Austerity
Flavio Goncalves – Azores: Far-right agrees to support new government coalition!
Another excellent article from Autarkies concerning internal Portuguese politics. Read Here
EU politics
EU politics
Eleanor Gordon, Henrik Kjellmo Larsen – Criminalising Search and Rescue Activities can only Lead to More Deaths in the Mediterranean
Search and rescue activities have provided life-saving assistance to migrants in the Mediterranean, but they have also been portrayed by some actors in Europe as a ‘pull factor’ that encourages more migrants to attempt dangerous […]
Economics
The EU’s V Recovery: Why in a surging economy is inflation in minus territory?
The euro area annual inflation rate was -0.3% in October 2020, stable compared to September. A year earlier, the rate was 0.7%. Read here
Corruption
Maria Giovanna Sessa, Giacomo Riccio – From rising star to shooting star: Where next for Italy’s Five Star Movement?
Italy’s Five Star Movement held a congress on 14-15 November to determine the party’s future. The congress came after disappointing regional election results and a sustained decline in opinion polls since the last Italian general […]
Austerity
Euro Intelligence: Wolfgang Munchau in conversation with Yanis Varoufakis on Trumpism, fiscal discipline and the US-China Cold War
The part concerning the EU crisis is probably the most interesting, but you can decide that for yourself Listen Here
Climate Crisis
Robert Skidelsky, Will Hutton – Sustaining and Creating Employment now and Post Covid
Some interesting ideas here – also for the EU. God knows why they put in the very last point. Robert Skidelsky is Crossbench peer and Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at Warwick University Will Hutton […]
Economics
Stuart Medina Miltimore – The Mystery of the Dwindling EU Funds
A couple of day ago we posted an article from Italy (here) concerning the EU COVID recovery funds. Today we have one from Spain. The two analyses are much the same. Stuart Medina Miltimore is […]
Austerity
Carlo Clericetti – Solidarity Only in Exchange for Subordination
It is becoming increasingly clear that what were condescendingly termed the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain) have learnt from the 2010 crisis where the true SWINES in Europe are. Carlo Clericetti is an Italian […]
EU politics
Peter Ramsay – Brexit and the Reunification of Ireland
Remainers’ hopes that Joe Biden will squeeze Britain over the Good Friday Agreement should convince British democrats that, if Brexit is to deliver its democratic potential, we need to support Ireland’s reunification. Peter Ramsay is […]
EU politics
Aufhebungabunga: Wolfgang Streeck – Enemies of the People
We are joined by leading German public intellectual Wolfgang Streeck to discuss the role of Germany at the end of the End of History. How is it and the EU faring under the assault of […]