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COVID is laying bare the various drivers in the global and Australian markets which are also rising and falling on the back of vaccine news. Economic recoveries may also be losing momentum as fiscal measures are hitting their peak. Listen now to hear the from the QIC Liquid Market Team speak to the latest topics, including: - How investors are looking to alternatives such as precious metals and bonds, with gold and silver hitting an all-time high - The outlook for the newly launched Australian 30 year benchmark bond - The first ever federalisation of the debt sharing arrangement out of the EU - How the global supply and demand dynamic has seen global macro credit inventory fall to low levels - The forecast for the Australian earning seasons which kicks off this week. Disclaimer: This information is solely for general information purposes. It is not financial product advice or an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy securities or any other investment, investment management or advisory services. In preparing this information, QIC has not taken into account any investor's objectives, financial situations or needs. QIC does not represent, warrant or guarantee that the integrity of this information has been maintained or that the information is free of errors, virus or interference. You are not permitted to rely on this information, and any reliance on it, or decisions made based on it, are your responsibility. QIC therefore accepts no liability for any reliance on this information. Copyright QIC Limited, Australia. All rights are reserved. For more information about QIC, our approach, clients and regulatory framework, please refer to our website www.qic.com or contact us directly.

A self-described nerd and book junkie.    In this episode we discuss: The passion for selling came from seeing the response  Balancing building a brand new business with a 2-month-old  How to say "No" politely. How to go from solo-preneur to 11 employees in less than a year The 3 pillars of success in sales The biggest difference between sales in the United States and UK and EU How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market What to do if you feel you are being undervalued or underpaid Don't feel like an imposter before you try and fail

In this week’s episode, Mark Leonard presents the new and third edition of ECFR´s Coalition explorer, which also included special questions regarding the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Together with policy fellows Ulrike Franke and Pawel Zerka, he analyses the collected data in depth, answering the question of France’s and Germany´s role within the EU: How are the two countries perceived by their European partners? How can this power tandem influence EU policy-making? And what kind of new coalition patterns did emerge during the covid-19 crisis? EU Coalition Explorer: https://www.ecfr.eu/eucoalitionexplorer The big engine that might: How France and Germany can build a geopolitical Europe by Ulrike Franke and Jana Puglierin https://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/the_big_engine_that_might_how_france_and_germany_can_build_a_geopolitical_e The EU Coalition Explorer was developed within ECFR’s Rethink: Europe” project supported by Stiftung Mercator. This podcast was recorded on 31 July 2020. Bookshelf: •“In the Shadow of Justice: Postwar Liberalism and the Remaking of Political Philosophy” by Katrina Forrester • “Recursion” by Blake Crouch • “Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist” by Niall Ferguson • “Normal People” and “Conversation with friends” by Sally Rooney

