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
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German Foreign Policy: “Bloc Politics” in Southeast Asia
EU seeks to strengthen its position in Southeast Asia at first summit – at the expense of Russia and particularly China. Singapore increases military cooperation with Berlin. Read Here
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Eurostat: EU international trade in goods deficit €45.8 bn
The first estimate for extra–EU exports of goods in September 2022 was €232.0 billion, up by 24.0% compared with September 2021 (€187.1 bn). Imports from the rest of the world stood at €277.8 bn, up […]
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Mirror: Glaring tax divide between high street and online rivals destroys 140,000 jobs in Britain so far this year
Anyone really surprised? But it is good to have some numbers. Read here
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