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Apple, Ireland and the EU: considerations on just corporate tax regimes 15
- EU Governance and Politics, Financial Policy and International Markets, Op-ed
- 16/10/2016
The preferential treatment granted by Ireland effectively configures as state aid, a practice which is not only incompatible with the internal market principles of free competition and non-discrimination, but also unethical.
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Wasting food or creating waste?1
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 12/10/2016
Organisations working to reduce food waste, and those calling for a reduction in packaging, are competing for attention these days. Which of the issues is the most pressing? When looking at the bigger picture there can be no doubt; wasting food is creating hunger and potentially a lot more environmental problems than surplus packaging.
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TTIP, CETA, TPP and… another secret trade deal 1
- International Trade, Op-ed
- 11/10/2016
TTIP and CETA have stirred up quite a debate lately. Less discussed is the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), a trade deal for global services negotiated among the EU and 22 other countries since 2013. The EU should take firmer action in defending its values regarding corporate power and global cooperation.
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Cutting towards the future with molecular scissors 0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 05/10/2016
Genome editing with “molecular scissors” is becoming the method of choice for plant breeding. It offers a huge potential regarding the food and nutrition security, which is so necessary because of the growing world population and increasing consumption of meat. However, some fear that this might be another genetically modified organism (GMO).
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Waltraud Schelkle: “Eurozone must build risk-sharing mechanisms”0
- EU Governance and Politics, Interview, Social and Economic Policy
- 28/09/2016
Joseph Stiglitz can certainly not be counted among the friends of the Euro. His new book, The Euro and Its Threat to the Future of Europe, provides ammunition for Eurosceptics, on whichever side of the political spectrum: a harsh critique of the Single Currency, unrealistic policy proposals on how to save it (e.g. a fiscal federation), the conclusion that an “amicable divorce” would be best. In this interview, Waltraud Schelkle, Associate Professor in Political Economy at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, provides an alternative read of the euro area crisis.
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Erdogan’s purge and the rule of law 0
- Human Rights and Migration, International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 26/09/2016
At the heart of the latest attempted military coup is the role the Turkish people played in quashing the coup.
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