We’re examining several topics that relate to competition regulation in a post-pandemic world. First, we’re exploring how the European Union (EU) is providing (or failing to provide) state aid to companies that need it. Then, we’re shifting our attention to business bankruptcy filings and the potential avoidance of competition regulations that apply to merger transactions. Finally, we’re discussing scarcity and price gouging in the U.S. Joining me for this conversation is a panel of esteemed guests, Leo Caseria, Jacques Derenne, David Garcia, and Bevin Newman. Leo Caseria is a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group in the Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles offices of Sheppard Mullin.  He advises companies on antitrust issues in civil litigation, government investigations, mergers and acquisitions and proposed or contemplated business strategies. Jacques Derenne is the Co-Leader of Sheppard Mullin's Antitrust and Competition Group and the head of the EU Competition & Regulatory practice at Sheppard Mullin’s Brussels office. He is a member of the Brussels and Paris bars. He is also a Professor at the University of Liège and at the Brussels School of Competition. David Garcia is a partner at Sheppard Mullin’s Century City office. He is a litigator with a broad background in complex civil litigation for major U.S. companies, including extensive class action and multidistrict litigation experience. His practice focuses principally on antitrust litigation and counseling with particular emphasis on the entertainment industry, provider side healthcare mergers and the intersection between antitrust and intellectual property in litigation and joint ventures. Bevin Newman is a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. Bevin is a strategic adviser to clients in cutting-edge affiliations and collaborative arrangements. She focuses much of her practice in the healthcare industry, bringing over 20 years of experience advising and defending globally renowned health systems, academic medical centers, providers, payers and pharmaceuticals companies undertaking significant transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, intellectual property licenses and innovative alliances, as well as on conduct matters. What We Discuss in This Episode: What does state aid control look like in the European Union (EU) and how is it coming into play in this post-pandemic world? How does state aid ensure market integration in the EU? How can the EU grant state aid without crossing the lines of regulations? What are several criticisms one of our guests has regarding the EU’s handling of the crisis recovery? If a company accepts state aid from a Member State, is it possible that there will be legal action brought against them for violating competition laws? How can a failing company going through Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings potentially preclude itself from the scrutiny of competition regulations? What interest might the Federal and state governments have in flailing or failing companies that are potentially getting around antitrust regulation through the filing of bankruptcy? Are we likely to see increased consolidation and mergers in the healthcare industry? What protection does the failing firm defense provide? How is each state handling price gouging of goods and services? What laws exist to regulate pricing? Is there a benefit to the creation of a Federal price gouging law that would harmonize the laws across the states? Contact Information: Leo’s Sheppard Mullin attorney profile  Jacques’s Sheppard Mullin attorney profile  David’s Sheppard Mullin attorney profile  Bevin’s Sheppard Mullin attorney profile  Thank you for listening! Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to the show to receive every new episode delivered straight to your podcast player every Wednesday.  If you enjoyed this episode, please help us get the word out about this podcast. Rate and Review this show in Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, or Spotify.  It helps other listeners find this show.  Be sure to connect with us and reach out with any questions/concerns:  LinkedIn Facebook Twitter  Sheppard Mullin website  This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not to be construed as legal advice specific to your circumstances. If you need help with any legal matter, be sure to consult with an attorney regarding your specific needs.

NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to the EU Commission Proposal and now EU Parliament approval; pending EU Council (member states approval) and publication in the official journal (OJEU) for the official postponement of EU MDR. Once official, the DoA would be amended by one year, so when referring to the DoA as 26 May 2020 this would now be 26 May 2021. This live episode of the Global Medical Device Podcast was recorded at the Greenlight Guru True Quality Roadshow in Houston, with host Jon Speer his special guest Evangeline Loh, vice president of regulatory affairs at Emergo Group. Together they discuss key challenges medical device professionals are facing with EU MDR, how to best manage those challenges, and its impact on the medical device ecosystem. Some of the highlights of the show include: - EU MDR: The medical device regulation was scheduled to start on May 26, 2020, but will likely be postponed due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. - Second Corrigendum: Self-certified Class I medical devices under the current MDD 93/42/EEC will be up-classified under MDR and will not need to be certified to the new regulation until May 25, 2024. - Ecosystem Challenge: Delays have the medical device enterprise scrambling to find systems to register and market their medical devices to be compliant. - Number of Notified Bodies: MDR has 11 designated notified bodies, which is a significant increase. EU Commission plans to designate several more soon. - Beat the Clock: The advantage to receiving MDR certification before May 2024 by engaging a notified body to review/issue it is to become a legacy device. - Brexit (UK withdraws from EU): How will it impact and be impacted by EU MDR? From a regulatory regime perspective, it represents more work and duplication. - Despite delays, deadlines are approaching and will impact everyone. It’s important to monitor and understand what’s happening around the world.

Special guest dr. Ling Lin comments on COVID-19. Why is it worse than regular flu? How do quarantaine measures compare between China and EU? How is daily life in affected cities in China? What are the radiological features of COVID-19 on chest CT? What are possible treatments?

