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Today, we delve into the U.K.'s general election and its implications for EU relations if Labor's Keir Starmer wins.We also cover the political reshuffling within the European Parliament, including the far-left THE LEFT group's new member, Italy's 5 Star Movement.Plus, find out why it's best to avoid peeing in the ocean this summer. Tune in for insightful analysis and the latest news from Brussels.Radio Schuman is hosted and produced by Maïa de la Baume, with journalist and production assistant Eleonora Vasques and audio editing by Zacharia Vigneron. The music is by Alexandre Jas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam and Matt are joined by long time friend of the program Clint to discuss the Boston Celtics dominant 3-0 lead in the NBA Finals. They discuss what has gone wrong for the Dallas Mavericks and star player Luka Doncic before debating who should be finals MVP and what the long term legacy of the 2024 Boston Celtics will end up being. They wrap up the podcast by previewing which star players may be on the move this offseason and where they may go. Including: Lebron James, Paul George, Trae Young and more.

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Formal consultations began on Thursday aimed at giving Italy a new government within days, but feuding between right-wing campaign allies over Russia and Ukraine risks undermining the prospective governing coalition's pro-NATO, pro-Europe pledges. President Sergio Mattarella invited party leaders for talks at the Quirinal Palace before he gives a formal mandate to a premier-designate following the country's Sept. 25 election. Giorgia Meloni, whose Brothers of Italy party, at 26%, was the largest single vote-getter, is eager to become both Italy's first far-right leader to head a government since the end of World War and its first woman in the premiership. But her jubilation over her party's election victory has been tempered by troublesome words professing empathy for Russian President Vladimir Putin from Silvio Berlusconi, the former premier whose center-right Forza Italia's party has seen its popularity sag. Mattarella will give the mandate to try to forge a government in the hours or days after his meeting Friday bringing together Meloni, Berlusconi and the other major figure on Italy's political right, League leader Matteo Salvini, who has questioned the wisdom of Western sanctions against Russia. Mattarella has also insisted that Italy must stand united with European Union partners in the West's stance against Russia in its war against Ukraine. To ensure herself a commanding majority in Parliament, and bring her party with its neo-fascist roots to power, Meloni needs to rule in coalition with the forces of Berlusconi and Salvini. On the eve of the Quirinal consultations, Meloni dealt Berlusconi an ultimatum over foreign policy in the government she intends to lead. “Whoever isn't in agreement with this cornerstone will not be able to be part of the government, even if it means no government,” she said in a statement issued by her party, whose election platform stressed staunch support for Ukraine in its armed defense of its sovereignty. Last week, Berlusconi, clearly chafing that he no longer dominates Italy's right, left in plain view in the Senate notes he had scribbled deriding Meloni as presumptuous, bossy and arrogant. Throughout the election campaign, Berlusconi, who, when he was premier, socialized in Italy and Russia with Putin, insisted he was an unwavering champion of NATO and the United States. But audio tapes of Berlusconi's expressing sympathy for Putin that emerged this week seemed to reveal otherwise and risked sabotaging any coalition unity. Berlusconi, holding court with his lawmakers, sought to justify Putin's decision to send troops into Ukraine nearly eight months ago, saying the Russian leader had aimed for a two-week incursion with the goal of installing a “decent, sensible” government in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. Berlusconi also was heard writing off Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy, saying “let's forget” him. In a separate snippet, Berlusconi boasted that Putin sent him bottles of vodka for his 86th birthday on Sept. 29 and that he sent bottles of Italian wine to the Russian. In an interview published Thursday in Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper, Berlusconi accused the media of “distorted and frankly ridiculous interpretations on my thought” on Russia and Ukraine. He denied trying to justify Russia's invasion of its neighbor. “On the contrary, I reiterate, for the latest, and I hope, last time, that my position coincides absolutely with that of the Italian government, of the European Union, of the (NATO) Atlantic Alliance, of our American allies, and it's a clear-cut condemnation of the military attack against a free and sovereign State,” the newspaper quoted the former premier as saying. Berlusconi has pushed for a top aide, former European Parliament President Antonio Tajani, to become the foreign minister in a Meloni government. Arriving on Thursday for a summit in Brussels of the European People's Party, a conservative political grouping that includes Forza Italia, Tajani told reporters that both he and Berlusconi were firmly in favor of NATO and the EU, and “against the unacceptable invasion of Ukraine by Russia.” Italy's Constitution empowers Mattarella with vetoing, if need be, a premier's Cabinet picks. Former Premier Giuseppe Conte told reporters after he led his populist 5-Star Movement in talks with Mattarella that he raised “strong perplexities” at the prospect of a Forza Italia lawmaker becoming foreign minister. Another ex-premier, center-left leader Enrico Letta, was scathing about Berlusconi's gushing sympathy for Putin. He said he told Mattarella that Berlusconi's words dealt “a great wound to Italy's reputation.” He noted with alarm that what appeared to be applause from Berlusconi lawmakers could be heard on the audiotape. The coalition partners poised to rule Italy “have very different friendships,” Democratic Party chief Letta said of Meloni's anti-Putin stance and Berlusconi's coziness with the Russian leader. In Brussels, outgoing Italian Premier Mario Draghi sought to dispel any doubts about his nation's priorities in Europe. “The common market, monetary union, the Atlantic alliances are the best way to reinforce our weight in the world, grow our economy in a sustainable way, guarantee our security," Draghi told diplomats representing Italy at the EU, NATO and in Belgium. He was attending an EU summit focused on energy costs. Draghi also stressed safeguarding civil rights, especially for minorities, and defending the “democratic sovereignty of states,″ the latter a clear reference to Ukraine. Both the 5-Star Movement and the center-left Democratic Party, now the main opposition forces in Parliament, have expressed concern that a Meloni government would push for restrictions on abortion and LGBTQ rights. - by Frances D'Emilio, APSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Italy is headed for an early election after its president accepted Premier Mario Draghi's resignation Thursday and decided there was no possibility for cobbling together another government following the rapid collapse of the ruling coalition. The demise of Draghi's coalition in the eurozone's third-largest economy and the uncertainty of what Italian voters will decide at the polls have dealt a destabilizing blow to the country and Europe amid rising inflation and Russia's war in Ukraine. Dissolving Parliament "is always the last choice to make, especially if, as in this moment, there are important tasks to carry to completion,'' President Sergio Mattarella said in a brief speech at the presidential Quirinal Palace, where Draghi had tendered his resignation hours earlier. Mattarella's office said the election will be held Sept. 25. He appealed to political parties in their campaigning to keep in mind “the superior interests” of the nation. Citing soaring food and energy prices, he noted that those suffering the most are always the weakest in society. "The period we are going through doesn't allow for any pause in determining interventions to contrast the economic and social crisis, and in particular the increase in inflation, which brings heavy consequences for families and businesses,'' he said. Draghi was staying on at Mattarella's request in a caretaker role, ensuring the government can carry out basic measures in the months before a new coalition is in place. But with Italy's often-squabbling political parties, it could be weeks beyond that before a new government is in place. After 2018 elections for Parliament, it took 90 days before a new government was sworn in. Parliament's five-year term would have expired in March 2023, so effectively the election would be held barely six months ahead of time. Mattarella noted the bad timing for the nation and the continent. But he said he had no choice after Wednesday evening, when three key parties in Draghi's “unity” coalition refused to renew support in a confidence vote. “The debate, the vote and the ways in which this vote was expressed yesterday in the Senate made evident the parliamentary support for the government had gone lacking and the absence of a prospective to give life to a new majority” in Parliament, the president said. Mattarella had rejected a similar resignation offer from Draghi a week earlier. Instability in Italy could ripple through Europe, also facing economic problems. Draghi had taken on statesman status as the European Union struggled to keep a united front against Russia, whose natural gas is heavily imported by Italy and other countries. Draghi encouraged his caretaker Cabinet to keep its focus on Italy's pressing problems. “Italy has everything (needed) to be strong, authoritative, credible" in the world, Draghi said. The government must deal with the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, inflation and energy costs as well as forge on with mandated economic reforms, he said. Meanwhile, “let's get back to work," he added. The former European Central Bank president was tapped by Mattarella 17 months earlier to guide Italy's recovery after its economy was pummeled by COVID-19. But this week, his coalition was sabotaged by the center-right Forza Italia of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi and two larger parties, the right-wing League of Matteo Salvini and the populist 5-Star Movement led by Draghi's predecessor in the premiership, Giuseppe Conte. In a brief speech to the lower Chamber of Deputies on Thursday before renewing his resignation offer, Draghi appeared moved by the applause from lawmakers there, quipping that even central bank chiefs have hearts. Dubbed “Super Mario” for helping to lead the eurozone out of its debt crisis when he led the ECB, Draghi played a similar calming role in Italy in recent months. His presence helped reassure financial markets about the debt-laden nation's public finances, and he managed to keep the country on track with economic reforms that the EU had made a condition of its 200 billion-euro (-dollar) pandemic recovery package. He was a staunch supporter of Ukraine, even as the leaders of the 5-Stars and the League, two forces long favorable to Russia, appeared to waver in their support to supply Kyiv with arms. Draghi became a leading voice in Europe's response to Russia's Feb. 24 invasion. A photo of Draghi, chatting with the leaders of France and Germany on a train to Kyiv, quickly became the iconic image of Italy as one of the strongest backers of Ukraine. He had pushed for the country's candidacy for EU membership. While he could not keep his fractious coalition together, Draghi appeared to still have broad support among Italians, many of whom have taken to the streets or signed open letters in recent weeks to plead with him to stay on. Nicola Nobile, associate director at Oxford Economics, warned that Draghi's departure and the wait for a new government could worsen economic turbulence in Italy, which investors worry is carrying too much debt and which was already looking at a marked slowdown for the second half of the year. Opinion polls have indicated the center-left Democratic Party and the right-wing Brothers of Italy party, which had remained in the opposition, are neck-and-neck. Brothers of Italy has long been allied with Berlusconi's and Salvini's forces. If they stay teamed up in an election campaign, that could sweep the right into power. Giorgia Meloni, who leads the Brothers of Italy, is eager to become the country's first female premier. “The will of the people is expressed in one way: by voting. Let's give hope and strength back to Italy,” she said. - by Nicole Winfield and Frances D'Emilio, APSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From the BBC World Service: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has tendered his resignation after the populist member of his coalition government, 5-Star Movement, withdrew its support for a confidence vote. Also, China’s latest growth figures are a far cry from the country's own target. And we look at how Lebanon’s reliance on remittances — money sent by citizens working abroad — is being hit by the global economic crisis.

From the BBC World Service: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has tendered his resignation after the populist member of his coalition government, 5-Star Movement, withdrew its support for a confidence vote. Also, China’s latest growth figures are a far cry from the country's own target. And we look at how Lebanon’s reliance on remittances — money sent by citizens working abroad — is being hit by the global economic crisis.

