EU Economics

Student Computer Science, with an interest in economics, politics, history and technology.

[Marietje Schaake @MarietjeSchaake]

Disturbing, also there are exponentially more ‘anti-immigrant militia’ than immigrants >> ‘The Czech Republic took in 12 migrants from Greece and Italy under an EU scheme and granted asylum to just 145 people last year.
Slovenia granted asylum to 152 people last year.’

[EU_Eurostat @EU_Eurostat]

Euro area #GDP +0.4% in Q2 2018, +2.1% compared with Q2 2017 https://t.co/Uzd6t1aIwa

[EU_Eurostat @EU_Eurostat]

July 2018: euro area #unemployment stable at 8.2%, EU28 at 6.8% #Eurostat https://t.co/XVsJciC38b

[Mark Lievisse Adriaanse @Markla94]

Twee beloftes bij invoering leenstelsel: bespaarde geld zou in onderwijs geïnvesteerd worden (niet gebeurd); studieschuld zou niet meetellen bij aanvragen hypotheek (wel gebeurd).

[Alberto Nardelli @AlbertoNardelli]

Italy’s interior minister, Matteo Salvini, will meet Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, in Milan tomorrow to discuss proposals to block migrants from entering the EU. M5S claim it’s not an “official government meeting.” In reality, the meeting shows where power lies in Italy

[Jelmer Visser @DieTukkerfries]

Kanonne, wat naar. Links 2010 en rechts 2015. Beide cijfers van het RIVM. Ik wist niet dat de vaccinatiegraad in vijf jaar tijd zo gigantisch is gedaald.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

Last year the UK Conservative Party received £835,000 in membership fees and £1.7 million from the wills and legacy contributions of the deceased.

In other words, the party received twice as much money from dead people as from the living.

[EU Economics @EU_Economics]

Will Elon Musk's 120-hour week stop us worshipping workaholism? https://t.co/u4NJMA67Gz

[EU Economics @EU_Economics]

UK won't trigger battle with Brussels after no-deal Brexit, says Raab https://t.co/sABDqQUtvp

[World Economic Forum @wef]

What higher tariffs could mean for #economic growth https://t.co/qgPFlKasL4 #business

[EU Economics @EU_Economics]

Germany urges EU payment system without U.S. to save Iran deal https://t.co/kUa7lNAYWN

[EU Economics @EU_Economics]

Brexit vote could 'in theory' be reversed - EU minister Moscovici https://t.co/g6oNB0tM2m

[Reuters @Reuters]

Merkel sees no urgent need to help Turkey financially https://t.co/xAXNooPKcR

[FT Alphaville @FTAlphaville]

That unfolding Australian house price crash https://t.co/6aFG2tnKvZ

[Andrew Stroehlein @astroehlein]

Prague 1968: Images of the day when a Moscow-led invasion crushed Czechoslovakia's humble attempt at limited freedom from Kremlin domination https://t.co/X9nCSKftHN

[Sander Wagner @sanderwagner]

AFD is heading towards a massive campaign donation scandal. About 6 million euros (huge sum in German politics) received without the donor being identifiable (probably a foreign entity), which is illegal under German campaign donation laws.

[The Daily Mash @thedailymash]

Five annoying things about millennials we’ve just made up https://t.co/bZzslAJPzV

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

Contrary to what you might have read elsewhere, it’s not Spain/Italy who are most exposed to financial fallout in Turkey but the UK. Chart from Oliver Harvey at DB. More on this in my @thetimes column today: https://t.co/dgqwRyBHxg

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

If someone in Turkey had bought Bitcoin at the beginning of the year, instead of holding their money in Lira... they'd have lost even more.