Britain finally leaves the EU - How prepared is Europe for an outbreak of a new coronavirus? - Souvenir street sellers moved on in Rome - French workers protest against pension reforms – The often overlooked Romany victims of the Nazis – Stolpersteine: one victim, one stone – Are Eurozone wallets about to get lighter? - Unaccompanied migrant children in Greece

The European Union (EU) is taking major strides to help combat climate change by instituting a ban on diesel cars, enforcing existing climate regulations among member states, and announcing the EU Green Deal initiative. Despite these efforts, the EU Commission still struggles to enforce any such policies among member states who fail to comply. We’re exploring several of the new climate policies being instituted and discussing how the EU is reacting to noncompliance.  Joining us for this conversation is Dr. Michael Hofmann. Michael is an associate in the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group in Sheppard Mullin’s Brussels office. He focuses on all aspects of European and German competition law matters. Michael wrote his doctoral thesis in the area of energy competition law and holds a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) in International Commercial Law from the University of Aberdeen (UK). He is fluent in English in addition to his native German. What We Discussed in This Episode: What is happening in the area of climate regulation enforcement in the EU? What is the basis for all of the litigation occurring at the EU level as it relates to climate regulation? What is the EU Air Quality Directive and what are its key elements? What is the process for EU litigation proceedings against member states for policy infringement? How many open cases are currently pending with the EU commission? Why were several EU member states unable to comply with the NO2 limitation requirements placed by the EU? How has the EU placed restrictions against diesel cars? What effect has the ban on diesel cars had on the Free State of Bavaria? How is the EU Commission indirectly addressing the NO2 threshold against diesel car manufacturers via competition laws? What is the European Union’s Green Deal and what are its objectives? Why is the EU thinking of introducing a carbon border tax and how might that affect U.S. multinationals doing business in the EU? Contact Information: mhoffman@sheppardmullin.com Dr. Hofmann Sheppard Mullin attorney profile Thank you for listening! Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to the show to receive every new episode delivered straight to your podcast player every Wednesday.  If you enjoyed this episode, please help us get the word out about this podcast. Rate and Review this show in Apple Podcasts, Stitcher Radio, Google Play, or Spotify.  It helps other listeners find this show.  Be sure to connect with us and reach out with any questions/concerns:  LinkedIn Facebook Twitter  Sheppard Mullin website  This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not to be construed as legal advice specific to your circumstances. If you need help with any legal matter, be sure to consult with an attorney regarding your specific needs.

- Due to technical difficulties, there is no audio from 1:13-2:44 - Thomas Philippon presented his thesis on market concentration. He explained the reasons behind the rising corporate market power in the US and drew conclusions of the implications of this empirical finding on consumers, innovation, the functioning of markets and the economy as a whole. Specific questions that were addressed are: Are American markets giving up healthy competition? How does competition policy enforcement and regulation in the US compares with the EU? How can we ensure that markets are competitive and function without failures? How efficient are antitrust enforcement and regulation in the EU? What will be the implications of introducing geopolitical considerations in the EU competition policy following the debate around the Siemens/Alstom controversial merger case? The presentation was based on Thomas Philipon’s new book The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets.

