Category Archives: Europe

Food Security: UN Warns People Are Vulnerable to Shortages as the COVID-19 Pandemic Continues

United Nations warns about food security, particularly for the world’s poorest, as the COVID-19 recession overwhelms the globe.

The European Union Still Hasn’t Considered an Economic Proposal That Can Save It

The European Union has not reached a “Hamiltonian moment.” Its plans are too little, too late, hamstrung by institutional barriers to economic recovery.

EU Stimulus Fakery as Brexit Stumbles Forward

The news on the EU and UK fronts is less than promising. It looks good only compared to rampaging cops on this side of the pond.

Heiner Flassbeck: The Euro Arrangement Is Faulty

Heiner Flassbeck shows it defies macroeconomic logic to promote surpluses for Germany, prohibit government deficits everywhere else and forbid the central bank from acting as the central bank of each Euro member.

Political Scientist Tom Ferguson on Big Money and Social Conflicts in the Covid-19 Era

An incisive take from the no-holds-barred Tom Ferguson.

Study: Hunters Kill Birds During Their Annual Migrations Through the East Asian-Australasian Flyway

Study: hunters slaughter birds as the undertake their annual migrations in chokepoints along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.

Yanis Varoufakis: Have Merkel & Macron Just Announced a Eurobond-Funded Godsend for the EU?

There’s not a lot of there there in a proposed EU rescue scheme.

Brexit: Posturing and Impasse

More Brexit chest-thumping.

How Germany’s Courts Might Destroy the Eurozone

Without an agreed set of rules, the eurozone cannot be sustained. Ironically, as the EU’s biggest creditor, Germany stands to lose the most from its court’s ruling.

Storks Hatch in UK for First Time in 600 Years – Why That’s Great News for British Wildlife

In this time of worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, stork chicks hatch in the United Kingdom for the first time in 600 years.

Brexit: Yet More Chicken

The same bad Brexit dynamics are very much in place.

Foreign Affairs Runs Propaganda from Swedish Employers on Sweden’s Covid-19 Fiasco, Failing to Disclose Sponsorship and Misrepresenting Results

Foreign Affairs runs “dangerous to your health” propaganda from the Sweden without informing its readers.

The Eurozone in Crisis

The Eurozone, despite years of band-aids over gunshot wounds, has managed to soldier on. It may have finally met its match in the coronacrisis

Rubbish Is Piling Up and Recycling Has Stalled – Waste Systems Must Adapt

The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted waste management, especially the EU plan to move from virgin resourcs inputs towards a circular economy.