Sentiment in the German automotive industry deteriorated further at the end of 2024. The Business Climate Index for the German automotive industry fell in December 2024 to -34.7 points, down from -32.4 points* in November. “The automotive industry has thus slipped deeper into crisis,”
Corruption
Reuters – Romania files charges against former chief anti-corruption prosecutor
Another annoyance for the EU, but as long as the corrupt Romanian political class maintains the four freedoms guaranteeing a neo-liberal diktat, it will remain just that: an annoyance. By the way, the party leading […]
Climate Crisis
Euractiv: Netherlands to ban fossil heating from 2026, make heat pumps mandatory
The Netherlands bans new natural gas heating systems, requiring heat pumps, hybrids, or district heating by 2026. Subsidies for installing clean heat accompany the ban. Huge move in a country where gas currently provides 70% […]
EU politics
The Irish Times: ‘Double Irish’ and ‘Dutch Sandwich’ saved Google $3.7bn in tax in 2016
Irish government supports tax-evading Google. The Irish government is profiting at the cost of the rest of the EU. By providing international corporations with legal tax dodges, it is depriving the rest of the EU […]
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