Economics
Ben Wray – Unprofitable Convenience
On the rapid rise and fall of Europe’s specialist grocery delivery apps. In ‘Strange Matters’. Read the article HERE.
Europe
EU politics
Richard Braude – Europeans Outraged at ICE Should Also Be Resisting Frontex
‘Reports of ICE thugs providing security for J. D. Vance at Milan’s Winter Olympics have sparked outrage in Italy. In Europe, too, multibillion-euro border agency Frontex is taking on increasingly troubling powers.’ In Jacobin. Read […]
EU politics
Adam Tooze – Is ‘decline’ really Europe’s problem?
Analysis of how European and American economic performance compares. In Adam Tooze’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
NPR – NATO chief wishes ‘good luck’ to those who think Europe can defend itself without U.S. help
NATO should be disbanded and Mark Rutte sent to Washington to take up new employment as Trump’s butler. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Ian Proud – The ‘Coalition of the Willing’ has achieved nothing
Telling Zelensky what he wants to hear will only create more pain in the long-term when Europe’s promises to Ukraine are revealed to be empty. Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic […]
EU politics
Vladimir Bortun – The European Left’s Lost Decade
It’s been a decade of failure for the radical left across Europe. In ‘Tribune’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – Sculpting Europe in MAGA’s image
The media are waking up to the reality of the US’s new National Security Strategy for Europe. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Leading U.S. and EU into Industrial Decline: Interview w/ Hans-Josef Fell
The West is falling behind in renewables, and the high cost of fossil fuels is putting producers out of business. Interview by David Goeßmann, a journalist based in Berlin/Germany. He has worked for several media […]
EU politics
Olivier De Schutter – Eradicating Poverty: Growth Is Not the Answer
Distribution has to be at the core of any serious strategy to eliminate poverty in Europe. Olivier De Schutter was appointed as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights by the UN Human Rights […]
Media
Tamara Gausi, Marta Checa, Mathilde Dorcadie – As Equal Times closes, the work continues
Another independent, progressive media outlet in Europe has bitten the dust. There are very few of us left now. Cross-posted from Equal Times This is it. Our final article. Equal Times, the global labour news platform, […]