The Guardian: French PM backs new measures to ‘protect’ protests from rioters

Another EU success story. Let us, in the name of European Union ideals, let thousands of people drown. Read here

“Too often, international economic commitments serve not to fix democratic failures at home, but to privilege corporate or financial interests and undermine domestic social bargains. The European Union’s legitimacy deficit derives from the popular suspicion […]

Austerity violated Greeks’ right to food, new report concludes: “structural reforms that “significantly tipped the balance in favor of larger food retailers and private traders to the detriment of small-scale producers.”” Read here