EU politics
Norbert Häring: Pressure is mounting on Draghi and the G30
Is the European Central Bank President too close to Europe’s banks? Someone thinks so. Read here
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EU politics
Chris Dillow – Stumbling and Mumbling: Corbyn’s success: centrists’ failure
Dillow cites the creation of a proletarianized professional cadre as a political game changer in the UK Read here
Corruption
David Pegg: Corrupt Brazilian tycoon among applicants for Portugal’s golden visas
From The Guardian While the EU allows thousands of refugees to drown, member states are selling EU citizenship to millionaires of dubious character Read here
EU politics
George Monbiot: Urge, Splurge, Purge
The demand for perpetual economic growth, and the collective madness it provokes, leads inexorably to environmental collapse Read here
EU politics
Bill Mitchell – billy blog: Jean-Claude Juncker in denial and somewhat delusional
With regard to EU-Commission President jean Claude Juncker’s speech concerning the future of the EU last week Mitchell writes: “Juncker’s speech displayed the usual mixture of hubris, denial and error-prone behaviour that has defined his […]
Finance
Alex Cobham: KPMG And The False Objectivity Of The ‘Big Four’
From the Huffington Post It’s time to recognise them for what they are or we’ll continue getting stung, says economist and Chief Executive of the Tax Justice Network, Alex Cobham. Read here
Corruption
David Pegg and Rob Evans: Airbus launches internal corruption investigation after Guardian exposé
From The Guardian Airbus is in the headlines due to corruption still again Read here
EU politics
Thomas Piketty: Re-thinking the capital code
Thomas Piketty on the new French labour laws Read here
EU politics
Yanis Varoufakis: For Europe’s sake, Britain must not be defeated
Yanis Varoufakis on the Brexit negotiations Read here A standard note on Brexit We at Brave New Europe don’t take a position on Brexit. While we recognise that many dark and odious forces lay behind […]
Finance
The Herald (Scotland): Scots ‘tax haven’ firms bypassing transparency laws
Scotland is being used as a tax haven, to launder illicit money, and other financial crimes, while the authorities look on To the article