Kallas initially proposed an EU plan of 40 billion for Ukraine weapons, which Italy, France, Spain, Portugal opposed. So she came up with a new plan – 5 billion. Which has now been stalled by France, Italy and Slovakia, who want non-binding wording.
Climate Crisis
DW: Scientists pour cold water on Bill Gates’ nuclear plans
Companies owned by billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are planning to launch the first so-called Natrium nuclear reactor project. Many experts see the project as a misguided attempt to hit CO2 reduction targets. Read […]
Geopolitics
Ussam Makdisi – Overwriting Palestine
On ‘the Palestine exception’ in western universities. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Bill Mitchell – US and UK fiscal stimulus supporting growth while the delays in the Eurozone lead to a double-dip recession
Fiscal support should always err on the side of ‘too much for too long’ rather than ‘too little for not long enough’. Read here
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