This is well and truly a milestone. Interesting are the two nations that abstained. Britain, because it is scheduled to leave the EU and does this on principle and Germany because of its endemic corporate crime. Germany does not have a whistle-blower law. That was very convenient during the diesel scandal. This is unfortunately only in German, but here is an intervention by Germany against the law: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/parlements_nationaux/com/2018/0218/DE_BUNDESRAT_CONT1-COM(2018)0218_DE.pdf
EU politics
Social Mobility Commission of the UK: Low pay and progression in the labour market
This – once again- puts paid to the claim that Jobs with low pay lead to well paid, permanent employment. Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: The Left/Right distinction is as relevant as ever as corporations gouge profits out of pushing inflation
After years of being captured by identity politics, have many on the Left forgotten what it means to be Left? Read Here © MathieuMD / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0
EU politics
Carlo Martuscelli – Europe’s manufacturing slump shows no signs of ending
‘The eurozone manufacturing PMI fell to 45.6, a seven-month low, from 45.8, disappointing expectations for a modest increase to 46.0. In Germany the indicator came in at 42.6, a three-month low, while in France it fell for a second straight month […]
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