Finance
Politico – European carmakers in crossfire of US-EU trade war
German automanufacturers are facing the perfect storm – falling behind China technologically, and having their access to the US market reduced. Read the article HERE.
European Union
National Politics
Costi Rogozanu – Fractured Romania
In-depth analysis of the tumult in Romania over it’s recent election and the significant divisions which lie behind it. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
Deregulation
Gary Fooks – The ‘forever chemicals’ lobby is spreading disinformation and the EU is eating it up
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 […]
Austerity
Politico – EU goes easy on France’s Bayrou as he tries to plug €53B black hole
Yet more evidence that the EU’s ‘budget rules’ are wholly political – when it’s government’s Brussels doesn’t like, they are iron-clad, when it’s government’s Brussels does like, they are broad guidelines. Read the article HERE.
Deregulation
Open letter to Ursula von der Leyen on European Commission’s deregulation plans
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, […]
Climate Crisis
Žaneta Jansa Gregorová – Lithium mining: A Czech Dilemma
Interesting insight into what some of Czechia’s most deprived former coal mining communities think about a new mining industry which is coming their way: lithium. Žaneta Jansa Gregorová has coordinated the Ecology programme at the […]
EU politics
Politico – Commission stonewalls criticism after hiding von der Leyen’s week-long hospitalization
Signs of a Biden-style cover-up. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Eoghan Gilmartin – Migrant Deaths Off Spain’s Coast Are Worse Than Ever
‘At least 10,457 migrants died trying to reach Spain’s territory in 2024. The European Union’s crackdown on Mediterranean crossings has diverted African migrants toward the even more perilous Atlantic route, turning the ocean into a […]
EU politics
Politico – Von der Leyen’s constant power play exasperates EU capitals
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 […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – Commission’s ‘NGO gag order’ will boost corporate lobby power
The Commission’s new guidelines for funding for NGOs are designed to silence critical voices. Cross-posted from Corporate Europe Observatory The time has come to silence green NGOs in Brussels, according to the European Commission. As […]