The next European country as a strategic target of the far-right
Nationalism has always been, to some degree, a feature across Europe’s political spectrum, but in recent years, fostered by the likes of Donald Trump and funded by American religious ‘conservatives’...
View ArticleG7 – International cooperation is an advanced state of decay
By Laurie Laybourn-Langton: The spirit of international cooperation is an advanced state of decay — and last week’s G7 Summit offered the latest illustration. President Trump — preening, bullish —...
View ArticleClimate change affects the German economy
In 2018, one of the longest dry spells on record left part of the Rhine in Germany at record low levels for months, forcing freighters to reduce their cargo or stop using the river altogether. Some...
View ArticleSix steps – The experience on just one Italian as the virus spread
This story has been verified and it is published here as a warning if the British government have got their calculations wrong. This is what might happen to a greater or lesser degree around you...
View ArticleSpanish workers furious as forced “back to work” in COVID-19 pandemic
By Alejandro López: Working-class anger is rising against the Socialist Party (PSOE)-Podemos government, which forced millions of nonessential workers back to work on Monday as thousands continue to...
View ArticleEuro at risk from uneven virus shock across EU
By TruePublica: There is much speculation across the EU at the moment that the euro currency is in very serious trouble. It isn’t the first time, but the COVID-19 crisis has put an entirely new threat...
View ArticleItalian authorities ‘find’ 29 million Oxford/AstraZeneca doses
Italian authorities have apparently ‘discovered’ 29 million doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine that had been stocked at a manufacturing site in the country, reported by La Stampa yesterday. La Stampa...
View ArticleEurope and the UK’s vast shipments of banned, bee-killing ‘neonics’
By Crispin Dowler: 10 minute read: The European Union and the UK are shipping thousands of tonnes of ‘neonicotinoid’ pesticides (neonics) to poorer countries, years after banning the chemicals from...
View ArticleEU to subsidise petrol pump and energy prices
From a European news outlet yesterday comes the news that EU finance ministers have just agreed to subsidise household fuel prices and offer support to companies hit by surging energy prices as a...
View ArticleHow proportional representation worked in the Polish election
By Ian Simpson: With a population of around 40 million, Poland is the European Union’s fifth largest member and by far the largest of its eastern states. It is therefore worth taking notice of any...
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