In Hour 1, Bram jumps into the Deebo Samuel saga and why he would want to move on from San Francisco. Then, Sal Paolantonio joins the show to preview the NFL Draft, who the Commanders are eyeing - plus his thoughts on Carson Wentz rejoining the NFC East. A look at the latest NBA playoff action. For more sports coverage, download the ESPN630 AM app, visit https://www.sportscapitoldc.com, or tune in live from 3:00PM-6:00PM Monday-Friday. To join the conversation, check us out on twitter @ESPN630DC, @RealBramW and @Mike_Callow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mo and Olga are joined by Jacopo Iacoboni to explore the effects of Russian operations in Italy and what they can tell us about Putin's global plans. A country whose former prime minister is one of Putin's closest friends and where Steve Bannon wanted to run a right wing school - Italy acts as a middle ground between east and west. Jacopo Iacoboni is an Italian investigative journalist who has published for various Italian and international publications including the New York Times and the Guardian. He is the author of books on Italian politics, including the 5 Star Movement and his latest book Oligarchi, which was co-authored with Gianluca Paolucci.  Twitter: @jacopo_iacoboni  BetterHelp discount: betterhelp.com/kremlinfile Show site: kremlinfile.com/

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The global shift in politics is happening in key places around the world. Italy is a major node.Mainstream analysis places this in terms of a movement from left to right, but this is lazy and unhelpful. It's perhaps even worse, because it hides the real and important struggles that are going on right now.Matteo Salvini has been portrayed as a racist, fascist, populist by the establishment and mainstream media and academic institutions.There was an election this Sunday where he went to attack one of the left's strongest areas. It was bold move that would shake up not only the current government, but the entire nature of Italian politics -- and perhaps that of the world.To discuss these matters further, I am pleased to have on the podcast Liliana Gorini, chairwoman of the Italian political party MoviSol, Movimento Solidarietà, which is in partnership with the current government.We discuss:- the reason why "left/right" analysis does not explain what is happening in Italy- how the "left" are aligned with the big banks and the rich, and the "right" are defending industry, jobs and workers- Why do the bankers and speculators support Green Bonds and de-industrialisation?- What were these elections about and why are they so important?- Why did the National's Government coalition parties contest the elections separately in these important Emilia Romagna elections?- What is a "divided vote" in Italy?- What is the state of the governing 5 Star Movement after this shameful defeat?- How did the 5 Star Movement betray its voters by allying with the establishment?- What are the similarities with Syriza in Greece?- Is it more useful to see the global political divide as between the cities and the rural areas, the financial and service economy vs. the real economy?- How did the "left" become the party of the rich, while the "right" became the party of the poor?- Is George Soros supporting the Italian left?- Why was the Davos gathering of billionaires adopting a left wing agenda?- How Trump stood up to the billionaires at Davos- Can the Italian Government be brought down?- Is creativity and technological development the real solution to environmental problems, rather than de-industrialistion?- Is the mainstream Green Movement actually a fraud?- Why has the environmental movement stopped talking about air, water, and land pollution, and only concerned about carbon emissions?- Is the current global warming scare similar to the Y2K scare?- Is the Global Warming hypothesis falsifiable? If not, does it count as science?- Why is carbon -- the very definition of organic -- seen as bad in the current environmental movement?- Who really took away Greta Thunberg's childhood?

Italy's new coalition government, cobbled together from the center-left and quixotic 5-Star Movement, has been greeted gleefully by markets and EU allies. But one former prime minister warns about complacency, calling for a reset with Brussels, tax cuts and renewed investment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matteo Salvini of the right-wing League party tried to maneuver for new elections, but failed. Now coalition talks are happening to see if the anti-corruption 5-Star Movement and the center-left Democratic Party can form a government. Luciana Castellini assess the situation

 The leader of Italy’s ruling League party, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, declared the governing coalition to be unworkable on Thursday after months of internal bickering and said the only way forward was to hold fresh elections. The shock announcement follows a period of intense public feuding between the right-wing League and its coalition partner, the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, and it throws the euro zone’s third-largest economy into deeper political uncertainty. Salvini said in a statement he had told Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who belongs to neither coalition party, that the alliance with 5-Star had collapsed after barely a year in power and “we should quickly give the choice back to the voters”. Parliament, which is now in its summer recess, could reconvene next week to carry out the necessary steps, Salvini said, referring to the need for a no- confidence vote in the government and the resignation of the premier. Conte said later in a brief televised statement that Salvini must explain to Italians why he wanted to bring down the government and that “the crisis he has unleashed” should be the most transparent “in the history of the republic”. Conte said he would no longer accept Salvini’s attacks on his ministers and accused him of relying on “slogans”.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the 2019 NBA summer league in the books, the guys discuss the bright future of the champion Memphis Grizzlies as well as other Las Vegas standouts (1:08). Then, they debate the merits of the controversial Russell Westbrook trade (22:40) and the increase in player movement in the modern NBA (49:21).Hosts: Chris Vernon, Kevin O’Connor

