EU politics
slugger o’toole: The secret of surviving the cuts is easy – just don’t be poor…
Austerity in Northern Ireland Read here
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EU politics
Ada Colau: Europe must act to protect the rights and freedoms of Catalans
From The Guardian Ada Colau is the mayor of Barcelona. She was one of the founders of the anti-eviction Platform for People Affected by Mortgages (PAH) in Spain. Read here
EU politics
Irish Examiner: AIB to pay no corpo tax for 20 years: CEO
First the taxpayer bailed out the Irish banks. Now the Allied Irish Bank is permitted to defer taxes on these losses – for 20 years! What was that about getting screwed coming and going? Read […]
Finance
Francis Weyzig: Defying the OECD’s crackdown on tax evasion
The Germans claim that their tax-dodging drive is stronger than their sexual drive, which might explain the inexorable decline of the German birthrate. This does not appear to be simply a German phenomenon. Francis Weyzig […]
EU politics
Simon Wren-Lewis: Uber and the anti-regulations bandwagon
The tide seems to be turning concerning the Gig Economy in Britain. Workers, supported by the unions, are winning one court case after the other to be recgonised for what they are: employees. Wren-Lewis looks […]
Sustainability
Bioversity International: New Study Reveals Agrobiodiversity Investments as Triple Win for Health, Environment and Food System Sustainability
Plant and animal species that are the foundation of our food supplies are as endangered as wildlife but get almost no attention, a new report reveals. Read here
EU politics
Branco Milanovic: How I lost my past
“There is an almost daily and active rewriting of history to which many people from Eastern Europe participate: some because they do have such memories, some because they force themselves (often successfully) to believe that […]
EU politics
Paul Mason: The AfD’s breakthrough shows that parties of the left must get radical
From The Guardian If Europe’s social democrats wish to save themselves from extinction then they will have to become, well, er…, social democratic. Read here
EU politics
Owen Jones: As the media obsess over Brexit, they’re missing Labour’s revolution
From The Guardian This is without a doubt not one of Owen Jones best articles, but compare the mood in Brighton with that of the social democrats in Germany, France, or Greece to name a […]
EU politics
Fintan O’Toole: Britain must accept ambiguity to survive Brexit
Fintan O’Toole examines the conflict facing the Tories as they try to come to terms with the reality of Brexit. We at Brave New Europe don’t take a position on Brexit. While we recognise that many […]