Environment
Marga Zambrana: Turkey – Europe’s Rubbish Dump
‘Waste colonialism’ is how activists and scientists characterise the export of rubbish from the European Union to its main buyer Turkey Read HERE Photo: Ropable/Public Domain
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EU politics
Euronews: Poland’s parliament elects centrist party leader Donald Tusk as prime minister
Donald Tusk has achieved his ambition. Let’s see what he does with it, if anything. Read the full article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – German conservatives break with Merkel on migration
The Christian Democrats breaking with Merkel was inevitable eventually, especially given the AfD’s surging support. Read the article HERE.
Geopolitics
Robert A. Pape: Israel’s failed bombing campaign in Gaza
“…. never in history has a bombing campaign caused the targeted population to revolt against its own government”: insightful article on bombing of Gaza which has been so destructive of human life & community infrastructure” […]
Geopolitics
Jeremy Corbyn: ‘Look at Gaza — Our Political Class Only Pays Lip Service to Human Rights’
Today marks 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But, as Gaza shows, it is being buried under the rubble along with the human beings whose rights it was written to protect, writes […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck: Inflation success in the USA disproves the ECB
Sometimes it is incredibly difficult to draw clear conclusions from simple facts because people have become so firmly entrenched in a particular world view that anything other than this picture does not exist. If, for […]
Economics
Shaun Richards: For all the recovery hype the economy of Greece is still in a severe economic depression
Let me wish Greece well as there is a long road ahead on what may well be one of the longest economic depressions ever seen. Read HERE
Geopolitics
relief web: Gaza death toll has increased by 40 percent compared to before the temporary humanitarian truce
Israel’s escalation of its violent bombing and deadly attacks in the Gaza Strip since last Friday, following the collapse of the one-week temporary humanitarian truce, was strongly denounced by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor today. Euro-Med […]
Economics
Eurostat – Euro Area: GDP declines 0.1%
In the third quarter of 2023, seasonally adjusted GDP decreased by 0.1% in the euro area and remained stable in the EU, compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat, the […]
Economics
DeStatis – German Recession: New orders in manufacturing in October 2023: -7.3% year on year
New orders in manufacturing, October 2023 (in real terms, provisional): -3.7% on the previous month (seasonally and calendar adjusted) -7.3% on the same month a year earlier (calendar adjusted) Turnover in manufacturing, October 2023 (in […]