It’s no secret that Italy is running out of cash. Much like in the US, some US states are in better shape than others financially. The US federal government has one extra trick up its sleeve. The feds can go to their friends at the federal Reserve and ask them to print more money. The individual states can’t do that. So they are under much greater pressure to live within their means. In the European Union, individual countries that had control over their currency could print money at will and inflate their way out of their short term financial troubles. Italy’s populist leaders are discussing paying public-sector suppliers with IOUs instead of Euros. Some who oppose European controls have proposed this as the starting point for a new currency in case Italy has to leave Europe’s currency union. The heads of the League Party and the 5 Star Movement, which make up the governing coalition in Rome, want to assess the idea of paying off government arrears using IOUs with denominations as small as €50 ($56), dubbed “Mini-BOTs” after Italy’s BOT treasury bills. BOT is an acronym that stands for BOT (Buoni Ordinari del Tesoro, or loosely translated Ordinary Treasury Bonds. “One can debate the instrument…it’s a proposal. But the urgent need to pay the tens of billions of euros of public-administration arrears to companies and families should be clear to all,” Matteo Salvini, head of the far-right League party, said Sunday. Italy’s finance minister, Giovanni Tria, has tried and failed to stop the discussion, arguing that the IOUs would be either an illegal parallel currency, or they would be extra government debt at a time when Rome is struggling to rein in its deficit. So the question simply is, when is a piece of paper considered currency? Is a US T-bill as good as cash? What is the difference between a one dollar bill that is essentially a government IOU. It says on the front face of the dollar bill, “Federal Reserve Note”. It then goes on to say “This note is legal tender for all debts public and private “. It used to say “This certifies that there is on deposit in the treasury of the United States of America one dollar in silver payable to the bearer on demand. But that was when our currency was actually money and backed by tangible hard assets. That’s an entirely separate discussion. So let’s go back to Italy. Italian government bonds currently have a yield of 2.35%. This compares with US treasuries at 2.15%. Considering the additional risk associated with fiscal management in Italy, such a small risk premium seems inappropriate to me. Claudio Borghi, chairman of the budget committee of Italy’s lower house of parliament, has said such small-denomination IOUs could be a fallback instrument for Italy’s economy in case of a clash with eurozone authorities. Mr. Borghi tweeted on Sunday that the European Central Bank forced Greece into submission in 2015 “in a shameful humiliation of democracy. I would like to avoid this to my country.” European officials last week called for disciplinary proceedings against Italy for flouting fiscal rules. Italy’s national debt stands at 132% of gross domestic product and is projected to rise above 135% next year. Among developed countries, only Greece and Japan have higher government debt ratios. Unlike euro members, Japan borrows in a national currency that it can print. Japan’s debt is currently priced at negative 0.11%. Here too, the pricing seems out of whack. I’ve been predicting for some time that the next financial crisis will be caused by a sovereign debt crisis that spills into the global financial markets. The signs will appear slowly at first and then quickly when the realization kicks in that the problem has no solution.

