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Politico – Von der Leyen needs 361 votes to keep her job. Good luck with that.

June 4, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Everyone appalled by the Gaza genocide should pressure MEPs not to vote to give Ursula Von Der Leyen a second-term as European Commission President. Read the article HERE.

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Julian-Nicolas Calfuqir – In France, the Far Right Is Beating a Divided Left

June 3, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Two years ago, a left-wing alliance denied Emmanuel Macron his majority in parliament. But today the forces of the Left are deeply divided — making Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National almost the sole contender for […]

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Francesca De Benedetti – In Europe, the Liberal Centre is Going Extinct

January 31, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Europe’s centrists often claim to defend liberal values against populist threats. Yet ahead of June’s EU elections, liberals have adopted far-right talking points on everything from the climate to migration — and it’s not saving […]

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Francesca De Benedetti – Europe’s Left Needs a Wake-up Call

November 29, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Left-wing parties in Europe, with few exceptions, remain completely marginal, while the far-right’s rise continues. In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.

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Seán Fearon: Degrowth at a crossroads

June 7, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The Beyond Growth conference was a landmark event for the degrowth movement, but it also highlighted the risks of co-option by the powerful. Seán Fearon is a PhD researcher at Queen’s University Belfast, working in […]

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The European Conservative: Qatargate MEP Lifts Lid on Parliamentary Espionage

June 5, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Eva Kaili, the Greek MEP and former vice-president of the European Parliament accused of money laundering and bribery as part of the ‘Qatargate’ scandal, is on the offensive, claiming she’s been targeted for her work […]

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Margrete Auken, Ana Miranda and Diana Riba: Why three MEPs withdrew from the European Parliament committee hearing

March 1, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The European Parliament’s Petition’s Committee has been instrumentalised in the service of the right-wing People’s Party in Spain. Read the article HERE.

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Gig Economy Project – “We managed to reverse the balance of power”: Interview with Leïla Chaibi MEP

February 4, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Piero Valmassoi, EU policy expert and activist at the Maison des Livreurs (House of Couriers) in Brussels, speaks to Leïla Chaibi MEP after the vote of the European Parliament on the Platform Work Directive [2 […]

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Fighting corruption in Brussels after Qatargate: Interview with Nicholas Aiossa

January 23, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Nicholas Aiossa from Transparency International explains what’s behind the “culture of impunity” at the European Parliament and proposes reforms to address it. Cross-posted from Green European Journal Green European Journal: Greek socialist MEP and vice […]

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Piero Valmassoi – Uber and EU lobbying: is there a way to keep the baby and throw out the bathwater?

January 19, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Piero Valmassoi, a policy expert specialised in the platform economy and sustainable urban mobility, reports for the Gig Economy Project on the debate of the European Parliament on Uber lobbying practices on Wednesday [18 January], […]

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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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