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.
Finance
Notayesmanseconomics’s Blog: The Italian banks and how they have contributed to a possible end to deposit protection
This is an interesting blog concerning the state of Italian banks and how their crisis could change EU banking. Read here
Economics
NBC News: Rail union rejects labor deal brokered by Biden administration, raising possibility of strike
“Railroaders do not feel valued,” said Tony D. Cardwell, president of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes union. Read Here
EU politics
Reuters – Polish and Chinese presidents discuss buying Chinese COVID vaccine
After Hungary and Slovakia, now Poland is apparently purchasing the Chinese coronavirus vaccine by Sinopharm, becoming the third EU nation to abandon the failing EU vaccine programme. Read here
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