This week has seen the latest farcical episode in the EU’s foray into space. The independent European Space Agency (ESA), which is based in Paris and is building the so-called Galileo satellite navigation system for the EU, was left with egg on its fac…
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china, EU waste, European Commission, Galileo, space, taxpayers |
July 11, 2012
As the only directly elected component of the EU machine, taxpayers and citizens have a right to expect that MEPs will stand up for their interests in Brussels, scrutinising the decisions and spending of the other EU institutions.In recent months, the …
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EU agencies, european parliament, Scrutiny, taxpayers, transparency |
May 24, 2012
Angela Merkel has grounds to be glumMost recent headlines concerning opposition to Merkel’s eurozone policies have focused on the anti-austerity positions of Hollande and his supporters, and at the more dramatic end, Tsipras and the radical Greek opp…
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democracy, esm, eurozone crisis, eurozone. bail-out, germany, Merkel, taxpayers |
So the eurozone crisis has made it to the one place where it is guaranteed to hit home – the sports pages. The main page of the sports section in yesterday’s Bild ran with the headline, “Will German taxpayers eventually have to fork out for Messi and …
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bail-out, Bild Zeitung, germany, Greece, Rajoy, Spain, taxpayers |
January 20, 2012
Ahead of our impending paper looking at the effectiveness or otherwise of the EU’s structural funds (watch this space) we came across this timely comment from Hungarian PM Viktor Orban – who has been subject to some (ehum) controversy over recent wee…
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