“The 4-month-old movement drew bigger crowds Saturday than in recent weeks”. Austerity is not on the decline. Why should the giletes jaunes give up? As the May EU elections near, liberal democrats will become nervous.
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EU politics
Al Jazeera: Over 100 migrants, refugees feared drowned in Mediterranean Sea
Shipwreck off Libya’s coast threatens to be deadliest incident in the Mediterranean this year. Read here
Austerity
Adam Tooze: The Gatekeeper
Rearrangements of the relationship between economic expertise and politics in the Democratic Party in the US, which Tooze puts in context by tracing Paul Krugman’s intellectual trajectory over recent decades. Read here
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK: Two Thirds of Online Posts from Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’
One expert called it a “systematic deceptive marketing campaign designed to interfere with the solution that is necessary to respond to the climate emergency: stopping fossil fuel production.” Read here
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