EU politics
Reuters: Austria calls for ‘deportation centres’ to host Afghans near Afghanistan
What a moral beacon the EU has become! Read here
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Climate Crisis
Reuters – Over 100 Economists: G7 leaders should end not just coal, but also oil and gas finance in 2021
Ahead of summit, more than 100 economists call on G7 countries to commit to shift their finance out of all fossil fuels this year, to enable a green pandemic recovery Read here
Finance
Reuters – Biden administration blocks Trump-era rule affecting gig workers
Like the US lifting patent rights on COVID vaccines has forced the EU to change policy, this will probably change the EU’s planned law concerning gig workers, who they were planning to screw. The Biden […]
Climate Crisis
Reuters: Analysis: Europe’s Green Revolution? Italy’s spending plans raise doubts
The European Union is billing its 750-billion-euro pandemic Recovery Fund as the opportunity of the century to transform the region’s economy and help it lead the world in reducing carbon emissions. But a closer look […]
Finance
Reuters: U.S. Labor Secretary supports classifying gig workers as employees
Shares of gig economy groups dive on comments by US labour official Read here
Aviation
Reuters: French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights
French lawmakers voted late on Saturday to abolish domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours, as the government seeks to lower carbon emissions even as the air travel […]
EU politics
Reuters – Just Eat to add 4,000 workers on new contract terms in Italy
Just Eat said on Tuesday it would hire some 4,000 riders in Italy in order to comply with a decision by an Italian prosecutor aimed at improving conditions for workers of the gig economy. A […]
Climate Crisis
Reuters – Nine EU advisers threaten walkout over sustainable finance row
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Climate Crisis
Reuters – Blinken warns entities involved in Nord Stream 2 pipeline to immediately quit
Just as Trump saved the EU from TTIP, Biden may stop the climate destruction of Nord Stream 2. Read here
Corruption
Reuters: Italian government faces criticism over consulting contract with McKinsey over EU funds
Why does the EU need a political class if it is no longer capable of governing? To decide which consultants will do their work and then collect the kickback? Read here