This week we discuss the crumbling nightmare of the 5 Star party's online direct democracy "platform" and the fun that is #antisemitism, which is very serious, but may not be being brought up in good faith. Support us on Patreon! WE HAVE A T-PUBLIC STORE what a fashionable way to support our podcast We now have a website that you can find here! Feel free to send us an email at PreviouslyInEurope@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @PrevInEurope If you can please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and if you can't do that tell a friend, this stuff really helps us out Also, have you considered Matteo Renzi? Show Notes Nonsense Section Bear Grylls vs Bulgaria In the episode of Running Wild filmed in Bulgaria’s Rila mountains in 2017, Grylls and US Latin and ballroom dancer Derek Hough were shown killing, gutting and cooking the frog before swimming across a lake. “It is evident from the film material that during the shooting there were breaches to the regulations and rules of conduct in protected areas: entering and swimming in the water basin of the Karakashevo lake, lighting a fire, and catching and killing an animal,” the environment ministry said in a statement. The series’ production company faces a possible fine of between €500 and €5,000 while Grylls and Hough could receive fines of between €250 and €2,500. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/21/bear-grylls-bulgaria-fine-killing-boiling-frog No one who has a Pension could be an evil man Nearly 75 years after the second world war, Germany is still paying monthly pensions to collaborators of the wartime Nazi regime in several European countries including Belgium and Britain, according to Belgian MPs and media reports. Belgian Parl. wants them to stop and release a list of all who've been receiving the pensions. Germany won't release a list of any sort (Germany be like that) The present German ambassador to Belgium, Martin Kotthaus, told a Flemish-language news site last year that an investigation was under way to establish what exact role the remaining recipients of the pensions had played during the war. German privacy laws would not permit a case-by-case study of the pension recipients, while the German social security system was not subject to eventual criminal law proceedings, Göllnitz said (German Historian with University of Mainz). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/21/germany-still-paying-pensions-to-wartime-nazi-collaborators What are Yugoslavia “A really remarkable transformation from a Soviet vassal state to a modern European democracy, a member of the EU, a member of Nato, a country with a flourishing economy, growing its tourism year in, year out, and this is really an example of Europe at its best.” Jeremy Hunt fumbles diplomatic speech but lives to condemn German Saudi arms sales ban. What a hero. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/23/soviet-vassal-state-jeremy-hunt-makes-gaffe-in-slovenia Brexit could be delayed until 2021, EU sources reveal Brexit could be delayed until 2021 under plans being explored by the EU’s most senior officials, at a time of growing exasperation over Theresa May’s handling of the talks, the Guardian can reveal. A lengthy extension of the negotiating period is said by EU sources to be favoured by Donald Tusk, the European council president, should the Commons continue to reject May’s deal. Replacing the 21-month transition period with extra time as a member state would allow the UK and the EU to develop their plans for the future relationship with the aim of making the contentious Irish backstop redundant. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/24/brexit-could-be-delayed-until-2021-eu-sources-reveal Topic 1 Rousseau has unenlightened tech support The title is a good joke in the same way Rousseau is a reliable method of direct democracy. Yes this is Rousseau, the "operating system of the 5 Star Movement" (is anyone else really tired of people saying they're a movement and not a party prior to becoming a party?). A recent story in Politico Europe (https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-5stars-digital-democracy-struggle) points to the most recent in a long string of issues with the system where several members complained they couldn't vote on whether the 5* senators should vote to remove Salvini's immunity from prosecution. As an aside immunity from prosecution has always seemed like a rocky idea for elected officials anyway... Rousseau? Having a way for party members to directly influence the party decisions does seem like a reasonable idea and their website doesn't indicate this is a complete piece of shit (https://rousseau.movimento5stelle.it/index.php). It also seems like a relatively transparent way of doing candidate selection. Seems simple enough - you register, provide documents saying who you are and have to be a member for 6 months before you can vote. However, talk to anyone who knows a little about internet security and they will tell you this is an awful idea if you're going to use it for decision making (This Tom Scott youtube video from a few years back explains the main reason well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w30x6oaDmI) It's currently being run by Davide Casaleggio completely, son of Gianroberto Casaleggio co-founder of the 5. This has happened before In 2017 before the last Italian elections (where the 5 did very well) there were reports of the system being compromised (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics-5star/hacking-attacks-a-pre-election-setback-for-italys-5-star-movement-idUSKBN1CA1TM) “Rousseau’s content systems are outdated and its level of security is totally inadequate,” said David Puente, a computer expert and web developer who worked for Casaleggio Associati for four-and-a-half years until 2011. Puente, quoted in the article, said they would need to roll back current functions to make them secure Why Verify, We Trust Them Right? There's an entertaining NYT piece (who also have no reason to exaggerate) (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/world/europe/italy-election-davide-casaleggio-five-star.html) where they call Davide Casaleggio a "Wizard of Oz-like figure". Their transparency page is just a list of people (https://rousseau.movimento5stelle.it/trasparenza.php) and doesn't really answer any questions about how they're convincing people of the validity of any voting or party list selection. The "Rousseau association" seems to exist to make it seem like an independently run operation - not just one guy with political goals. There's a series of screenshots from this twitter user https://twitter.com/r0gue0 with screenshots showing them logged in as different users on Beppe's blog (which is run by the same people). They've also previously posted donor lists which they would only be able to get by accessing the database (https://weirditaly.com/2018/09/06/rousseau-platform-data-breach/). The Italian data protection service resulted in €32,000 in fines to the 5* for giving the data to 3rd parties. Topic 2 #AntiSemitism ##Why this came up this week? Well Orban's Fidesz government was doing another one of their wacky government poster campaigns that features George Soros quite a bit BUT THIS TIME Juncker is a part of it. Juncker and Orban both belong to the same European Grouping (The EPP) and now Juncker has joined calls for Fidesz to leave the EPP. https://euobserver.com/political/144212 https://euobserver.com/tickers/144202 Labour Split Fun The Labour has an antisemitism problem ongoing story came to a head when ~8 MPs (can't be sure that number won't have changed by the time this goes out) left the party to form a centrist, anti-brexit group/movement/no more please stop. One of their main talking points at the press conference essentially was "Jeremy hasn't done anything to address our antisemitism concerns", up front ahead of remembering that they also happen to disagree with him on almost all of his policy positions (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/feb/18/several-labour-mps-set-to-quit-the-party-politics-live?page=with%3Ablock-5c6a8503e4b0bdb6048fde58). Saying there is a culture of antisemitism in the Labour party is partially a clever way of avoiding talking about why they disagree with policy (https://editor.currentaffairs.org/2019/02/how-to-think-clearly-about-anti-semitism-controversies-in-the-labour-party/). Focusing on that allows former Blair government supporters to paint over the unpopularity of their plans a bit ##France has an antisemitism problem and happens to be having a mass movement 80 Graves were vandalized in Alsace with swastikas on Feb 21st this year. Macron has pledged to tackle antisemitism in France. Antisemitism has risen by 70% in the last year in France. The record high is still 2015 though and while year on year decreases have taken place since then (2016/2017) these were still worrying high numbers that caused many Jewish people in France to leave for Israel. https://www.politico.eu/article/macron-vows-measures-to-tackle-online-hate-speech-and-anti-semitism/ https://www.politico.eu/article/sharp-rise-in-anti-semitic-acts-in-france-says-pm-philippe/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitismin21st-centuryFrance#2015to_present ##Yellow Vests are anti semitic now I guess Due to abuse hurled at Philosopher Alain Finkielkraut by yellow vest protesters recently the criticism of the movement as Anti semitic has taken hold. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47268651 ##Weber accidentally joins call to end Antisemitism in the EPP This has drawn attention to uncomfortable elements of the EPP like FPÖ and Orban. https://www.politico.eu/article/manfred-weber-calls-for-anti-semitism-pact/

