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Martha Myers: Amid rising climate catastrophes, why is the EU putting an oil man in charge?

September 6, 2023 Ben Wray 0

European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen has appointed former Shell employee Wopke Hoekstra as the new Climate Commissioner. Hoekstra’s “most noteworthy political achievement regarding climate is as a target of a parliamentary inquiry, where […]

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Politico: EU looks to ban companies from making sensitive tech in China

June 21, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The European Commission has published plans to follow almost to the word the aggressive economic policy of the United States towards China. Read the article HERE.

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Euronews: ‘Another missed opportunity’: EU Commissioner rules out private jet ban

June 5, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The EU Transport Commission has said it won’t curb private jet use. Read the article HERE.

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Nicholas Vinocur: All hail Queen Ursula!

May 8, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The fact that it will be a coronation for Ursula von der Leyen to secure a second term as European Commission President says a lot about the state of EU democracy. In Politico. Read the […]

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Politico: EU watchdog probes Commission’s business trip rules amid Qatargate

March 6, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The EU Commission’s top transport official took free flights to Doha while his team were negotiating a major aviation deal. Read the article HERE.

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Andy Hsieh – Merchants of Spin: Monsanto’s Astroturfing of Glyphosate in the EU

January 18, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Surprise surprise, agribusiness successfully uses astroturf campaigns to convince the EU that the use of toxic substances in agriculture can continue for another year. Andy Hsieh is an American writer and environmental activist based in London. He can […]

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European Commission: EU business sentiment hits lowest level in two years

October 28, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

October 2022: Economic Sentiment and Employment Expectations further down in the EU and the euro area Read Here

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European Commission: Bad news for Gig Workers

June 16, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

This does not look good, as it appear that the commission is planning to classify gig workers in a different category from normal workers in order to support platform corporations. Read here

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EU Commissioner: Merkel’s glorious V-Recovery is not happening in the rest of EU

November 11, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

According to Paolo Gentiloni, the EU’s economics commissioner, “We never counted on a ‘V-shaped’ recovery. Now we know for sure that we will not have one.” Read here

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Ben Wray: The Ministry for the Future – book review

September 25, 2023 0

Kim Stanley Robinson’s acclaimed climate novel (2020, Orbit Books) has been praised far and wide, from Andreas Malm to Barack Obama. Robinson tells a gripping story about what our near future may look like, underpinned […]

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Eurowhiteness: Culture, Empire and Race in the European Project by Hans Kundnani

September 23, 2023 0

Book Review by Peter Ramsay Liberals and leftists were quick to denounce the vote to leave the EU as an expression of racist nationalism. It was a lazy slander for which there was little evidence […]

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