Larry Elliot explains what conditions have lead to the whing to the right in Italy. In the end it reduces everything to one word: Eurozone.
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Larry Elliot: A perfect economic storm made Italy ripe for a protest vote
Geopolitics
Turkish Minute: Senator urges US gov’t to protect Syria’s Kurds from threats by Turkey
US Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican, has called on the US government to prevent possible threats from Turkey and an alliance of rebel groups that have ended the years-long rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad […]
Economics
Jonathan Portes vs Bill Mitchell – Are tax rises now inescapable?
Post-Covid, are taxes hikes essential to fund the future? Or should we abandon “deficit fetishism” and spend our way to prosperity? Read here Mural by Megan Wilson. Photo: victorgrigas / Wikimedia Commons
EU politics
Reuters: ECB mulls shelving rules tackling euro zone’s bad loans pile
With regard to austerity for the people, the EU wields an iron fist. When it comes to banks it will bend over backward to be obliging and generous. Read here
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