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rfi: Hungary court avoids EU conflict after Orban challenge

December 11, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Hungary’s constitutional court on Friday rejected a bid by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government to challenge an EU court ruling against its harsh asylum policy. Read here

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rfi: France moves to ease pesticide ban to save sugar beet farmers

September 7, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

This is typical for the EU. First a law forbidding neonicotinoids, then providing openings to by-pass the law and use this insecticide. Ten other EU member states have also used the exemption.Thus the EU can […]

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rfi – Macron backs down on pledge to ban glyphosate in France

January 29, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Macron does not back down regarding tax breaks for the rich, or destroying the pension system of people who work, but for Germany’s Bayer he will do anything – to please his ami le plus […]

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rfi: Self-employed workers in France join strike over pension reform

January 4, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

Representatives of more than 16 professions including doctors and lawyers have joined strike action to defend their self-funded pension schemes which they say the government’s pension reforms ignore. Read here

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rfi – French unions vow no surrender in month-long strike

January 1, 2020 Mathew D. Rose 0

The Yellow Vest did not go away, nor does it appear that this strike will disappear without a resolution. Read here Head of the French CGT labour union, Philippe Martinez, urged public and private sector […]

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rfi: Red and Yellow Vests in joint strike, but can they become joint force?

February 5, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Tens of thousands of people across France downed tools on Tuesday and marched against President Macron’s policies. The day of strike action was called by the hard left CGT trade union. And for the first […]

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Fractured China: How State Transformation is Shaping China’s Rise by Lee Jones and Shahar Hameiri 

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Book Review by  Chenchao Lian Originally published by E-International Relations How is Chinese foreign policy made? How is it implemented? These are questions that have long occupied China specialists. With the growth of Chinese power […]

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