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Politico: Mogherini’s College application prompts cries of cronyism

May 13, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

She is exceptionally well qualified to run a training ground for future EU officials teaching them to combat democracy, enforce neo-liberalism, and support corruption. That is what the EU is all about. Read here

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Politico: Mafia harvest rewards from EU farm funds

January 28, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Odd, in Italy they are called mafia, in Northern Europe Business-people. Read here

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Politico – EU: Not all commissioners are treated equally

December 5, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Comparison of the treatment of Josep Borrell and Thierry Breton suggests neither rigour nor consistency on the part of the European Parliament. Read here

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Politico: France’s Commission pick Sylvie Goulard rejected by Parliament

October 10, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

When one reads an article like this, one can only ask: Why, oh why, do Europeans put up with the anti-democratic, neo-liberal, corrupt institution? Government should be taken “in house” again. Read here

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Politico: Trucking hell in Tyrol

August 6, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Austria’s effort to cut down on truck traffic collides with the EU’s principle of freedom of movement. Read here

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Politico: Irish parliament rejects EU-Mercosur deal in symbolic vote

July 13, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Motion calls on Dublin to vote down major South American trade deal at EU level. Read here

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Politico: Macron, 3 other leaders warn Mercosur deal could ‘destabilize’ farm sector

June 26, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

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

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Politico: How Europe’s biggest media company infiltrated the EU

May 27, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

How Bertelsmann mixes business, philanthropy and Continental politics. Read here

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Politico: Czech police recommend charges against prime minister in fraud case

April 17, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

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 […]

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Politico: French communists recruit ‘Yellow Jackets’ for EU election

April 11, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Party leader said they cannot go into the vote ‘without taking into account’ recent protests. Read here

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This Is Not Normal: The Collapse of Liberal Britain by Will Davies

January 9, 2021 0

Book Review by Sean Kippin There is a particular brand of UK media figure. Usually male, they revel in the gossip, intrigue and parlour games of British politics. Policy seems to bore them. Economic policy is […]

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The Call of Catalonia by Sue Crampton

December 14, 2020 0

Book Review by Toni Strubell Sue Crampton’s “The Call of Catalonia”, apart from being a good read, is a book that will be useful to those wondering what the recent kerfuffle was about with the […]

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