Über die Zukunft der BSG Wismut Gera gibt es derzeit viele Gerüchte aber nur wenige Fakten. Dies versuchen Remmidemmi, Calli und Paparazzo Orange in der 29. Ausgabe des PODCAST ORANGE zu ändern. Die drei BSG-Fans diskutieren die geplanten Satzungsänderungen sowie die Auswirkungen der aktuellen wirtschaftlichen Situation. Shownotes Christl aus der Oberliga in die Landesklasse West (7. Liga) SV Merkur 06 Oelsnitz: Der 19-jährige Maximilian Christl ist der einzige Neuzugang bei Merkur Oelsnitz in der Winterpause. Auf seine Geraer Zeit angesprochen winkte der Schwarzschopf ab und möchte nicht drüber reden. Er sucht eine neue Herausforderung, möchte Merkur im Abstiegskampf helfen und sich damit wieder für höhere Aufgaben ins Gespräch bringen. Denn das der Junge Potenzial hat, steht außer Frage. Dies bestätigte auch der Geraer Trainer Frank Müller in der Ost Thüringer Zeitung (OTZ), in dem er Christl als guten Fußballer mit entsprechender Grundausbildung bezeichnete. https://svmerkur.de/index.php/aktuelles/133-nachrichten-hinweis/655-nur-ein-neuzugang-bei-merkur Weis trifft zur Premiere für Preußen Thüringer Allgemeine (Markus Fromm): Trotz eisiger Abendtemperaturen hat Fußball-Verbandsligist FSV Preußen BadLangensalza seinen zweiten Test vor Rückrundenstart erfolgreich gemeistert und Landesklässler FC An der Fahner Höhe II klar und deutlich mit 10:1 besiegt. Gegen die mit fünf Ex-Preußen Ehegötz, Martin, Zitschke, Rost und Heukrodt angetretenen Gäste, erzielte Neuzugang Carsten Weis ( Wismut Gera ) in der vierten Minute seinen Einstandstreffer. Er hatte einfach aus 22 Metern abgezogen und den Ball im linken unteren Eck versenkt. https://muehlhausen.thueringer-allgemeine.de/web/lokal/sport/detail/-/specific/Weis-trifft-zur-Premiere-fuer-Preussen-988334393 Testspiele Sa., 26.01.19 | BSG Wismut Gera vs. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 0:6Mi., 30.01.19 | ZFC Meuselwitz vs. BSG Wismut Gera 5:0Sa., 02.02.19 | BSG Wismut Gera vs. TSV Gera Westvororte 6:3Di., 05.02.19 | ZFC Meuselwitz II vs. BSG Wismut Gera 1:3Sa., 09.02.19 | BSG Wismut Gera vs. SV Blau-Weiß 90 Neustadt/Orla 5:0 Sa., 16.02.19 | FSV Martinroda vs. BSG Wismut Gera 1:5 TA Arnstadt: Zu ungeduldig gegen abgebrühten Oberligisten Zwar fiel das Ergebnis um ein, zwei Tore zu hoch aus, das Spiel zeigte aber auch, was zwischen beiden Spielklassen liegt. Martinroda erreichte zumindest optisch Gleichwertigkeit, in Sachen Cleverness im Abschluss zeigten die Wismut-Männer ihre Klasse und deckten einige Deckungsnachlässigkeiten des ambitionierten Fischer-Teams auf. https://arnstadt.thueringer-allgemeine.de/web/lokal/sport/detail/-/specific/Zu-ungeduldig-gegen-abgebruehten-Oberligisten-1636582842 OTZ Gera: Mit Zuversicht ins Punktspieljahr Das war eine überzeugende Vorstellung. Mit etwas mehr Konzentration im Abschluss können wir hier noch höher gewinnen. Wir haben viele richtig gute Spielzüge gesehen, äußerte sich Torwarttrainer Alexander Just. https://gera.otz.de/web/lokal/sport/detail/-/specific/Mit-Zuversicht-ins-Punktspieljahr-1634582728 Wismut Szene 51: Oh BSG, wohin wird uns`re Reise geh`n? Genau diese Frage muss gerade wieder gestellt werden. Wähnte man sich doch in ruhigen Fahrgewässern, so sickerten in den letzten Wochen doch so einige Hiobsbotschaften durch die sehr engmaschigen Gefilde. Die Gerüchteküche brodelt ordentlich und das leider im negativen Sinne. Wie? Davon habt ihr noch gar nichts mitbekommen? Ja genau da fängt es an. Keiner weiß so recht, wo unsere BSG im Augenblick steht und wohin unsere Reise eben gehen wird! Von den Verantwortlichen hört man nicht viel. Das kennen wir ja aus der Vergangenheit, von der wir dachten, sie hinter uns gelassen zu haben. Und so wundert es sehr, dass von Außenstehenden Szenarien beschrieben werden, die an düstere Jahre sicherlich in anderen Dimensionen und unter anderen Rahmenbedingungen erinnern. Nur mal zwei Schlagworte die immer wieder auftauchen: große wirtschaftliche Probleme und Verzicht auf die aktuelle Spielklasse. Fürstenwalde-Stellungnahme an NOFV MOZ (Kai Beißer): Stefan Prager aus Gera war schon nach etwa vier Minuten beim Anzeigen eines Eckballs für die Gastgeber an der seitlichen Rasenbegrenzung umgeknickt wenig später humpelte der 31 Jahre alte Linienrichter vom Platz Stattdessen wurde über das Stadionmikrofon nach einem Unparteiischen gefahndet worauf sich René Grübel meldete. Der pfeift sonst für den TSV Lobstädt in der Kreisoberliga Leipziger Land Im Fall des verletzten Assistenten will der FSV Union aber eine Stellungnahme beim Nordostdeutschen Fußballverband abgeben, auch wenn Spielleiter Wilfried Riemer sagt, nach seiner Kenntnis haben die Verantwortlichen alles richtig gemacht. Trainer André Meyer: Auf das Ergebnis hatte das keinen entscheidenden Einfluss. Aber wenn der neue Assistent in den