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Corporate Europe Obervatory: United Arab Emirates’ growing legion of lobbyists support its ‘soft superpower’ ambitions at the EU

December 19, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The United Arab Emirates is one of the world’s major lobby spenders. While projecting an image of moderation and stability, it pursues its foreign policy aims in bloody wars from Yemen to Libya. As part […]

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Corporate Europe Observatory: Big Tech brings out the big guns in fight for future of EU tech regulation

December 16, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The next big EU lobby battle is already underway: Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are among the companies making huge efforts to shape the upcoming Commission proposals to regulate the digital market. Read here

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Corporate Europe Observatory – The EU Hydrogen Hype

December 7, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The European Commission and its quest to let the gas industry write the (cheque) book on hydrogen in Europe And guess which EU nation is investing most heavily in gas? And guess from which nation […]

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Corporate Europe Observatory, Change Finance: The BlackRock Model

November 25, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

How the EU is choosing the wrong path on banks and climate change Read here

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Corporate Europe Observatory – Wakeup call for the European Commission in its Failed Power Grab over Local Services

November 4, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is an important article. An excellent example of the EU in the service of international corporations working against the interests of its citizens, against the environment, and against democracy. Corporate Europe Observatory is a […]

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Corporate Europe Observatory – From Facebook friends to lobby consultants

October 22, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

EU revolving door rules not fit for purpose Read here

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Corporate Europe Observatory: CAP vs Farm to Fork

October 13, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Will we pay billions to destroy, or to support biodiversity, climate, and farmers? Read here

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Corporate Europe Observatory – Polluters profiting from pandemic bailouts:How the fossil fuel industry is using the COVID-19 crisis to capture public funds and lock in dirty energy

October 5, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The fossil fuel industry is cashing-in on the COVID-19 pandemic, to entrench its position, capture public recovery money, and push false solutions that pave the way to climate catastrophe. COVID-19 is a global health crisis, […]

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Corporate Europe Observatory – Will the EU Commission Stand Firm against Toxic Lobbying Pressure?

September 30, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Once again we see international corporations dictating EU policy. Germany was willing to sacrifice naming a German to head the European Central Bank realising the Ursula von der Leyen as EU Commission President would be […]

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Corporate Europe Observatory: Power and profit during a pandemic

September 21, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

In a pandemic the pharmaceutical industry is hailed as a saviour; yet the industry is using the crisis to lock in its problematic, profit-maximising model. Pushing for public money with no-strings-attached, and stronger monopoly patent […]

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This Is Not Normal: The Collapse of Liberal Britain by Will Davies

January 9, 2021 0

Book Review by Sean Kippin There is a particular brand of UK media figure. Usually male, they revel in the gossip, intrigue and parlour games of British politics. Policy seems to bore them. Economic policy is […]

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The Call of Catalonia by Sue Crampton

December 14, 2020 0

Book Review by Toni Strubell Sue Crampton’s “The Call of Catalonia”, apart from being a good read, is a book that will be useful to those wondering what the recent kerfuffle was about with the […]

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