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Politico – EU to slap new sanctions on Hamas
As Israel’s genocide goes on, the EU hones in on punishing…Hamas. Read the article HERE.
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Oxfam – A wealth tax on EU multi-millionaires and billionaires could raise 286.5 billion euros each year, 40% of the EU’s recovery fund
As the World Economic Forum begins in Davos, a new Oxfam report on inequality reveals an incredible growth in inequality in the EU. Cross-posted from the Oxfam website The EU’s five richest billionaires increased their […]
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Robin Jaspert – How Europe Made Indebted African States Into Its Border Police
‘Since 2015, the EU has increasingly demanded that African states repress migration on its behalf. It secures their compliance through economic coercion — exploiting debt relations which have in recent times sharply turned in favor […]
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Politico – Commission unblocks €10.2B for Hungary as EU tries to sway Viktor Orbán on Ukraine
‘The European Commission on Wednesday unblocked €10.2 billion in frozen EU cohesion funds earmarked for Hungary, one day before European leaders are set to discuss new aid to Ukraine and the opening of accession negotiations […]
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Nick Corbishley – Spanish Government threatens to break ranks with EU and unilaterally recognise Palestine. What gives?
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s words hardly match the scale or urgency of the situation, but in the context of the complicity across the EU in the Gaza genocide, at least it’s something. Nick Corbishley […]
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Armenia and the Tragedy of Great Power Politics: An Interview with Dr. Benyamin Poghosyan
An in-depth interview examining the Nagorno-Karabakh ethnic cleansing in the context of the geopolitics of the South Caucasus region. James W. Carden is a journalist and former advisor to the US State Department Cross-posted from […]
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Politico: Brussels must trim €13B from proposed budget increase, EU capitals say
Divisions are growing between member-states over the size of the European Commission’s budget, which affects Ukraine funding and more. Read the article HERE.
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Bilyana Petrova, Aleksandra Sznajder Lee – How EU integration has affected economic redistribution in Central and Eastern Europe
Countries in central and Eastern Europe which haven’t join the EU have more room for fiscal spending, and are 2% more redistributive. Bilyana Petrova is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at […]
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Politico: Milei’s win in Argentina hits hopes for EU’s Latin America trade deal
The ‘anarcho-capitalist’, Javier Milei, won the Presidential election in Argentina on Sunday. He has an extremely radical policy agenda, but what comes next is not exactly clear. Read the article HERE.
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Ben Wray – The raging bull of Spanish nationalism has been restrained, for now
Pedro Sánchez has cobbled together another coalition to stay in power, but he has had to commit to an amnesty for the leaders of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum to achieve it, a move which […]