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Debate: Asylum seeking in the Netherlands: Systematically unfair

Wed, 14/04/2021 - 11:50
A group of experts from the University of Nijmegen has sharply criticised the Dutch asylum system. In its report, which was commissioned by the state, it concludes that people have been falsely portrayed as fraudsters and lost their residence permits as a result. It also says that the legislation of recent years has increasingly weakened the position of asylum seekers. Commentators call for solutions.
Categories: European Union

Debate: Romania: Covid patients die in a container

Wed, 14/04/2021 - 11:50
Three Covid-19 patients who were being treated in a container installed outside a hospital in Bucharest have died, presumably due to a malfunction of the oxygen supply systems to which they were connected. The containers were purchased in April last year to take some of the strain off overcrowded hospitals. Commentators say the incident is just the tip of the iceberg.
Categories: European Union

Debate: Biden's stimulus programme: a blueprint for Europe?

Wed, 14/04/2021 - 11:50
Joe Biden's Covid relief bill measures will cost 1.9 trillion dollars, and now another two trillion dollar economic stimulus package is to follow, including schemes for increased welfare benefits, climate protection and the renovation of dilapidated infrastructures. Biden aims to finance the plan with the country's first major tax hike in 30 years, with above all the rich and businesses having to pay more.
Categories: European Union

Debate: Ukraine conflict: what are Moscow's plans?

Tue, 06/04/2021 - 12:06
Russia has concentrated troops near the Ukrainian border and positioned heavy artillery in annexed Crimea - prompting worried statements from Nato and words of support from Joe Biden to Kyiv. Commentators discuss whether the war in eastern Ukraine is about to flare up once more.
Categories: European Union

Escalation as leverage | Postimees - Estonia

Tue, 06/04/2021 - 12:06
Categories: European Union

Debate: Biden keeps going - and increases taxes

Tue, 06/04/2021 - 12:06
Joe Biden's Covid relief bill measures will cost 1.9 trillion dollars and now another two trillion dollar economic stimulus package is to follow, with programmes for more welfare, climate protection and the renovation of ailing infrastructures. Biden aims to finance the plan with the first major tax hike in the US in 30 years; the rich and businesses in particular will have to pay more. Europe's press is impressed.
Categories: European Union

A small revolution | Politiken - Denmark

Tue, 06/04/2021 - 12:06
Categories: European Union

Keynesianism is back | Avgi - Greece

Tue, 06/04/2021 - 12:06
Categories: European Union

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