sozialen Netzwerken als bekennender Lok-Fan auftaucht, dann hat das zumindest einen Beigeschmack. https://www.moz.de/landkreise/oder-spree/fuerstenwalde/artikel6/dg/0/1/1710823/ Volksstimme: Fußball-Manipulation im großen Stil? Volksstimme: Doch das Halberstadt-Spiel in Babelsberg ist möglicherweise sogar nur ein kleines Puzzleteil eines noch viel größeren Manipulationsskandals, der die gesamte Regionalliga Nordost nachhaltig erschüttern könnte. Nach Volksstimme-Informationen soll nämlich ein deutsch-chinesischer Sport-Vermarkter ebenfalls am 30. November den Versuch unternommen haben, den Regionalliga-Spitzenreiter Chemnitzer FC für eine Zusammenarbeit zu gewinnen. Demnach sollten dauerhaft gemeinsam Spiele manipuliert und Spieler bestochen werden. Volksstimme: Noch pikanter wird der Fall beim genaueren Blick auf den Sport-Vermarkter: Dieser kooperiert nämlich ganz offiziell mit Germania Halberstadt und zwar seit dem 30. November 2018. Der Verein spricht ganz offen von einer langfristig angelegten Kooperation mit dem chinesischen Sportvermarkter. https://www.volksstimme.de/sachsen-anhalt/fussball-fussball-manipulation-im-grossen-stil Stadtverwaltung Halberstadt: Der VfB Germania Halberstadt e.V. hat kürzlich eine langfristig angelegte Kooperation mit dem chinesischen Sportvermarkter Star Movement geschlossen. Ab sofort soll durch diese Zusammenarbeit die Förderung des Nachwuchses noch stärker und effizienter vorangetrieben werden. VfB-Präsident Erik Hartmann: Mit einem derart erfahrenen und international agierenden Vermarkter zu kooperieren ist für den gesamten Verein aufgrund des interessanten Betätigungsfeldes von Star Movement eine große Ehre. Es zeigt aber auch, welche Potentiale hier in der Region noch schlummern. https://www.halberstadt.de/de/presseartikel-details/vfb-germania-schliesst-strategische-kooperation-mit-chinesischem-sport-vermarkter-star-movement.html Lustreisen Spiegel: DFB-Funktionäre haben über Jahre hinweg mit Lustreisen, Zuschüssen zu privaten Feiern und undurchsichtigen Beraterverträgen die Gemeinnützigkeit des größten Sportfachverbandes der Welt gefährdet Trotz der drastischen Kritik hielt der DFB während der Weltmeisterschaft 2014 in Brasilien eine Präsidiumssitzung vor Ort ab. Gesamtkosten: 370.848 Euro. http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/dfb-lustreisen-von-funktionaeren-gefaehrden-die-gemeinnuetzigkeit-a-1252291.html Tennis-Borussia-Fans suchen per Annonce neuen Verein Tagesspiegel: Rückmeldungen kamen prompt, den Zuschlag zum Start bekam Blau-Weiss Friedrichshain. Kiezklub, besonderer Sportplatz auf dem Dach der Metro, Kapitän Lauer hat eine Binde in Regenbogenfarben das kam gut an bei den vom eigenen Verein frustrierten Anhängern. Viele tragen in Friedrichshain ihre TeBe-Fankleidung. Und sie haben Durst! Emsige Helfer bringen zweimal Nachschub an Getränken. Anzeige in der heutigen FuWo. #tebe #tebemv pic.twitter.com/5t8Lu4SYz4 DenisRoters (@DenisRoters) February 4, 2019 https://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/topkulisse-fuer-kreisligist-bw-friedrichshain-200-tebe-fans-steigen-aufs-dach/23969350.html Service für Fans mit Mobilitätseinschränkungen Eintracht Frankfurt startet zusammen mit einem Fahrdienstunternehmen einen ostenlosen Service für schwerbehinderte Fans, die sich ein Bundesliga-Spiel in der Commerzbank-Arena anschauen wollen. https://www.fnp.de/eintracht-frankfurt/eintracht-frankfurt-startet-einzigartigen-service-fans-mobilitaetseinschraenkungen-11738451.html Sieg für Heracles gegen Ajax Musik Wir danken Broke For Free für ihren Song Night Owl (https://brokeforfree.bandcamp.com/album/directionless-ep), der aufgrund der Lizens CC BY 3.0 | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ als Intro verwendet wird. Verpasst keine Folge mehr! 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On the rise of the 'digital party'. If politics has become distant from the people, what if a new model of party, leveraging platform technology, could bring the people closer to power? Paolo Gerbaudo talks to us about the various parties and movements innovating new organisational forms - 5 Star Movement, Podemos, the Pirate Parties. They bring in new members and more participation, but what if they also enshrine charismatic leadership? The digital party seems a step forward from the hollowed-out neoliberal parties of the past decades, but do they also reflect some negative tendencies of the tech economy? Plus: Italy's M5S/Lega coalition, the sovereignty question, and Italians' contradictory attitudes to the EU.  Readings: The Return of the Party, Paolo Gerbaudo, Jacobin Ruling the Void, Peter Mair, NLR Senso Comune organisation, Italy The Experiment Interview on 5 Star Movement, Jacobin   Chip in some change. Help us grow. Go to: patreon.com/bungacast  

