Nick Dearden: The EU is unhealthily biased toward austerity – that’s why it’s now in a budget standoff with Italy

In this typically lengthy article Mitchell reviews how and why Germany is imposing its economic policy upon Europe. Read here  

“The Libyan coastguard fired multiple times while 2 boats of [an] NGO were conducting a rescue of 11 people in distress in international waters on Friday. The shots came from a vessel that the EU […]

This is typical for the EU. First a law forbidding neonicotinoids, then providing openings to by-pass the law and use this insecticide. Ten other EU member states have also used the exemption.Thus the EU can […]