Hi guys and welcome to Finance and Fury. Today we will start off on the miniseries with the best place to invest money in 2019. Investments to Consider in 2019 Where should you invest your money? Question plagues both beginning investors and established pros. We are always looking for the best place to invest money for the here and now, and beyond No investment is guaranteed, I wanted to share my thoughts on different investment options for 2019 and beyond. Each one of these will suit someone’s circumstances better than the other Maybe you have built up a respectable sum of money in a high-interest savings account, but you know that saving cash isn’t enough, you want to do something with it. The propensity to hold more money in a high-interest savings account versus stepping into the realm of risk and buying into something that can go up, and can go down. But, over the long-term has a higher return than cash but in the short-term can definitely lose more than cash.   What are the options: Break these down over 2 episodes, Today and next Monday. Today we will break down the share market. Should you be investing in shares. For the next Monday episodes we will look at investing in property, then yourself (education), starting a business (risk/return versus capital) and should you reduce debt? Should you invest in shares in 2019? Shares If you have been paying attention lately, you’d have noticed the market lost some value. Is this a correction or will it continue through 2019? ASX (Australian Stock Exchange) has suffered some heavy losses. From the start of September, it started declining, with a peak in August S&P 500 will have lost all its 2018 gains by the end of the year and then some, and many believe that’s just the beginning of a spiral that might last years. First point: Breaking down the market, which is shares being bought and sold by millions of people CBA is down -12%, WBC also down -18%, ANZ is down -12%, and NAB is down -16%. This equals by weight of 22% of the market a total -3.26% loss on the market. But during the same time, CSL gained 38%. This goes to show the market is made up of many different shares. Why have the banks gone down? There has been a lot of bad press during the Royal Commissions with class action payouts, and the new bail in laws where banks lost their government backing Why has the market crashed? Comes back to a lot of uncertainty Covered some in previous episodes on shares, see resources at the bottom of the page. Is it anything new? Not really, it’s more of the same thing happening Trade wars: the Tariffs between China and America Allies and enemies: Xi Jinping (China’s leader) is meeting with a lot of African leaders to secure resources The risk to us isn’t some short-term reduction in trade, but long-term as sides are picked. This will be further explored in a later episode Midterms are over: Republicans kept the senate The Democrats won the house. Which is good for Trump. He has achieved a lot in the first 2 years with tax cuts. When you look at the state of the American economy, the rising federal reserve rate has dampened market growth, which is a correction and saves it from reaching the growth bubble territory. Europe: Yellow Vest Protests or "gilets jaunes". This is still going on, as Europeans are waking up finally and protesting against policies provided by the EU France: 84,000 across the country in the 9th week straight Emmanuel Macron: National debate on 15 January in response to weeks of protests by the "gilets jaunes", so we will see how that goes This has spread across the rest of Europe and even reached Canada Concerns in France are that of Macron in response wants to reduce taxes on pensioners and increase the minimum wage. Which is just more of an increase to public spending Will do nothing but require the government to borrow more, pushing up France’s debt Keep the EU Block’s interest rate low to afford the repayments Cause pressure on EU Bond market. Especially with Italy as well, being one of the biggest bond providers in the EU Brexit: I will do a follow up episode on this one in the near future as well By plan or by blunder, the failed negotiations may accelerate the collapse of the EU I personally don’t think it was some well thought out 4D chess move. But the no deal means no 40bn pound payment to the EU How happy will the France and Germany population be to have to cover this in additional taxes? What is the effect of these things? Most have little effect on the underlying health of companies here in Australia, beyond tariffs Cash flow on companies: The ones that dropped heavily are AMP, Banks, RFG, TLS These drops were specific to the company, not the economy. Not a good outlook though for some sectors What about the rest of the market? Profit taking caused a drop in some. The real question is will it continue? I like patterns and data. I spent a few hours going through all of the historical data since 1902 Markets don’t behave like they used to Cumulative growth over time has slowed down 1902-31 = 2,507% gain, 1932-61 = 3,467%, 1962-91 = 4,323%, 1992-2018 = 893%. Only 27 years, but behind by: 2,141%, 1,262% & 2,409% respectively What has happened? There is a very deep issue, and we will cover why in next week’s Friday’s episode. After going through property as well as these topics overlap Beyond the lower compounding growth, what are the chances we will have a negative year this year? Statistics since 1902: Let’s look at how markets behave when there is a 12-month loss There have been 21 negative years, 5 of those have been back to back After a negative year, there is a 70% chance of a positive year, 30% chance of a loss. 5 times in 116 years there have been 2 years in a row losses How much does it rebound on average? Gain of 20% from 17 rebound years after a loss Loss of 16% from 5 after a previous year loss Averages out to 8% p.a. the year after Probability: Normative distribution of having 0% or negative year = 35% chance it will go down further and 65% chance of a gain 3 years after a negative year: there is a 3% chance of having 0% or negative average return over 3 years after loss. This is a 50% chance of 13% growth p.a. 50/50 chance of 45% compounding gain over 3 years after loss 9% chance that the compounding returns will be 0% or less   Technical Analysis: No guarantees here! Will the market keep going down? It looks a lot like profit taking end of 2015 Average decline of about 2.7% p.m. over 7 months Recovery patterns: it looks like there is a chance of a mini-correction Rebounded 5.6% over the last 3 weeks May drop back a few percentage, repeat this process, then break through back to 6,300 But who knows, the market gets spooked very easily at the moment, and are all off future expectations Fundamental Analysis: The economy’s current and future expectations Market has responded to trade, currency, rates. The economy looks like a bit of a mess at the moment Pretty reliant on other countries: Mostly in Asia, like China, Indonesia, and Japan But what about our indicators? GDP growth: Growth ranges are narrowing. At similar levels to 2016, but are lower than throughout most of the pre-2000s Debt to GDP ratio is about the same at 41% Unemployment is slightly lower now: 5.8% vs 5.1% Employed people in Australia up 600,000 over 2 years Labour participation rate is up from 64.8% to 65.7% Productivity is about the same Business Confidence is at a major loss from 6 to 3 Consumer confidence is up a little from 100 to 103 The economy while not flash, isn’t any worse off now compared to a few years ago, it’s actually a little bit better according to the fundamental health of the economy. However, everyone is looking into the future and is aware of the risks associated with the financial market. Risks to the market: What would cause a collapse in Australia? China and our economy We will cover this next week on Friday Run through some worst case scenarios like what would actually make our market tank? This seems like a correction at the moment. 6 years of gains in a row. That stats: 8 years, 2 losses. Which is acting in line with historical trends What to do? Remember the plan Investing for the long haul. Ride the wave before you retire, you may not have to worry too much about short-term corrections. Diversify well, If you were 100% invested in banks you would have had a bad year If invested in a diversified growth portfolio, you would have walked away with 3% gain Shares should not make up 100% of the investment Worried things will go down further? Split the investments up Dollar cost averaging, where you invest the same amount of money every month to buy the average price over a period of time. Not comfortable trying to pick shares: Consider investing in globally diversified and low-cost index funds Every week it seems like some blue chip has lost 30% in a day Investing in ETFs, LICs, and Managed Funds removes the major risk of single holdings What I’ve done: Invested some lump sums December: Just before Christmas I put $1k in super and $1k between 4 Managed funds each Last week: On the 2nd, I did it again, $1k in super and $1k between 4 Managed funds each No guarantees with the share market. The market has the same price as for December 2016, 2 years ago Summary: Investing is for the long term No crystal ball, but if you are investing for a period of longer than 5 years, the chance of having a loss over this period is very very very small Nobody can time the markets, but the price seems okay to invest If you were willing to invest 6 months ago, but not now, why? You could be getting what you wanted 6 months ago for a lot cheaper   Thanks for listening, if you want to get in touch you can over at the contact page here. Next Monday we will run through the property side of things, and what will make our market go down.   Related episodes: Current Australian share market: https://financeandfury.com.au/current-australian-share-market/ Why Group Think threatens your Financial Freedom https://financeandfury.com.au/furious-fridays-austrian-economics-and-why-group-think-is-the-most-dangerous-thing-threatening-your-financial-freedom/ Property market going down https://financeandfury.com.au/did-you-hear-the-property-market-is-going-to-drop-by-45-percent/ Regulation impacting financial crashes https://financeandfury.com.au/history-repeats-itself-gfcs-and-how-the-banks-and-government-regulation-have-impacted-financial-crashes-in-the-past/ Leave your emotions at the door https://financeandfury.com.au/repress-suppress-invest-check-your-emotions-at-the-door/ Financial crash-proof your share investments https://financeandfury.com.au/financial-crash-proof-your-share-investments/ Buying property and financial crash proofing your investments https://financeandfury.com.au/buying-property-financial-crash-proofing-your-investments-how-to-get-yourself-into-a-position-to-survive-any-market-correction/  

