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
National Politics
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
EU politics
Ashoka Mody – ECB’s Draghi Ran Out of Ammunition for Italy
Ashoka Mody is spot on. The ECB has no new options to help Italy, it is now a question of financial policy. The Euro is fundamentally flawed. Italy’s conflict has become a question of democracy. […]
EU politics
Jan Zielonka: Harakiri, Italian style
Another interesting article concerning the current developments in Italy. Read here
EU politics
Milford Edge – Just like Robin Hood, but the other way round
Milford Edge brings us up to speed concerning the newest political scandals and developments in Spain. Milford Edge is teacher, translator, farmer and blogger at www.barbaryfigs.com, originally from the UK and long-time resident in Spain. […]
EU politics
Adam Tooze: Italy’s elite chooses a strategy of tension
The EU political elite appears to have lost contact with reality, to such an extent that it seems to have gone into self-destruct mode. This has nothing more to do with politics and everything to […]
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: The assault on democracy in Italy
With Bill Mitchell’s blog we continue our series of analyses concerning the recent events in Italy. Read here
EU politics
Luke Stobart: The state vs people power in Catalonia
The grassroots Committees for the Defence of the Republic stand for a participatory society. Luke Stobart reports from Catalonia’s continuing independence struggle Read here
EU politics
David Broder – Italy: Salvini’s Triumph
The collapse of the planned coalition government in Italy opens the way for a fresh breakthrough for Matteo Salvini’s hard-right Lega. Read here
Austerity
Heiner Flassbeck – Italy is going down the wrong path
We are entering the next round of events in Italy and the wheels are spinning ever faster as we head for a train crash resulting in the end of the euro and the European Union. […]