Italian journalist Thomas Fazi writes that European states are being offered a pittance in Covid recovery funding in exchange for giving up even more power to the EU. The 750 billion euro ‘Next Generation’ Covid fund is all about increasing […]
Sweden looks less likely than ever to adopt the euro. As Brexit Facts4EU reports, public support has plummeted since the Swedish people rejected joining the single currency in a 2003 referendum. This is an edited version of Brexit Facts4EU’s original report, […]
There are seven candidate countries for joining the euro, but the EU’s latest report shows that none of them will be joining any time soon – despite their EU treaty obligations to do so. Brexit Facts4EU reports. This is an edited […]
Political scientist and CIB committee member Dr Anna Bailey examines the political crisis that has developed in the EU over its financial response to Covid-19. While the EU has managed to muddle its way through the numerous crises thrown at […]
Voices from within the German establishment are warning that the German government should stop blocking the implementation of so-called ‘coronabonds’. Leading Green Party politicians are concerned that should Italy and Spain suffer economic collapse, Germany’s export industry would be seriously […]
Ambassador Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos will be known to many CIB members for his authoritative accounts of the tragic effects of EU austerity on Greece, not least the resulting humanitarian crisis and spiralling death rate (see for example his memorable speech at our […]
