Geopolitics
Euronews – 11 European nations and Canada announce trade sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank
It’s very little and very late, but it’s not nothing. Read the article HERE.
Europe
Globalisation
Bela Galgóczi: A “Car Crash” Made in Europe – And How to Fix It
Europe’s car industry has lost ground to China by failing to adapt to electrification, but it still makes up the largest share of European manufacturing jobs: if it is to survive, it will have to […]
Geopolitics
Matilde Rosina – Ceuta shows how migration can be weaponised: but numbers are falling, not rising
The fallout from Ceuta has much more to do with politics than it does the reality of the EU’s external borders Dr Matilde Rosina is Lecturer at Brunel University London and Visiting Fellow at the […]
Climate Crisis
Bill McKibben – Europe’s extreme summer shows the climate can’t be hushed
Wildfires have brought the issue of climate action back into the public debate, just as politicians had thought they were safe to dump it for good. Bill McKibben is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury […]
EU politics
Euronews – Ceuta crisis prompts EU ministers to consider internal border checks
Schengen will collapse, sooner or later. Read the article HERE.
Neo-Liberalism in the EU
Maike Schmidt, Theo Harris – The Private Finance Myth: Why The Market Won’t Solve Europe’s Infrastructure Crisis
Using private finance to build public infrastructure is short-sighted and almost always ends up costing the public purse more in the long run. Maike Schmidt is an assistant researcher at the New Economics Foundation and […]
Geopolitics
Pavel Devyatkin, Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom – France is doubling down on nukes: will Europe pay a price?
Emmanuel Macron is playing silly games with France’s nuclear arsenal, presumably in an attempt to keep Russia guessing. But when you are dealing with nukes, uncertainty and unpredictability is the worst scenario possible. Pavel Devyatkin […]
Economics
Michael Roberts – EU companies: a ‘capitalism of rent’?
A rising share of profits in Europe are going into finance rather than productive investment. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Why is […]
Climate Crisis
Al Jazeera – Are Europe’s extreme summers the new normal? What the science says
Climate adaptation is going to be necessary – right now Europe’s economy and society is underprepared. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Bob Henson – Unprecedented June heat grips Europe this week
It’s dangerously hot across a large swathe of Europe, and it’s not even July yet. In ‘Yale Climate Connections’. Read the article HERE.