It is a paradox: the centre-right and centre-left parties with their neo-liberal policies have lost democratic credibility and have opened the gates to the ultra-right and fascist parties. These same political elements are now supposed to defeat this threat to Europe? As Owen Jones explains, only the left can do that.
Corruption
Politico: Family affair rocks Portuguese government
It is the same old story. While Keynesian economists and leftists are hailing the success of a centre-left coalition in Portugal purportedly defying austerity, in reality it is the same old Social Democrat sleaze and […]
EU politics
Nik de Boer, Jens van ‘t Klooster: The ECB Cannot Ignore its Secondary Mandate
The EU Treaties oblige the European Central Bank to support the broader economic policies in the EU. Yet, the ECB has long ignored this part of its mandate. Read here
EU politics
Times Higher Education: The UK University Strike and the winter of academics’ discontent
This is a good analysis introducing a lot of material that we have not had in our previous articles and confirms that the strike is about much more than staff pensions. Read here
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