The EU is making rapid progress toward corporate fascism (see our article on the topic here)
Read Politico article here
The EU Council’s legal service wants a separate text for fiscal leaks, which would be doomed to fail.
EU politics
City Lab: In Need of Housing, Barcelona Fines Landlords For Long-Vacant Buildings
The massive fines levied against the investment funds have been interpreted as a “declaration of war” from Mayor Ada Colau, who wants more affordable housing. Read here
Corruption
Théo Bourgery-Gonse: How France lobbied against Commission’s proposal on platform workers’ rights
France heavily lobbied the European Commission over the rights of platform workers, favouring the position of platforms and raising more concerns of collusion between French decision makers and industry lobbyists, according to documents obtained by […]
Economics
Thomas Piketty: May 1968 and inequality
The May ’68 Movement was the start of a historical period of considerable reduction in social inequalities in France which ran out of steam later for quite different reasons. Read here
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