‘Change continues’, a new anti-graft political force in Bulgaria, is the surprise leader following the parliamentary and presidential elections in Bulgaria on Sunday (14 November), while the country’s President Rumen Radev is well-placed for re-election, having won 48.5% in the first round.
Austerity
Ashoka Mody: Fall of the eurozone’s saviours: Why Emmanuel Macron is following Matteo Renzi’s path to political oblivion
They inherited poorly performing economies that bred widespread social and political discontent, argues Ashoka Mody, and both leaders unwisely followed the traditional European recipe of ‘labour reforms’ Read here
EU politics
Gavin Rae – Weak Myths
Sharp analysis of Poland’s election result last week. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Bill Mitchell – Britain’s austerity costs are larger than any predicted Brexit losses
“New data now allows us to compute the losses arising from the deliberate strategy of fiscal austerity that the Government has pursued. Guess what? They appear to dwarf all the Project Fear estimates of losses […]
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