The big motor is fiscal policy and because of the flawed design in the Eurozone it is dysfunctional in the extreme. Central bank policy shifts can do little to counter the damage that fiscal austerity is doing in Europe.
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EU politics
The Herald (Scotland): Nicola Sturgeon was right to call on Mariano Rajoy to follow the “the shining example” of the Edinburgh Agreement in Spain
Iain Macwhirter reflects upon the importance of Scotland’s Independence Referendum of 2014 for Scottish democracy. The current policy of the Spanish government with regard to the Catalan referendum has nothing to do with today’s Europe. […]
Racism
Gary Younge: How the far right has perfected the art of deniable racism
There is much more racism in Europe than meets the eye. Gary Younge identifies only far-right parties. This is also true for many parties the call themselves Liberal, not to mention the right-wing of Christian […]
Corruption
The Olive Press: Journalist faces jail over plot to smear Spain’s left wing political leader Pablo Iglesias
Once again the centrists parties of Spain, the Consevatives and Social Democrats, have been caught using illegal means of undermining the leftist oppostion. Corruption, anti-democracy, and police brutality seem to be the hallmarks of this […]
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