EU politics
Reuters – Greeks protest against low wages ahead of 2026 budget vote
Twenty-four hour public sector strike across Greece today [16 December] against low wages. Read the full article HERE.
Austerity
Austerity
José Álvarez Díaz – When it comes to forest fires, austerity kills
2025 is the first year that a million hectares were burnt in forest fires across Europe, but as the scale of the problem grows the scale of public resources to tackle it does not. José […]
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Michele Barbero – France Is Deep in Debt but Failing to Tax the Superrich
Is a wealth tax the answer to Macron’s budget crisis? In ‘Jacobin’. Read the article HERE.
Austerity
C.J. Polychroniou – Neoliberalism in France Receives a New Blow as Yet Another Government Falls
The French people don’t want more neoliberal remedies and there is no parliamentary majority for them, but Macron has nothing else to offer – something has to give. C.J. Polychroniou is a political economist/political scientist […]
Austerity
Krzysztof Katkowski – In Poland, Austerity Targets Ukrainian Refugees
‘Polish president Karol Nawrocki is shutting off welfare benefits for Ukrainians in Poland. Earlier welcomed as refugees, Ukrainians are now pushed into a role as second-class guestworkers in their host country.’ In Jacobin. Read the […]
Austerity
DW News: German welfare state ‘can no longer be financed’ — Merz
The shift from welfare state to warfare state is in full motion. Read the article HERE.
Austerity
Camilla Locatelli and Vanessa Endrejat – EU fiscal rules and the illusion of objectivity
EU fiscal rules are presented as objective but they are in fact extremely political, and are much easier for Germany to get round than weaker EU states. Dr Camilla Locatelli is a Postdoctoral Researcher at […]
Finance
Michael Roberts – Argentina: anarcho capitalism to austerity
Argentina under ‘anarcho-capitalist’ Javier Milei is going back to the IMF, having arrested hyper-inflation through massive austerity. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger. Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog […]
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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.
Inequality
Danny Dorling – Getting shorter and going hungrier: how children in the UK live today
The growth in child poverty in the UK is horrendous and without comparison among advanced economies. Danny Dorling is Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. Cross-posted from The Conversation Children’s lives […]