Corruption
Politico – Von der Leyen faces critical test as EU court decides on secret ‘Pfizergate’ texts
Wednesday [14 May] will be a big day for (or against) transparency and accountability in the EU. Read the article HERE.
European Union
EU politics
Corporate Europe Observatory – Will the EU lower regulatory standards to appease Trump?
The risk is that Brussels uses the excuse of a deal with the United States to prevent a tariff war to slip in deregulation by the back door. Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) is a research […]
Deregulation
Corporate Europe Observatory: Coded for Privileged Access – How Big Tech Weakens Rules on advanced AI
The EU is developing a Code of Practice to govern general purpose AI, as part of the implementation of the AI Act. But Big Tech has heavily influenced the process to successfully weaken the Code. […]
EU politics
Fabian Scheidler – Preventing Peace
On the EU’s war on attempts at peace in Ukraine. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – EU will use Trump tariff freeze to push new fossil fuel deal
Re-packaging the same deferential energy trade policy with the US is a sign that Brussels has learned nothing from the events of the last two weeks. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – EU takes revenge on Trump’s tariffs as countries approve €20B+ retaliation
These are only retaliatory tariffs on those previously imposed by Trump on European steel and aluminium. The big test will be how the EU responds to the blanket 20% tariff announced on ‘Liberation Day’. Read […]
Finance
Politico – EU offers Trump removal of all industrial tariffs
There is a whiff of desperation about Von Der Leyen’s attempt to stop a tariff war with the US. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – EU readies counterstrike on Big Tech and US banks over Trump’s mega tariffs
Let’s see whether when it comes down to it, Von Der Leyen is really prepared to take on Silicon Valley and Wall Street. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Pascal Lottaz – Europe’s Walk of The Dammed: War Hysteria Today, War Euphoria Tomorrow
‘The continent is racing in Seven-Mile-Boots toward its next calamity. The Trump-Abandonment shock is stoking a war fever not seen in a century.’ In Pascal Lottaz’ Substack. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
European Union: EU Boosts Support for Independent Media in Ukraine with an Additional €10 Million
If media are financed by the EU, they are no longer “independent” Read HERE This photo is free to use under Creative Commons license CC-BY-4.0