EU politics
Politico – German farmers reignite Berlin’s budget crisis
Germany’s ludicrous fiscal rules continue to cause havoc. Read the article HERE.
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EU politics
Lily Lynch – Conjuring trick
An overview of the politics of European states in relation to the siege of Gaza. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Los Angeles Times: Germany pledged ‘never again.’ Here’s how it’s grappling with Israel’s bombing of Gaza
Since Oct. 7, Holocaust memory has increasingly been invoked in Germany to suppress debate on Hamas militants’ massacres of that day in Israel and the brutalities the Israel Defense Forces have meted out against Gaza […]
National Politics
Reuters: Serbia’s ruling SNS set to win election, Vucic declares victory
President Aleksandar Vucic declared victory in a snap parliamentary election on Sunday, after pollsters projected his ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) was on track to easily win. Based on votes counted in a sample of […]
Climate Crisis
Heiner Flassbeck – The great illusion: COP 28 and the end of fossil fuels
After all, eight years after the Paris Agreement, most of the world has now realised that there is a problem with fossil fuel producers. The conference known as COP 28, which has just ended in […]
Climate Crisis
Fadhel Kaboub: Decolonising the global economic architecture: The prerequisite for a just transition
Summary Global South faces severe structural deficiencies that weaken its economic sovereignty, putting it at mercy of neo-colonial global financial architecture World Bank and IMF have no vision for decolonising African economies or addressing the […]
Economics
Eurostat: Industrial production down by 6.6% in the euro area and by 5.5% in the EU year on year
In October 2023, the seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU, compared with September 2023, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the […]
EU politics
Politico – Commission unblocks €10.2B for Hungary as EU tries to sway Viktor Orbán on Ukraine
‘The European Commission on Wednesday unblocked €10.2 billion in frozen EU cohesion funds earmarked for Hungary, one day before European leaders are set to discuss new aid to Ukraine and the opening of accession negotiations […]
Geopolitics
David Jamieson – Like it or not, the politics of war is upon us
“Critics of the pro-Palestine left think they are injecting nuance into an over-heated debate. In fact they are retreating from the harshness and complexity of the world.” In ‘Conter’. Read the article HERE.
Finance
German Foreign Policy: “In China for China”
German companies – from car giant Volkswagen to SMEs – are making their plants in China independent of bases in Europe. Immunising operations against new Western sanctions raises German investment in China to record levels. […]