The Hague Court of Appeal’s ruling that the State of the Netherlands (hereinafter the “State”) must cease exports of F-35 parts to Israel can be upheld. That is the recommendation given by Advocate General Vlas to the Supreme Court in the opinion he delivered today. According to the Advocate General, the Court of Appeal was justified in finding that there is a clear risk that Israel’s F-35 fighter jets are being used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law in the Gaza Strip. Under various international regulations to which the Netherlands is a party, exports of military goods must be banned if such a clear risk exists.
Economics
DeStatis – Germany: Manufacturing in November 2022: new orders down 11% year on year
This is not good news for a mercantilist nation: Real (price adjusted) new orders in manufacturing decreased by 5.3% on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis in November 2022 compared with October 2022, according to […]
Corruption
Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian Parliament summons Defence Ministry leadership following corruption allegations
Ukraine’s parliamentary committee on national security, defense, and intelligence summons top officials of the Defense Ministry to address journalists’ allegations that the ministry is buying food for the army at inflated prices. Ukrainian newspaper Zn.Ua […]
Deregulation
Aditya Chakrabortty: The fat cats have got their claws into our universities, and will eat them up
In neo-liberalism everything is a commodity, there to be exploited by the “New Meritocracy” of business people. In the UK they are now plundering what were once true bastions of meritocracy: universities. Read here
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