Nobody embodies the EU’s elite-driven nature better than its incumbent president, Ursula von der Leyen. And no action of hers embodies its warped excesses better than her decision, in April 2021, to single-handedly sign off on a €35-billion deal for the purchase of 1.8 billion doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine. According to one analysis, the price per dose she agreed was 15 times higher than the cost of production — meaning that the EU overpaid the vaccines by tens of billions of euros.
Austerity
The Local fr: With no Christmas truce, transport strikes continue across France on Monday
With unions ruling out a ‘Christmas truce’ strike action continues in France on Monday, with public transport still badly disrupted and power cuts over the weekend. Read here
Climate Crisis
David Keating: European Investment Bank Delays EU Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Proposal
An alcoholic, the Germans, and Orban join forces to protect fossil fuel corporations and destroy the planet. Read here
Finance
Frances Coppola: Apple Isn’t Disrupting Banks, It Is Helping Them
The card that is “created by Apple, not a bank” is actually issued by – a bank. Read here
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