Corruption
Politico: EU official forced to resign over energy interests
In the EU there are apparently laws that do not apply for politicians, especially when it is a question of their bank accounts. Read here
EU-Institutions
Economics
Ann Pettifor and Canos Donnay – The left and the EU: the neoliberal conundrum
Ann Pettifor and Sirio Canos Donnay … Reflecting on the polarisation between the right and left which has opened up in European politics since the financial crisis this podcast discusses the neoliberal conundrum: if the […]
Corruption
Corporate Europe Observatory – JEFTA: An exclusive trade between EU negotiators and big business
Once again the EU political elite is pushing through the interests of international corporations at the cost of the people of Europe and their environment. Cross-posted from Corporate Europe Observatory Since December 2017, the European […]
Austerity
Ashoka Mody – German social democrats have alienated their base and fractured Europe
Unable to generate a domestic consensus and powerless to counter the priorities dictated by the euro, social democracy must continue to fail at home while divisions among EU nations deepen. Ashoka Mody is a visiting […]
Economics
John Weeks – “More Europe” in Brussels while Rome Burns
How the EU brought the new italian government to power. John Weeks is Professor Emeritus at SOAS, University of London, and associate of Prime Economics Wikimedia Commons There seems some disagreement as to whether Nero played […]
EU politics
Thomas Fazi and Giacomo Bracci: Sacrificing at the Altar of the Euro
Breaking up the eurozone would be no simple task. But maintaining the single currency dooms progressive politics across the continent. Read here
EU politics
Aufhebunga Bunga – The Economics of Exit featuring Thomas Fazi
This is a website well worth following. Listen here
EU politics
John Weeks – Babbling Brexit
It is extremely rare that anyone goes back and critically examines their original position concerning Brexit. John Weeks is one of the few who has the courage to do so, yet at the same time […]
EU politics
Costas Lapavitsas: Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour vs. the Single Market
If the next Labour government is to be truly transformative, it must lead Europe away from ordo- and neoliberalism. Read here
Austerity
Paul Mason: The Italian crisis shows why the European left must break with the neoliberal EU
Without a radical realignment, social democrats in Italy and elsewhere face political extinction as racists and populists exploit this moment. Read here