Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Fascistisation of political life and the populist media debate are spreading throughout the whole of Europe like a new pandemic. They will continue to grow until they affect the majority of the continent, or the international community as a whole, and enter a phase of exhaustion and weakness.
There have been signs of new interest in Participatory Budgeting (PB) in London. It offers a parallel democratic process to elections and is open to immigrants without the right to vote. Resistance to PB comes from misunderstanding what it can achieve, and from restrictions on local council spending. People can change their reality.
In a few weeks’ time, conservative and Francoist nostalgia groups and those defending the rule of law and achievements in social justice, human rights and civil liberties will face each other in Spain. Miguel Ángel Ferris Correspondent in Paris A scenario in which the political centre has vanished […]
Not only the Netherlands’ neighbours must prepare for the closure of the Groningen field, but also the Kingdom itself: the money received from the sale of gas was the main source of budget revenue for the last 60 years. The Dutch government’s decision to close the Groningen camp on […]
Very few local councils in England allow their residents a say in how they spend their taxes. The Labour Party leadership has said nothing about a model of local democracy widely used in Europe and the Americas. Here is the history and here is how it empowers the people. Accountability and Transparency are essential to PB.
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