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Peter Becker: Germany’s U-turn over the EU’s recovery funds was further evidence of its role as Europe’s ‘status quo power’

August 5, 2022 Ben Wray 0

The EU recovery funds have been wrongly interpreted as a major policy shift – they were a minor tweak in order to maintain the current European order in a moment of acute crisis Peter Becker […]

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Eve Ottenberg: The West can’t stop pillaging other countries’ bank accounts

July 29, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Seizing the funds of sovereign states is not a good strategy for maintaining global hegemony Cross-posted from CounterPunch With the explanation that it had to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine, the west stole […]

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Rosa Vasilaki – Fortress Greece

July 15, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Rosa Vasiliki writes in New Left Review’s ‘Side Car’ on Greece and the EU’s appalling treatment of refugees. Read the article here.

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Núria Bassa, Toni Strubell: 10 reasons the EU Advocate General is wrong about the Spanish Justice System

July 15, 2022 Ben Wray 0

‘If the EU sees Spain’s judicial practice as normal, what can be said of the EU’s judicial practice?’ Toni Strubell  is a former MP in the Catalan Parliament, journalist, and author of What Catalans Want […]

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Gig Economy Project – Piero Valmassoi: We should worry about what Uber is doing to influence the EU Platform Work Directive

July 12, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Piero Valmassoi, an EU policy expert specialised in the platform economy and sustainable urban mobility, takes a look into Uber and the other ridehail and food delivery platforms’ lobbying strategy over the EU platform work […]

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Bloomberg – Big tech shadow lobbying campaigns under fire in EU Parliament

July 8, 2022 Ben Wray 0

If corporate lobbying in Brussels wasn’t insidious enough, now we have ‘shadow lobbying’ Read here.

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EU Watchdog Radio – Covid treatment: People’s health v Private Profits

July 1, 2022 Ben Wray 0

How the EU approached the negotiations with the pharmaceutical companies Cross-posted from Corporate Europe Observatory The EU Watchdog Radio is a podcast produced jointly by Corporate Europe Observatory and Counter Balance. In this episode, Olivier […]

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Núria Bassa, Toni Strubell – 10 raons per les quals l’advocat general de la UE s’equivoca sobre el sistema de justícia espanyol

June 30, 2022 Ben Wray 0

‘Si la UE veu normal la pràctica judicial a Espanya, què no haurem de pensar de la pràctica judicial a la UE?’ Toni Strubell  és exdiputat al Parlament de Catalunya, periodista i autor d’El que […]

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Friends of the Earth Europe: New Energy Charter Treaty “is a disaster”

June 24, 2022 Ben Wray 0

The EU has agreed a re-packaged Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), but it still locks Europe into fossil fuels for the foreseeable future. Cross-posted from Friends of the Earth Europe The EU’s deal on the ECT […]

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The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World beyond Capitalism by Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter, and Aaron Vansintjan

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Book Review by Timothèe Parrique This book review originally appeared on Timothée Parrique’s blog The best the degrowth literature has to offer served on a silver platter. That’s how I would describe The Future is Degrowth: […]

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The Destiny of Civilization by Michael Hudson

June 11, 2022 1

In his latest book, economist Michael Hudson pits socialism against finance capitalism and tears apart the ‘dream civilization’ imposed by the 1 percent. By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and cross-posted with The Cradle […]

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