Monopolisation, profit without purpose and social corrosion are not accidents – they are inherent, and ever more pronounced, factors of the system itself.
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Austerity
Forbes: Christmas Rail Strike Chaos As French Pension Reform Protests Continue
The strike in France continues through Christmas as we enter week four. Read here
EU politics
Thomas Piketty: Europe and the class cleavage
Three years after the referendum on Brexit and on the eve of the new European elections, the scepticism about Europe is still as strong, particularly amongst the most disadvantaged sections of society. Read here
Corruption
European Ombudsman: The European Commission did not properly consider conflicts of interest when it granted a contract to BlackRock – a big investor in fossil fuels – to advise on the EU’s new sustainable finance agenda for banks
One of the reasons the German government was so keen on having Ursula von der Leyen elected as EU Commission president was to get her out of Berlin, where as Secretary of Defence she was […]
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