Europe
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Glyphosate Banned… For 18 Months… in Europe
We made something amazing happen. The EU refused to give Monsanto’s cancer-causing ingredient – glyphosate – the green light. It’s delayed the decision 18 months while glyphosate is re-evaluated. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 30 January 2017 (02/17)
30 January 2017 — Statewatch ANALYSES, BRIEFING & VIEWPOINT: http://www.statewatch.org/analyses.htm 1. Analysis: EU: Eighth report on relocation and resettlement: Commission welcomes increase in relocations and ignores harmful systematic effects NEWS http://www.statewatch.org/news/newsfull.htm 1 USA: Executive Order: Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement 2. EU: PNR: Belgium, France, Netherlands to introduce rail ID checks 3. Continue reading
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It’s Austerity, Not Globalization, That Pulls European Workers to the Right
Both the Washington Post (1/22/17) and New York Times (1/22/17) had pieces about declining support for the left in France and the rise of a nationalist right in both Italy and France. Both pieces attributed the rise in support for the right to people losing from globalization, implying that this is some impersonal process that… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 5 January 2017 (01/17)
5 January 2016 — http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org You can also access as a pdf file here: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2017/jan/email-5-1-17.pdf ANALYSES, BRIEFING & VIEWPOINT: http://www.statewatch.org/analyses.htm 1. Eurodac: Member States want wider police access to biometric database despite most never use it 2. The EU’s military mission against Mediterranean migration: what “deterrent effect”? : 3. Viewpoint: Migration, EU Cooperation Continue reading
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EU Votes For Citizens To Fund Their Own Brainwashing By Finian Cunningham
A fledgling group set up by the European Commission to allegedly counteract “Russian propaganda” is to be expanded with more public cash and resources. European citizens will be funding mechanisms inducing their own ignorance and misinformation. Continue reading
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This is in your food
Under corporate pressure, the EU is set to adopt meaningless “guidelines” that will mean dangerously high levels of a substance called acrylamide in our food. Even the EU’s own food safety experts say this substance could damage our DNA and increase the risk of cancer. Continue reading
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Tell your MEP to stand up and say no to Censorship Machines and the Link Tax
For the last year we’ve worked together to ensure that the huge new copyright law in the EU doesn’t crush our free expression online. But when the proposal finally came out last month, it confirmed our worst fears: The Link Tax is still alive. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 7 November 2016 (19/16)
7 November 2016 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org You can also access as a pdf file here: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2016/nov/email-7-11-16.pdf NEWS 1. Statewatch Intervention: Unaccompanied child asylum-seekers: European Court of Human Rights 2. EU: Council of the European Union: IT and border management & Japan MLA 3. Austria Postpones Presidential Election Re-Run Due to Faulty Postal Ballots 4. Continue reading
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Video: Iceland's Pirate Party Wins Big Gains in Parliamentary Election
The Reykjavik Grapevine’s Paul Fontaine discusses the possible outcomes after Saturday’s parliamentary vote Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 24 October 2016 (18/16)
24 October 2016 — Statewatch.org/ • e-mail: office@statewatch.org NEWS 1. Statewatch Analysis: Civilizing the torture and execution trade 2. UNHCR: (22.10.16): 319,826 arrivals 2016: 168,873 in Greece, 145,982 in Italy 3. CoE: “Combating anti Gypsyism: calls for better access to social rights and legislative measures Continue reading
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“The Kremlin’s Playbook”: Russia-EU Cooperation, A Threat to US National Security? Selected Articles
20 October 2016 — Global Research “The Kremlin’s Playbook”: Washington Views Russia-EU Cooperation, A Threat to US National Security By Fort Russ, October 20 2016 Europe is dependent on financial and energy resources of Moscow, according to a report by the Washington Center for strategic and international studies. On October 13 in Washington, a study was published, “The Kremlin’s Continue reading
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Leaked EU documents show that big corporations have seized control of our food safety regulations
It’s a dream come true for the industry giants. In the coming days, the European Commissioner for Health will consider the draft proposal. And even after Brexit, these rules could set the baseline for future UK regulation, too. But a public outcry across Europe for real, legal limits that protect people (not profits!) can still… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 30 September 2016 (17/16)
30 September 2016 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StatewatchEU EU-Afghanistan returns plan: Another “dodgy” deal Deal to be signed next week to start immediate refugee “return” flights Is Afghanistan a “safe country”? Quick return of 80,000 refugees planned “effectively implement readmission commitments” – by-passing parliamentary scrutiny Continue reading
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BREAKING: The Link Tax is Officially on its Way
The EU Commission has officially released some of the worst copyright laws in the world, including unprecedented new Link Tax powers for publishing giants. Earlier today, the Commission presented these new rules to the world. Over the past few weeks, leaks suggested the rules were worse than originally feared,3 and today’s announcement proved it. We… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 14 September 2016 (16/16)
13 September 2016 — Statewatch • e-mail: office@statewatch.org You can also access as a pdf file here: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2016/sep/e-mail-gen-14-sep.pdf NEWS 1. ECRE-AIDA: Report: Admissibility, responsibility and safety in European asylum procedures 2. UK: Downing Street ‘used police and courts to smear Orgreave miners’ 3. European Parliament: Implementation of Lisbon Treaty – Improving Functioning of Foreign Affairs Continue reading
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The EU proposes a nightmare version of the Link Tax!
Today, a draft of the copyright law we’ve been anticipating was leaked and it confirms the worst. The EU Commission is going ahead with giving unprecedented powers to publishing giants – including the the Link Tax – giving them the ability to charge fees when snippets of text are used in hyperlinks. Continue reading
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EU Commission: Yes, we will create new ancillary copyright for news publishers, but please stop calling it a “link tax”
Well that was quick: just two days after Commissioner Ansip delivered a non-denial denial that “this Commission does not have any plans to tax hyperlinks” Statewatch published a draft of the Commission’s own Impact assessment on the modernisation of EU copyright rules which clearly states that the Commission will indeed propose the introduction of an… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 30 August 2016 (15/16)
30 August 2016 — Statewatch.org/ office@statewatch.org You can also access as a pdf file here: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2016/aug/e-mail-gen-30-aug.pdf NEWS 1. EU Commission: Copyright reform proposals: Leaked internal Impact Assessment (IA) 2. Statewatch Analysis: The visible hand: The EU’s Security Industrial Policy 3. Refugees: New routes to reach Spain lead to more deaths at sea 4. EU: Common list Continue reading
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Lied to over Link Tax
Documents leaked this morning1 prove that the EU Commission misled the public earlier this week when it tweeted, “The @EU_Commission does not have any plans to tax hyperlinks.” You were lied to. We were lied to. The public was lied to. Continue reading
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Link Tax: Old Wine now in New Bottle
This is unreal. Yesterday, we asked you to tell the EU Commission to abandon plans for the link tax by sharing hard-hitting social media images. Thanks to you, later the same day, the EU Commission responded to our campaign on Twitter, saying “The @EU_Commission does not have any plans to tax hyperlinks.” But here’s the… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 