In libertarian circles, where the leader of the German liberals, Christian Lindner, regularly moves, it has become chic to refer to the ‘successes’ of the Argentine president elected a year ago, thus creating the impression that shock therapy could also be appropriate in this country. The Argentine president, Javier Milei, is being held up as a paragon of liberalism before anyone can even present well-founded empirical evidence that his radical approach is having positive effects. Even the no-less libertarian Elon Musk is repeatedly cited as Milei’s kindred spirit, presumably to show how much money can be made if you have the right attitude.
EU politics
Ben Wray: Spain – The Scotland Papers
Ben Wray reports for Bella Caledonia from Spain where the leaked ‘Scotland Papers’ expose a bizarre set of relations between Scotland and Spain, and examples of paranoia, bullying and racism in the Spanish Foreign Ministry. […]
EU politics
Mirror: Poverty as bad as Charles Dickens era as hungry kids go without winter coats and sleep in uniform
Just that this does not appear an anomaly in Europe, we can confirm that in Berlin – in wealthy Germany – teachers take breakfast food to school. for their pupils who would otherwise not have […]
Corruption
Reuters: EU watchdog slams Germany for lapses in Wirecard fraud
The German government is not sweeping the dirt under the carpet, it is shovelling it, especially SPD finance minister and chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz. Read here
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