Femi Oluwole is a spokesperson for Our Future Our Choice, a group of young people campaigning to stop Brexit. He’s gone head to head with key pro-Brexit figures including Nigel Farage and Katie Hopkins and it’s only a matter of time before he’s invited onto Question Time. The son of Nigerian doctors he grew up in the North East of England and had moved 14 times by the age of 14, later studying EU law in Brussels and Vienna.   On this episode we cover: His busy life trying to block Brexit Spending his life on Mega Bus and not sleeping Visiting the Northern Irish border The sheep farmer who will quit if Brexit goes ahead Lisa’s Brexit confessions Sane leavers v the not very sane Stalking Nigel Farage Arguing with Nigel Farage Being vilified by The Daily Mail and Daily Express Studying EU law Being born in 1990 Lisa makes a drugs confession Summing up the single market for David Cameron Why people voted Brexit The political class and ‘elites’ Japan, Nissan, 27,000 factory jobs and Sunderland London and the Metropolitan elite British Immigrants in London The jobs and investment being in London Social integration Outside of London being neglected Voting out when you thought we would stay in What Femi did on the night of the election Lisa’s election result night confession from Soho (yes another confession) And sorry to the mixed race couple we totally embarrassed on referendum result night How leavers might think we’re pathetic Being born in Darlington but moving to Middlesbrough, Dundee, Swansea, Birmingham, Worcestershire, Nottingham and more. Blaming Will Smith, The Fresh Prince and Kenan and Kal for his American accent Moving to Brussels – and who has the best chips (mayonnaise or Samurai sauce) The true spirit of Europe British weapons being used by Saudi Arabia in Yemen Why people are against the Human Rights Act His Dad being born next to Highbury Stadium Casual racism he experienced as a child (his magic hand!) Feeling special His Nigerian doctor parents Posh, wealthy Nigerian NHS doctors from the EU and abroad – EU making up 10% of our doctors Immigrants are keeping us alive Would we want to pick fruit? Working in bars How Vienna is the prettiest city he’s been to Working for the EU’s Fundamental Right’s Agency Ditching law due to his ‘hero complex’ and wanting to make a difference Leaving before he lost his soul His twitter following Heading into Birmingham’s Bullring with a EU placard ‘Some random kid from Darlington leading the EU debate’ Experts and not trusting experts Trump’s #fakenews Within 5 year of the referendum how the population will be remainers Inderef1 and the people’s vote Being no way to solve the Northern Irish border situation, the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and EU lorries The danger of leaving the EU without having a say in the rules How we were top of the pile in the UE What Femi will do if we leave the EU How people will feel if it Brexit doesn’t go ahead The will of the people cannot be undermined by another referendum – if the will of the people is to change our minds then that is the will of the people Not seeing a decent Brexit plan –Chequers Being in economic interest to do business with our closest neighbours Femi for Prime Minister! Moving number 10 to Birmingham Not liking London – cycling, talking to people, being isolating and too warm. The inequalities and heat of Nigeria and outside Lagos, gated communities, corruption and crime Studying an Erasmus year abroad in France The romantic complexities of falling in love with a French lesbian, getting cheated on by a German Daring to say anything in French People’s personalities changing when they speaking another language Working a ski season in a hotel in France How he’s too crazy to drink alcohol Skiing in a cape and swimming shorts Living in 14 houses by the time he was 14 The Back Street Boys in Bromsgrove    

