EU politics
Reuters: Swiss-EU bourse battle breaks out over stalled treaty
It appears that the EU is lacking in negotiating skills or is it simply the German hegemon flexing it’s muscles? Read here
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Environment
Reuters: Los Angeles County sues Bayer’s Monsanto over PCB contamination
Los Angeles County sued Monsanto Co on Thursday, seeking to force the unit of Germany’s Bayer AG to help pay for reducing PCB contamination in dozens of bodies of water. Thus the series of lawsuits […]
EU politics
Reuters: Poland files complaint with EU’s top court over copyright rule change
Poland has submitted a complaint to the European Union’s top court against copyright rules adopted by the bloc in April to protect Europe’s creative industries, which Warsaw says may result in preventive censorship. Read here
EU politics
Reuters: Italy unions refuse to load Saudi ship in protest over Yemen war
Italian unions refused on Monday to load electricity generators onto a Saudi Arabian ship with weapons on board in a protest against the war in Yemen. Read here
EU politics
Reuters: Bayer says Monsanto likely kept files on influential people across Europe
Do not think that Monsanto is the exception. This is the rule for firms that produce controversial products. Read here
EU politics
Reuters: Spain bars exiled ex-Catalan leader from European election
Spain’s electoral commission barred former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont from running in the European Parliament elections in May, he said on Monday, a day after a general election where the region’s separatism has been a […]
Climate Change
Reuters: Thousands of activists block London roads to demand action on climate change
For those of you who might have missed it, their were activites throughout Europe in protest at the inaction of politicians and the EU with regard to global warming, many of them blocking traffic in […]
EU politics
Reuters – Setback for Macron as court vetoes key plank of anti-protest law
French President Emmanuel Macron’s crackdown on anti-government protests with tougher police tactics hit a fresh snag on Thursday as France’s Constitutional Court canned one of the central elements of the new rules. Read here
Corruption
Reuters – Explainer: Europe’s money laundering scandal
A nice summary of EU money-laundering – up to now. This story still has a lot of road ahead of it as the US authorities tend to be more strident in their investigations (see the […]
Corruption
Reuters – Romania files charges against former chief anti-corruption prosecutor
Another annoyance for the EU, but as long as the corrupt Romanian political class maintains the four freedoms guaranteeing a neo-liberal diktat, it will remain just that: an annoyance. By the way, the party leading […]