Michel Barnier Nixes Theresa May’s Customs Union Scheme as Bad Brexit Dynamics Worsen
More Brexit Groundhog Day as the EU is compelled to say the same old “nos” to the UK.
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Migrants, Pro-Globalization “Leftists,” and the Suffocating Middle Class
Economic migrants seek prosperity and are justified in doing so, yet they can also be seen as pawns in an international strategy that destroys the negotiating leverage of workers. The resulting contradictions potentially render conventional political classifications obsolete.
Read more...Don Quijones: Multiyear, Job-Creating, Mass-Tourist Boom in Spain Runs Out of Steam
Tourism in Spain accounted for a quarter of the jobs created since 2013 — but mass-tourism of this type brings its own problems.
Read more...EU Elite on the (Far) Right Side of History
Why the design of the Eurozone has produced right wing policies.
Read more...Can Trump, Israel, and Gulf Allies Get Putin to Turn On Iran?
Trump will meet this week with Putin in Helsinki. But despite talk of a “grand bargain” that enlists Russia in helping the US-Israel-Saudi-UAE front against Iran, don’t expect it to happen, says professor Rami Khouri in this Real News Network interview.
Read more...Trump’s Visit Marks the Start of Shock Doctrine Brexit
As Brexit approaches, the personal enrichment hopes of some of its proponents come into focus.
Read more...The Political Representation of the European People
A discussion of whether rising political pressure can produce needed economic and democratic reforms.
Read more...Beyond Nord Stream 2: A Look at Russia’s Turk Stream project
For Europe, thinking about energy security means thinking about Russia.
Read more...David Davis Resignation Throws UK Brexit, Cabinet Into Chaos
Brexit goes chaotic.
Read more...Europe Isolates China Trade Cheat
The “every man for himself” game of responding to Trump’s trade threats is working against China’s hope to team up with Europe.
Read more...EU Calls Trump’s Bluff on Auto Tariffs as Trump Tries Dead on Arrival WTO Exit Plan
The EU is neither happy with nor cowed by Trump’s latest trade threat.
Read more...Bank, Corporate Brexodus Begins as “No-Deal” Brexit Looms
Awfully late in the game, various players are facing up to the fact that Brexit may really happen, and it could well be the ugliest version.
Read more...May’s New Brexit Trade Scheme Dead Before Arrival
Spain tells Theresa May to quit wasting her time on trying to sell the EU27 on a special Brexit trade scheme.
Read more...Brexit: Chaos Visible
As businesses finally start telling the press they are worried about Brexit, the press is still not coming to grips with key issues.
Read more...Italy Threatens to Throw Spanner in European Alternative to Russian Gas
Italy threatens to make trouble on another European front.
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