the tax policy of the EU for international corporations is. Read here
Finance
Branko Milanovic: If you want to be rich, you’d better be born in, or emigrate to a rich country
Branko Milanovic explains the current state of global inequality Read here
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