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Bill Mitchell: Governments are now in an ideological bind
The EU is a system that survives because the key institutions break the law – to the advantage of neo-liberal interests. Read here
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Yanis Varoufakis – The Eurozone is Grappling with Crisis, Class war & the North-South Divide
An interview with Yanis Varoufakis concerning the current crisis of the Eurozone. Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of the MeRA25 party and Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. […]
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Mathew D. Rose – The Phoney Recovery
The economic recovery is progressing really well in the EU – if you believe the EU political class and mainstream media. It isn’t. And with a lack or leadership and competence there is a rude […]
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Manolo Monereo – Spain’s Left-Wing Coalition on the Ropes
Spain’s coalition between PSOE and Unidas Podemos gambled on rowing back austerity measures in a period of relative calm – but now, facing a historic recession, its forces find themselves increasingly at odds. Read here
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Yanis Varoufakis – Europe’s Recovery Fund: An Instrument of Class War against Weaker Europeans everywhere
Yanis Varoufakis on the current crisis and class war in the EU. Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of the MeRA25 party and Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. […]
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Emma Clancy – Greenwashing Austerity
This is what many voters will discover: European Green parties are more interested in a place at the political trough than in radical environmental of social policy. Emma Clancy works as an advisor for Martin […]
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Emma Clancy – Behind the Spin on the EU’s Recovery Plan
Far from being a “Hamilton moment”, the proposed EU Recovery Plan represents German acquiescence to doing the bare minimum to hold the Eurozone together in the short term. Emma Clancy works as a policy advisor […]
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Michael Roberts – Capitulating to Adults
Michael reviews “Sellouts in the Room” by Eric Toussaint, a scathing criticism of Syriza and Yanis Varoufakis. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts Blog […]
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Charlotte Godziewski – As long as Economic Growth remains the EU’s Main Objective, it will not be Well Prepared for Health Threats
The Covid-19 outbreak has prompted a variety of proposals for improving the EU’s capacity to tackle future pandemics. Charlotte Godziewski argues that while there has been much discussion about technical reforms, there has been little […]
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Heiner Flassbeck and Friederike Spiecker – Democracy and International Relations
An international fire brigade – one way of looking at the European Central Bank – should brook no interference at the national level when it turns on its fire hose. Its ultimate arbiter is the […]