French President Emmanuel Macron will on Sunday meet ministers involved in his radical pension reform which has prompted a nationwide strike and brought key transport services to a standstill.
Economics
Richard Murphy: The government does not spend taxpayers’ money: that clears the government’s debt to the Bank of England
Richard Murphy explains that taxes do not finance govenment spending, but helps to pay down debts. A government creates it own funds or borrows money when it needs it. The idea that a government cannot […]
EU politics
Chris Dillow: Centrists against freedom
Democracy has increasingly become a problem for the EU. Not just for the Orbans and far right, but for the so-called cnetrist parties. Read here
Austerity
Owen Jones: Don’t be fooled by Emmanuel Macron the ‘moderate’
The story keeps repeating itself. The corporate press praises a centre- left of centre-right politician as “progressive” and “socially fair” and what is the result? An enforcer of neo-liberalism. Read here Also read Oliver Davis […]
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