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 politics
Austerity
Bill Mitchell: Oh Scotland, don’t you dare!
Because the Scottish natioanl Party is for independence from Britain, the Scots think the SNP is a letist party. Odd, the party has never passed leftist policy into law, although they control the Scottish parliament. […]
EU politics
Andrea Capussela – Italy’s crisis and the question of democracy
Andrea Capussela sees the decision by Italy’s President, Sergio Mattarella, not to accept the proposed Finance Minister of the 5Star Movement and Lega, Paolo Savona, not only within the constitution , but also as politically […]
EU politics
Milford Edge – Ten days that transformed Spain – or did they?
Ten days is a long time in Spanish politics. The political landscape can seem to have been transformed beyond all recognition but at the same time painfully similar. Milford Edge is teacher, translator, farmer and […]
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 […]
EU politics
Wil Chivers, Helen Blakely, and Steve Davies – Young people are leading a growing movement against low pay and precarious work
TGI Friday’s employees are joined by McStrikers during a demo in Covent Garden. Wil Chivers, Author provided Wil Chivers, Cardiff University; Helen Blakely, Cardiff University, and Steve Davies Strikes have taken place at […]
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 […]
Corruption
Common Space: RBS accused of committing a “fraud on the people” over LOBO loans at AGM
An example of how politicians work hand in glove with banks to enable them to make excessive profits at the cost of the common good. Read here
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 […]