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Ann Pettifor: Passing the Buck & Losing… by imposing the cost of the Green Deal on Europe’s insecure 99%
In this short interview segment I talk about two issues I’m really passionate about. Read HERE
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Thomas Fazi – Europe’s insurgent Right won’t change anything
The right-wing populists do not have a common agenda on Europe’s most pressing issues, and when they get a sniff of power they tend to bend towards the EU establishment anyway. In ‘Unherd’. Read the […]
EU politics
George Newth – EU elections: how Italy’s far-right leader Giorgia Meloni framed her politics throughout the campaign
Why would the far-right ever want rid of the EU, when it is serving it so well politically? George Newth is Lecturer in Politics and member of the Reactionary Politics Research Network at the University […]
EU politics
Harrison Stetler – Marine Le Pen’s Party Has Power Within Its Grasp
‘After his allies scored just 15% in the European elections, last night Emmanuel Macron called a snap election for the French parliament. It’ll pave the way for a new government — and it could raise […]
EU politics
Julien Robin – Snap elections in France: What’s at stake?
Emmanuel Macron has turned a low-stakes European Parliament election into a high-stakes French parliamentary election. Julien Robin is a doctor in Political Science at the University of Montreal and a specialist on the French Parliament. […]
EU politics
Alberto Bradanini – The useless European elections, the constraints of war and more
The EU parliamentary election began. But do Europeans even know what they are voting for? Alberto Bradanini is a former diplomat. Among the positions he held, he was Ambassador of Italy in Tehran (2008-2012) and […]
EU politics
Thomas Fazi: Reclaiming food sovereignty: an alternative approach to trade and agriculture
The European Union’s approach to trade and agriculture is damaging Europe’s farmers and threatening our food security Read HERE
EU politics
Politico – Von der Leyen needs 361 votes to keep her job. Good luck with that.
Everyone appalled by the Gaza genocide should pressure MEPs not to vote to give Ursula Von Der Leyen a second-term as European Commission President. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Julian-Nicolas Calfuqir – In France, the Far Right Is Beating a Divided Left
‘Two years ago, a left-wing alliance denied Emmanuel Macron his majority in parliament. But today the forces of the Left are deeply divided — making Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National almost the sole contender for […]
EU politics
Barah Mikaïl – The EU’s outsourced migration control is violent, expensive and ineffective
The EU externalising its borders is neither effective nor moral, and it won’t restrain support for the far-right either. Barah Mikaïl is Associate professor of International Security at IE University in Madrid. Cross-posted from The […]