The Days Ahead: Quieter week for big economic numbers. Watch for trade and updates on the Eurozone. One-Minute Summary. When markets crack, we know two things. One, the problems don't come from the last crisis (so no need to look in the MBS world). Two, they come from things you barely notice. Last week it was Argentina and Turkey. This week, it was Italy (see below). U.S. bonds promptly rallied 4.5% and the 10-Year Treasury yields, which many predicted would soar to 3% and beyond, fell to an intra-day low of 2.79%. Bonds got medieval on Tuesday and one Bond King had a very bad day. Domestic and international stocks and U.S. bonds finished more or less unchanged on the week. But there was plenty of action along the way. Small caps had another good week (they tend to not get riled by trade stuff) and are now some 500bps ahead of the large caps so far this year. The trade talk is not good. The U.S. went ahead with tariffs on steel from Canada, Mexico and the EU. We don't think they're going to take this one lying down. In past years, the parties would have taken the issues to the WTO and talked about it for a couple of years. This time Cecilia Malmstrom, the very accomplished EU Trade commissioner fired right back with, “When they say American (sic) first, we say Europe united.” So far markets have tended to view the trade talks as bluff followed by climb down. That’s worked. So far. Still, expect a lot more disconcerting headlines. 1. Markets are jumpy (Part 2): Here’s something you don't see very often. A G7 sovereign bond crashing in a single morning’s trade. As everyone knows by now, Italy is trying to form a government on a coalition of two parties. The Northern League (secession, pro-Russia, anti-GMO, lower taxes, Eurosceptic) and the 5-Star Movement (guaranteed minimum income, Green, unsure about immigration and mostly Eurosceptic) tried, failed and tried again to form a government. In Italy, winning parties must present their cabinet and government candidates to the President. He has veto power. And he used it. The fear then was another election in the fall with both parties running on an explicit “out-of-Euro” platform because…that’s the only thing these guys really agree on. Now we've seen Italian governments come and go and, with 42 Prime Ministers since 1945, a change of government in Italy passes as a Cabinet reshuffle elsewhere. And we don't really think this time is different. A government will form, it will make a few changes and it will argue with the EU about debt, growth and bond restructuring. --- If you want to join us live next time or get future updates about new episodes, subscribe to our email newsletter: bandjadvisors.com/subscribe Did you like this podcast? Be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts: bandjadvisors.com/itunes Ask us your financial questions in your review and we'll answer them in the next episode. We appreciate your feedback! Learn more about Brouwer & Janachowski and our wealth management services: www.bandjadvisors.com