Because so many of us work online and across borders, sometimes laws in one country might affect you whether or not you live there. A lot of people who do business or promotion internationally are panicking about the new GDPR law that’s coming into effect in the UK & EU at the end of May and how best to make sure their businesses comply. Today Silvia Baumgart returns to walk us through how this new law might affect your freelance business regardless of where you live. Silvia is a lawyer practicing at James Ware Stephenson, a boutique firm specializing in the creative and entertainment sectors. She has been General Manager of The Association of Illustrators, and has led initiatives, workshops, and created resources on intellectual property for The University of the Arts London, the World Intellectual Property Organisation, and the Academy of the European Patent Office. Today she guides us through the new General Data Protection Regulation Act, how to assess its impact on your business, and how to make sure we are compliant with it and the already existing Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). She talks to us about email lists, opt-in forms, and privacy policies and how best to protect our businesses. Are you confused about the GDPR? Do you worry that it will disrupt your marketing or are you confident in your current system? Let us know in the comments on the episode page!   In this episode: The basic principles included in the Act How the GDPR relates to PECR and the differences between the two When either is likely to come into play for motion designers Why this new regulation might affect you, even if you live outside of the EU How to consider them for an email list versus a client list. How to update your privacy policy on your website What to add to your opt-in forms on your site   Quotes: “Either they have subscribed to your newsletter and therefore given you explicit consent, or they might have used your services… and then you have some sort of implied consent.” 12:46 “[Asking people to re-opt in to your mailing list] is not necessary, especially when you’re dealing with clients who are companies” 25:30 “You can only do things to the best of your ability.” 44:17   Links: Find Silvia on LinkedIn  Information Commissioner’s Office  James Ware Stephenson The Association Of Illustrators    Find the full show notes here  Keep up with everything Motion Hatch   Follow Motion Hatch on Twitter | Instagram

