Category Archives: Europe

Brexit: Stuck

Nearly a month into the EU’s Brexit extension and no progress.

Brexit’s Disaster Socialism

Why disaser socialism looks as dodgy as neoliberalism’s shock doctrine.

Bill Black: Faked Emissions May Send Volkswagen CEO to Prison

In this Real News Network interview, Bill Black examines the VW emissions scandal and discusses how corruption has become endemic in corporate Germany, and why the SEC and DoJ are targeting VW.

Even though the Good Friday/Easter weekend is coming up and Brexit matters are thus in low gear, the UK still seems stuck in its pattern of confusing motion with progress. A short list of updates: Labour-Tory talks still going nowhere. I’m not sure it would be progress even if the negotiations were going somewhere, since […]

How Britain Unified Germany: Endogenous Trade costs and the Formation of a Customs Union

British policy led to the formation of Europe’s first customs union (the Zollverein) and prepared the political unification of Germany.

Plastic Watch: Water Bottle Alert!

Plastic water bottles foul European waters. Why? This is a problem that can and should be fixed. Less plastic in European rivers means less plastic in the world’s oceans.

Italy: How to Ruin a Country in Three Decades

How Italy became an economic mess.

Brexit: Torygeddon?

The Tories are starting to bear the cost of the Brexit fiasco.

Brexit: Mayhem

What will the EU dispose on Brexit?

Ukrainian Prosecutors: Why Doesn’t the U.S. Dept. of Justice Want Our Evidence on Democrats?

Ukrainian dirt on the Bidens is languishing! Why is that?

The Return of la Marine

Today, the divide from which Marine Le Pen profits has reached alarming proportions, most recently with the eruption of the revolt of the gilets jaunes.