The Greens in Germany are not a progressive party, nor really radically Green, but the number of voters flocking to vote for them is forcing the establishment parties to start adopting green policies.
EU politics
The Local de: Google shelves plans to open campus in Berlin Kreuzberg
Although the article could qualify as a puff piece for Google, the message is clear: Google does not like negative publicity and its image of being “cool” has been tarnished. Monopolies are not cool, they […]
Economics
Des Freedman: Lecturers are fed up with being the big losers in the higher education market
What is described in this piece is symptomatic for the whole of Europe. Our universities are destined to become commodities in service of neo-liberalism. Let us not forget that education is what made European culture […]
EU politics
VilaWeb: The Spanish eccentricity
To understand Spain´s diplomatic disaster regarding extradition proceedings against Catalan leaders following the independence referendum, one has to understand its judicial system. The Spanish judicial system is highly politicised, an institution inherited from Franco´s fascist […]
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