With the death of Jacques Delors, president of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995, a chapter in European history has ended. The time has come to take critical stock of this decisive period and to draw lessons for the future, a few months ahead of the European elections of June 2024.
Corruption
Claire Jones: The World Bank paper at the centre of a controversy
When corruption sets in, the fish rots from the head: in this case recent actions of the World Bank carry a whiff of something not quite right! Read here
Austerity
Jamie Jordan, Vincenzo Maccarrone, Roland Erne – There is little evidence the EU’s post-crisis economic governance regime has moved in a more ‘social’ direction
What? The EU, that most perfect institution in the world, putting neo-liberal policy before the welfare of its citizens? Why did no one tell us? Maybe the Brexiteers were onto something after all. Read here
Economics
Eurostat – Green energy products 2020: EU imports exceed exports
Not terribly auspicious for creating well paid jobs in the renewable energy sector, but then Germany wants blue hydrogen, so that’s OK Read here
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