After nearly three months of negotiations and disputes, Italy has a new government. The country that road-tested Trump-style populist politics before the Donald has handed power to a pair of anti-establishment parties, The League and the 5 Star Movement. Italy's president, Sergio Mattarella, had blocked the coalition's choice of finance minister, Paolo Savona, claiming his views imperilled Italy's position in the Eurozone. But the coalition has backed down. Its new choice for finance minister has been accepted by the president. Nonetheless, Italy is entering uncharted waters. Its coalition is unhappy with the Eurozone's rules and Italian voters are looking for relief from unemployment, a massive debt, and what the 5 Star Movement calls "the sea taxi service" bringing migrants to Italy's shores. Ritula Shah and a panel of politicians and analysts unpick what lies behind Italy's divisions and discuss whether Italians are ready to risk leaving the Eurozone. (Photo of two boys on a bicycle carrying the Italian flag. Getty Images)

Today I interviewed another incredible woman in business and her name is Jen! Take a listen as she shares her story, how she has failed and still does and get the skinny on her promotions and events!

Today I interviewed another incredible woman in business and her name is Jen! Take a listen as she shares her story, how she has failed and still does and get the skinny on her promotions and events!

We discuss the populist party in Italy, and how cryptocurrency can save failing nations.

On International Women's Day, gender and equality top the agenda as our panel discuss whether feminism is a damaged brand. There is the fall out from the Italian election where the Eurosceptic 5 Star Movement and Lega were the big winners. And the political and diplomatic implications of the poisoning of a Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury. Sky's senior political correspondent Beth Rigby, Europe correspondent Michelle Clifford, specialist producer Lucy Plint and head of data Harry Carr join host Adam Boulton for this week's All Out Politics podcast. Please leave a review! #InternationalWomensDay #Italy 'RussianSpy #SkyNews

BBC World Questions comes to Rome to discuss the future for Italy at a key moment in its history. Paolo Gentiloni has recently been appointed as Italy's 7th Prime Minister in 10 years, but it is not only political stability that threatens the country. A banking crisis and economic conditions have the potential to impact the lives of all Italians and could even destroy the Euro. Youth unemployment is extremely high. Italy is also at the frontline of the wave of migration from Africa to Europe. Early elections are possible and with the euro-sceptic Five Star Movement riding high in the polls, a referendum on Italy’s place in Europe could be just around the corner. Jonathan Dimbleby hosts a lively debate to discuss the challenges facing the nation. He is joined by a panel of leading politicians and opinion formers with all questions raised coming directly from the audience. The panel includes Alessandro Gozi, Undersecretary to the Prime Minister with responsibility for European Affairs; Deborah Bergamini, Member of the Chamber of Deputies and former spokesperson for Forza Italia; Nathalie Tocci, Chief Advisor to Federica Mogherini High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Manlio di Stefano of the 5 Star Movement, who is a Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. This international series of events is created in partnership with the British Council. (Picture: Roman Forum Picture Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

This weeks guest is the C Derick Varn, Poet, Lecturer, and resident of South Korea. Derick writes for ‘The (Dis)Loyal Opposition Blog’, and includes among his interests: alternative visions of the future, the failures of nationalist Marxism, early Leninism, and the relationship between anarchism and Marxism. We discuss the Russian revolution, the Vanguard Party and it's problems, the profound failures of the cultural revolution, and the emergence of decentralised movements like occupy and the 5-Star Movement. Derick has also just interviewed myself, for his Blog, where I get to expound a few of my own opinions for a change. If you are interested in reading these incoherent babbles, you can find them here: http://skepoet.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/interview-with-tom-obrien-one-marxism-mmt-and-the-eurozone-crisis/ Here is the link to his blog: http://skepoet.wordpress.com/ And you can also find him appearing regularly on the 'Pop The Left' Podcast with Doug Lain over at: http://douglaslain.com Enjoy!