EU politics
Politico: Irish parliament rejects EU-Mercosur deal in symbolic vote
Motion calls on Dublin to vote down major South American trade deal at EU level. Read here
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Climate Change
Politico: Macron, 3 other leaders warn Mercosur deal could ‘destabilize’ farm sector
Here we are again: the interests of EU citizens are being suppressed so that the Germans can sell more cars. Cheaper beef for cheaper cars. What about climate change? Read here
Corruption
Politico: How Europe’s biggest media company infiltrated the EU
How Bertelsmann mixes business, philanthropy and Continental politics. Read here
Corruption
Politico: Czech police recommend charges against prime minister in fraud case
The oligarch Babis´s Czech party is in the ALDE (Liberal) faction in the EU parliament. If Babis is convicted for illegally obtaining EU funds, we will have a sitting Prime Minister of an EU state […]
EU politics
Politico: French communists recruit ‘Yellow Jackets’ for EU election
Party leader said they cannot go into the vote ‘without taking into account’ recent protests. Read here
Environment
Politico: Mud and guts: Europe’s forgotten environmental crisis
Lobbying by the governments of the U.K., France and Germany blocked efforts to introduce a European soil protection policy in 2007, citing costs and potential impacts on housing developments. Read here
Economics
Politico: How EU milk is sinking Africa’s farmers
A long, but interesting article. Amazing are the hypocritical statements of EU officials. The most important policy to enable Africans to remain at home and not have to emigrate in search of an existence, is […]
Corruption
Politico: Family affair rocks Portuguese government
It is the same old story. While Keynesian economists and leftists are hailing the success of a centre-left coalition in Portugal purportedly defying austerity, in reality it is the same old Social Democrat sleaze and […]
Corruption
Politico: Bayer ordered to pay $80M in cancer case linked to Roundup weedkiller
Do not expect much to change in the EU. Germany’s National Champion Bayer bought Monsanto. The German government will not let this damage Bayer’s business in the EU, just as it has protected Volkswagen from […]
Economics
Politico – Trump to EU: Play ball or ‘we’re going to tariff the hell out of you’
US president says EU is ‘maybe, in certain ways’ tougher than China. Read here