Climate Crisis
Claudia Horn: Europe Needs to Radicalise Its Climate Policies in Response to the Energy Crisis
The EU is watering down its tepid ecological reforms as energy prices soar. Read the article HERE.
EU
EU politics
Gig Economy Project – Czech Republic tried to include collective agreements as substitute for legal provisions in EU Platform Work Directive
Union leaders and campaigners for gig workers’ rights say attempt to introduce collective agreements as a substitute for legal provisions in the EU Directive demonstrates how bad agreements can be used by platforms to undermine […]
Corruption
Gig Economy Project – Piero Valmassoi: MacGann’s testimony stung Uber, but will it make any difference?
Piero Valmassoi, a policy expert specialised in the platform economy and sustainable urban mobility, reports from the European Parliament on Uber whistleblower Mark MacGann’s hearing, finding that his revelations will not count for much if […]
EU politics
Gig Economy Project – Uber whistleblower Mark MacGann’s full statement to the European Parliament
The full statement of ‘Uber Files’ whistleblower Mark MacGann to the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) of the European Parliament today [25 October] I. I would like to thank Chairperson Dragos Pislaru and the […]
Corruption
Gig Economy Project – The platform lobby in Brussels: 5 things you need to know
A new study takes an in-depth look at the platform lobby in Brussels in wake of the Uber Files scandal, finding they are more deeply entrenched than ever The battle over the EU Platform Work […]
Gig Economy
Gig Economy Project – Brussels: Taxis and gig workers say no to “Uberisation” in Europe
Taxi protest saw union leader arrested, while ‘Alternatives to Uberisation’ conference analysed how effective the proposed Platform Work Directive really is for securing workers’ rights The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated […]
EU politics
Peter Becker: Germany’s U-turn over the EU’s recovery funds was further evidence of its role as Europe’s ‘status quo power’
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 […]
Finance
Eve Ottenberg: The West can’t stop pillaging other countries’ bank accounts
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 […]
EU politics
Rosa Vasilaki – Fortress Greece
Rosa Vasiliki writes in New Left Review’s ‘Side Car’ on Greece and the EU’s appalling treatment of refugees. Read the article here.
EU politics
Núria Bassa, Toni Strubell: 10 reasons the EU Advocate General is wrong about the Spanish Justice System
‘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 […]