Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, living in self-imposed exile in Belgium, will run in the May 26 European Parliament elections as the leading candidate of Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), his political party said on Sunday. An interesting development.
EU politics
Kjell Östberg – Sweden’s Welfare State Was a Product of Class Struggle
‘Swedish Social Democracy is often idealized as a benign reformist force that delivered welfare to the grateful masses. Yet the Swedish social model was the product of conflict — and a working-class radicalism that the […]
Corruption
The Guardian: Uber pushed for UK congestion charges that would hit poor hardest
Two neo-liberals have a meeting. A Tory minister, notorious for his incompetence in public transport – or attempt to destroy its credibility, who wishes to further privatise public transport, and the CEO of an international […]
Economics
Germany’s Not So V-Recovery: Production in August 2021: -4.0% on the previous month
In August 2021, production in industry was down by 4.0% on the previous month on a price, seasonally and calendar adjusted basis according to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) Read here Link
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