Wouter van de Klippe

Anyone have recommendations for heterodox economic analyses/experts of Europe's pension reform efforts? An article is brewing and I'm looking for diverse voices on the topic.

📢 Fresh investigation reveals €1.5 BILLION in EU funds backing meat & dairy ads with false “sustainable” claims.

Taxpayer money shouldn’t bankroll greenwashing and lies🤥

Time for a full review. Investigation ⬇️ @euobserver.com @desmog.com

#EU #Greenwashing #Accountability #Disinformation

MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing 'Misleading' Claims EU taxpayers are funding a multi-year campaign blitz which frequently overstates the environmental benefits of eating meat and dairy while featuring bizarre and misleading claims. Since 2017, the Euro...

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MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing ‘Misleading’ Claims

📝 @lauravilladiego.bsky.social 👇

www.desmog.com/2025/11/25/m...

Why electrification, not repealing green laws, will save Europe's industry According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.

Why electrification, not repealing green laws, will save Europe's industry

EUROPE: Austerity stops women escaping rising violence, unions warn www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

Massive strikes in Belgium today against the gov's austerity measures.

The three-day strike represents one of the biggest labour actions that Europe has seen in recent memory.

Belgium is not alone in its plans to cut public-spending. Yet to be seen how unions elsewhere respond.

In Belgium, Labor and the Government Face a Showdown Organized labor has been more effective at defending the welfare state in Belgium than in most European countries. After recent actions resisting austerity plans, a three-day strike this week seeks to...

Nice piece here by @danielkopp.bsky.social in @jacobinmag.bsky.social on the Belgian labour movement's impressive efforts to block the gov's austerity program.

Massive three-day strike starting today organized by the country's unions.

My newest for @euobserver.com follows the story of securing rights for food delivery workers after Spain's passing of the landmark Rider Law.

While the law was a major step, the process that followed was lengthy and saw years of falsely classified self-employment for these workers.

How weakening due diligence EU rules became a ‘betrayal’ for workers The proposed rollback of the EU’s corporate accountability rules will significantly weaken their ability to address labour violations within the EU, experts and labour union representatives told EUobs...

Weakening EU's due diligence rules a 'betrayal' for workers.

While much of the Omnibus discussion focuses on distant impacts, experts and trade union reps described that impacts will be massive for workers across the EU.

Read my latest in @euobserver.com.

How weakening due diligence EU rules became a ‘betrayal’ for workers The proposed rollback of the EU’s corporate accountability rules will significantly weaken their ability to address labour violations within the EU, experts and labour union representatives told EUobserver.

The proposed rollback of the EU’s corporate accountability rules will significantly weaken their ability to address labour violations within the EU, experts and labour union representatives told EUobserver.

Uganda passed one of the harshest anti-gay laws, lgbt people describe it as living hell

Netherlands strikes deal to send rejected asylum seekers to uganda

Uganda has passed one of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world and is described as a living hell for lgbtq+ people. Meanwhile, the Netherlands strikes a deal with the Ugandan government to send rejected asylum seekers there.

Having grown up in the US and lived in Europe since adulthood, I’m always struck by the fact that Europeans have no idea how bad it can get if the continent’s healthcare systems aren’t defended.

I’m even more struck by the failure of left parties to campaign on that fact effectively.

one of those drop everything and just read it things ….

www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...

When workers stand for international solidarity Workers across Europe are standing up for Gaza. Nevertheless, there's much more to be done.

When workers stand for international solidarity.

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Any good explanations on what's driving the expectations referred to in the Reuters piece?

Any theories of what's stimulating domestic demand most effectively?

This morning, we published a story saying that European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen auto-deletes all her text messages on the Signal app, including those with an EU leader, president Emmanuel Macron of France.

Here is why this is a massive problem for public accountability. 🧵

Warnings From Weimar Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.

A new piece I wrote appearing in FOREIGN AFFAIRS today

www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warn...

Israel could face massive EU sanctions, despite veto Israel could still face an avalanche of EU sanctions despite its veto-holding allies in the Council, former diplomats have said.

Israel could still face an avalanche of EU sanctions despite its veto-holding allies in the Council, former diplomats have said.

Yiiiiiikes

The Polycrisis A project by Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay, focused on today’s intersecting crises and the political economy of climate change.

Call for help! @katemac.bsky.social & I are writing about Insurance in the Polycrisis.
Send us reading material, interesting things happening in the world, your takes 🙏
www.phenomenalworld.org/series/the-p...

we heterodox economists have been saying this for decades, but now Big Finance is saying it, you know it's the end of liberal macro institutions, a death brought to you by Donald Trump.

I think it's time to give up the idea that Capital only thrives under liberal institutions.

Who writes the EU's laws again? On the EU-US trade deal and how it could hurt Europe's workers.

It's been a while since I wrote something on my substack.

Loads of people are writing on how the trade deal will impact the environment - fewer covering that the US exemptions potentially undermine some of the EU's most powerful tools for fighting labour abuse. 👇

open.substack.com/pub/klippe/p...

Who writes the EU's laws again? On the EU-US trade deal and how it could hurt Europe's workers.

It's been a while since I wrote something on my substack.

Loads of people are writing on how the trade deal will impact the environment - fewer covering that the US exemptions potentially undermine some of the EU's most powerful tools for fighting labour abuse. 👇

open.substack.com/pub/klippe/p...

The Wage Gap Between CEOs And Workers Is Widening—And This Popular Company Is The Biggest Offender The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.

The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.

DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family. Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...

NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.

They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.

Nearly 300 NGOs, investors, and companies signed a letter urging the EU not to rollback these rules.

www.linkedin.com/posts/world-...

The EU level CSRD and CSDDD could have been powerful tools to fight labour abuses both in international supply chains, and also internally within the EU.

Under the excuse of regulatory overburden (despite contrary evidence: www.linkedin.com/pulse/study-...)

the EU continues weakening these laws

Freelance journalists in Europe: the costs of independence Journalism is facing a structural crisis with far-reaching effects on those working in the industry. In this climate, how are freelance reporters faring in France, Italy, and Spain? The short answer: not well.

Journalism is facing a structural crisis with far-reaching effects on those working in the industry. In this climate, how are freelance reporters faring in France, Italy, and Spain? The short answer: not well.