Before the law, all people should be equal. Thanks to EU austerity and neo-liberalism, laws too have become a commodity, which one can buy, as in the case of Golden Visas. This allows rich foreigners to buy residency in an EU member state, giving them all the advantages of citizenship. In Portugal, the Social Democrats (who else!) with the right wings parties, are giving this a new spin by creating the Green Visa (500,000 Euros per person).
Economics
DeStatis: Manufacturing in August 2022: new orders down 4.1% year on year
New orders in manufacturing: August 2022 (in real terms, provisional): -2.4% on the previous month (seasonally and calendar adjusted) -4.1% on the same month a year earlier (calendar adjusted ) July 2022 (in real terms, […]
EU politics
ecre: Geopolitics and Death in a Field
People continue to die at the border between Poland and Belarus and the silence from the EU is getting deafening. Commissioners Johansson and Schinas were pressed repeatedly on the topic but answer came there none. […]
EU politics
Amazon Workers and Supporters: ‘Stop Treating Us Like Dogs!’ Worker Resistance at Amazon in Poland
This is a tale repeated throughout Europe. Add to it the fact that Amazon hardly pays taxes here and one understands on whose side the EU political elite is on. Read here
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