National Politics
Responsible Statecraft – Poll: Public support for sending military assistance to Ukraine slips
According to Associated Press survey, those who favor providing weapons to Kyiv falls below 50 percent for first time. Read HERE
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Economics
Heiner Flassbeck: Overcoming the crisis of development policy with “development policy against crises”
The chancellor and his ministers want to win new friends in order to be prepared for the disputes that are on the Western agenda because of the “rivalry” with China and Russia. But those who […]
Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: Degrowth, food and agriculture
This is Part 6 of a series on Deep Adaptation, Degrowth and MMT that I am steadily writing. I have previously written in this series that there will need to be a major change in […]
Economics
Eurostat: Industrial Production down by 1.7% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU compared with December 2021
Among Member States for which data are available, the largest monthly decreases were registered inIreland (–8.5%), Luxembourg (–5.2%) and Lithuania (–4.0%). The highest increases were observed inDenmark (+13.5%), Portugal (+4.1%) and Hungary (+3.8%) Read HERE
Corruption
Thomas Fazi – Pfizer and Ursula von der Leyen: the missing text messages
The public should know about her private dealings with the company’s CEO Read HERE
Economics
Destatis – Germany: Production in December 2022 -3.1% on the previous month
In 2022 as a whole, production was calendar-adjusted 0.6% lower than in 2021 and down 5.0% from the pre-crisis year of 2019. Read Here
EU politics
Thomas Fazi: We are already at war with Russia
Never-ending escalation will result in catastrophe Read Here
EU politics
Middle East Eye: Barcelona cuts ties with twin city Tel Aviv over Israeli ‘apartheid’
Pro-Palestine advocates ‘salute’ the decision while Israel supporters call it ‘antisemitic’ Read Here Pro-Palestinian activists presenting their petition to Barcelona’s City Hall demanding the city cut ties with Tel Aviv (Twitter/Social Media)
Economics
DeStatis: Inflation in Germany increases again in January
Consumer price index, January 2023: +8.7% on the same month a year earlier (provisional) +1.0% on the previous month (provisional) Read Here
Economics
Eurostat – Volume of retail trade down by 2.8% in the euroarea and by 2.5% in the EU yoy
This is looking ever more like a recession. Read Here