But this is how the EU was designed: Cheap labour from the East moving West, sending home remittances that end up supporting corrupt politicians, who maintain this EU system. This is not a scandal. It is the way things are supposed to be.
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Economics
Bill Mitchell: The ECB is facing a crisis – rising inflation and risk of Member State insolvency – how to make a problem
The only thing that keeps the currency union intact is the ECB acting outside of the legal structures set down by the treaties Read here
Climate Crisis
DeSmog UK – Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model
Growing global meat consumption threatens to derail the Paris Agreement, but that hasn’t stopped the meat industry insisting it is part of the solution to climate change. Read here
Austerity
Reuters: France’s Macron reeling as tough stance against ‘yellow vests’ backfires
Sounds like a government in meltdown. Read here
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