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Italy Declares War on Merkel & the EU
Italy Declares War on Merkel and the EU TOM LUONGO If there were ever any doubts that the leaders of the Euroskeptic coalition now running Italy had a plan to defy the European Union, its […]
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Greece Planning Bad Debt Bailout For Its Banks After Market Crash
Greece Planning Bad Debt Bailout For Its Banks After Market Crash TYLER DURDEN It seems like it was just yesterday that Greek banks, which carry some €89billion of bad loans on their balance sheets, passed […]
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Corporate Capture in Europe a ‘Serious Threat to Public Interest’
Corporate capture in Europe When big business dominates policy-making & threatens our rights CORPORATE EUROPE OBSERVATORY Excessive corporate influence over policy-making remains a serious threat to the public interest across Europe and at the EU […]
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Eurozone didn’t admit to a Lost Decade – France won’t admit austerity continues in 2019
Eurozone didn’t admit a Lost Decade – France won’t admit austerity continues in 2019 RAMIN MAZAHERI Written for the Saker blog One would think that if economic austerity had ended, wouldn’t it be trumpeted loudly? […]
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The Brexit Breakdown is All Theatre
Brexit Breakdown is All Theatre TOM LUONGO The “Gypsum Lady” Theresa May has no intention of staying strong on Brexit negotiations. Her job was always to deliver a Brexit deal that was, in effect, no […]
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The myth of the beneficial economic influence of immigration
The myth of the beneficial influence of immigration GEFIRA ‘As Africa’s population doubles, a lot of them, whatever the circumstances, will be coming to Europe as economic migrants or as refugees. They will be coming […]
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Not ‘in Tatters’: How the West Has Failed to Destroy Russia’s Economy
Not ‘in Tatters’: Why the West Has Failed to Destroy Russia’s Economy ERIC ZUESSE Despite Barack Obama’s economic sanctions against Russia, and the plunge in oil prices that King Saud agreed to with Obama’s Secretary of […]
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EU creating special payment channels with Iran despite US sanctions – Mogherini
ER Editor: We also recommend DW’s report on this titled EU and Iran create ‘special vehicle’ to trade despite US sanctions, which makes it clear that various EU corporations, which have already pulled out of Iran, […]
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Salzburg informal Brexit summit – no more Mr Nice Guy
Salzburg Brexit summit – no more Mr Nice Guy JOHN WIGHT Shakespeare in his pomp could not have woven a plot with the intrigue of Brexit. In fact, more than intrigue, so tortuous and agonizing […]
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A View of the Deadly World Order We Live With
A View of the Deadly World Order PHIL BUTLER The outlook for humanity is not good. Crises that should by now not even exist in the 21st Century, now affect every man, woman, and child […]