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Politico – EU eyes funding foreign LNG projects to lower prices, draft plan reveals

February 18, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘The European Union is considering backing investments in overseas fossil fuel infrastructure and shifting to long-term contracts to cut the high energy prices damaging European industries, according to a leaked proposal seen by POLITICO.’ Read […]

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Thomas Fazi – The EU’s propaganda machine

February 17, 2025 Ben Wray 0

A summary of Fazi’s latest report, finding that the EU funds NGOs to promote itself. Read the full article HERE.

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Gary Fooks – The ‘forever chemicals’ lobby is spreading disinformation and the EU is eating it up

January 22, 2025 Ben Wray 0

A huge campaign by the corporate chemicals lobby is seeking to convince the EU not to place restrictions on ‘forever chemicals’ which could cost €2 trillion to clean-up. Gary Fooks is Professor in Criminology at […]

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Open letter to Ursula von der Leyen on European Commission’s deregulation plans

January 13, 2025 Ben Wray 0

This letter from NGOs and unions comes ahead of the announcement of the European Commission’s ‘Competitiveness Compass’, which is widely expected to involve the roll-back of social and environmental regulations. Cross-posted from Corporate Europe We, […]

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Politico – EU dodges questions on Trump’s mooted invasion of Greenland

January 8, 2025 Ben Wray 0

The European Commission has been in a frenzy about threats to European sovereignty for years, but when the incoming US President threatens an invasion of a European country, it can barely muster any response at […]

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Politico – Von der Leyen’s constant power play exasperates EU capitals 

December 19, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The EU is increasingly governed from the centre, with Von Der Leyen grabbing power where she can and bossing the agenda, despite the Commission President role originally intended to be a largely administrative one. Read […]

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Corporate Europe Observatory – The little-known ‘forum’ locking Europe into a fossil fuelled future

October 9, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The European Commission’s ‘ICM Forum’ on 10-11 October in Pau, France, is a fossil-fuel industry-led carbon coup, aiming to lock the continent into fossil fuels for decades. Cross-posted from Corporate Europe Observatory The EU has […]

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Politico – Leaked documents: Which EU commissioners have the most property, money and influence

October 3, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Lots and lots of conflicts of interest among Ursula Von Der Leyen’s new EU commissioners. Read the article HERE.

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Politico – Inside von der Leyen’s charm offensive ahead of knife-edge vote on her future

July 10, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The European Parliament confirmation vote on a second term for Ursula Von Der Leyen as European Commission President is likely to be held on 18 July. It will be a secret ballot, so we will […]

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Politico – France and Italy denounced by European Commission for overspending

June 19, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Austerity is back, just in time for the French election. Read the article HERE.

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

August 10, 2025 0

Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

July 2, 2025 0

Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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