Leaving the disastrous, but expected, election results, Costas Lapavitsas. What future does a disgraced Left in Greece have?
Read here
Climate Crisis
Paula Andrés – Water politics: How Spain’s drought became a battle ground for rural votes
How the politics of climate change and drought is playing out in the south of Spain. In Euractiv. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Thomas Piketty: The Transferunion fantasy
Merkel and Macron do not want to change Europe. They are conservatives trying to maintain the status quo. That spells the end of the EU. Read here
Austerity
Politico – EU goes easy on France’s Bayrou as he tries to plug €53B black hole
Yet more evidence that the EU’s ‘budget rules’ are wholly political – when it’s government’s Brussels doesn’t like, they are iron-clad, when it’s government’s Brussels does like, they are broad guidelines. Read the article HERE.
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