EU politics
New Statesman: Europe’s socialist success story: the strange rebirth of the Portuguese left
How a left-wing coalition government has functioned better than even its creators could have hoped. Read here
EU politics
EU politics
NDTV: Catalan Separatists To Try Again To Elect Carles Puigdemont
This is a crisis that simply is not going away, no matter how much the EU tries to ignore it. Read here
EU politics
red pepper: Local elections: 5 reasons to be cheerful
This is another article we are posting to help those of you outside Britain (and probably some inside) to understand what the results of the recent local elections tell us. Read here
Economics
Richard Murphy – Why Positive Money is wrong
An interesting criticism of Positive Money, a topic about which we have posted a series of articles (see here) Richard Murphy is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy, City University of London. He campaigns […]
EU politics
Tax Justice Network – Yes, Britain is closing its tax havens. But let’s not forget it created them in the first place
We still have a long journey ahead of us with regard to banning tax havens, but a step has been taken. This post is jointly authored by Anthea Lawson and John Christensen Tax justice campaigners […]
EU politics
Owen Jones: Momentum campaigning brought in votes – but Labour needs more
Despite corporate media’s attempt to depict the recent election in England as a defeat for Labour (it may not have been a landslide victory, but if Labour has won many seats and the Tories lost […]
EU politics
Jeremy Smith – Early reflections on the English local elections
This is our second quick assessment of yesterdays election in England. The first (read here) is by John Weeks. By Jeremy Smith, co-director, Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) The English local elections – mainly in […]
EU politics
John Weeks – Corbyn leadership consolidated, no general election
We asked John to give us a brief analysis concerning the election. This was his reply. Jeremy Corbyn and the portion of the Labour Party that he represents have to deal with a hostile media […]
EU politics
Alessandro Volpi – Erasmus for the disadvantaged
The Erasmus Programme is commonly seen as a positive development in Europe. One hardly hears any criticism. Thus we found this piece so interesting. It is by Alessandro Volpone, editor at Senso Comune, a partner […]
EU politics
El Nacional: Spain censors recital by Catalan poets in Brussels
This is the Democratic Europe of Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron Read here