Should we have boycotted the World Cup in Qatar? Probably not. Since we have always accepted to participate in sports competitions with regimes far removed from social and electoral democracy, starting with China (2008 Olympic Games) and Russia (2018 World Cup), the boycott of Qatar would have been interpreted as a new mark of the hypocrisy of Westerners, always ready to give lessons to a few small countries when it suits them, while continuing to do business with all those who bring them enough money.
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Laura Neumann: VW diesel scandal – cliffhanger at the ECJ
The European Court of Justice must decide whether Volkswagen can be tried again for the same case that it has already faced and been fined for in Italy. Read HERE Bryn Hughes/Wikimedia Commons
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AP: Migration lawsuit launched against EU’s border agency
Human rights lawyers said Tuesday that they have launched legal action against the European Union’s border and coast guard agency at the bloc’s top court, accusing Frontex of violating the rights of people trying to […]
EU politics
German Foreign Policy: Germany’s Colonial-Racism on Trial
Ovaherero and Nama representatives, as well as UN Special Rapporteurs accuse Berlin of refusing reparations for the genocide in South West Africa, invoking colonial-racist arguments. Read HERE Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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