In this episode, Kathryn Metz and Eleanor Paynter discuss conditions of transit for migrants both outside and inside EU borders. What factors shape the journeys of migrants as they reach and attempt to enter the EU? How do migrants’ descriptions of their own experiences of transit complicate popular representations of migration to Europe? Our conversation draws on fieldwork observations and interviews from Summer 2017.

 In a first I'm covering the actual news. What is article 50? How was it invoked? Has the UK now left the EU? How will we know how it's going? What will the EU Parliament be doing? How would an agreement be reached? What does an agreement look like? When we have an agreement what next? What happens if anyone votes no? Mystery 10th question. Sorry for the poor audio quality I had 2.26 MB of space left on my LibSyn account so I had to compress heavily. 

David Cronin (left), and David Landy of the IPSC On Tuesday 26th July 2011, Irish author, journalist and activist David Cronin gave a talk on the subject of 'Palestine, Israel and the EU: How the European Union aids Israeli occupation and human rights abuses'.  A crowd of around 50 people packed into the Pearse Centre to listen to the lecture, hosted by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign. If you were unable to make it along, you can listen to an audio recording of the talk here: Download MP3 Here (right click and 'save target/link as') About the meeting: In official statements, the EU presents itself as an honest broker in the Middle East. In reality, however, the EU and its member states have been engaged in a process of accommodating the Israeli occupation of Palestine. A recent agreement for “more intense, more fruitful, more influential co-operation” between the EU and Israel has meant that Israel has become an EU member state in all but name. However, rather than using this relationship to pressure Israel to end its human rights abuses, the EU has legitimised actions such as the ill-treatment of prisoners and the Gaza massacre, while granting the Apartheid State preferential trading status and funding opportunities, and purchasing military items ‘battle-tested' on the Palestinian people. The Greek government's grounding of Freedom Flotilla II is just the latest outcome of this increasingly close “special relationship”. David Cronin is the author of the explosive book Europe's alliance with Israel: Aiding the Occupation, a journalist with many online and print publications, and the man who has attempted to make citizen's arrests of both Tony Blair and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. David's website is http://dvcronin.blogspot.com/