EU politics
Gerardo Fortuna – Orbán’s EU far-right group woos new members
The far-right in Europe has significant divisions, especially over geopolitics. In ‘Euronews’. Read the article HERE.
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EU politics
Eric Toussaint – The Browning of Europe
A long assessment of the European Parliament election results but well worthwhile. Éric Toussaint is a historian and political scientist. He is spokesperson for the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt. Cross-posted from Counterpunch […]
EU politics
Christopher Bickerton – After Euroscepticism
The European far-right are increasingly comfortable operating within the EU, with proposals to exit the bloc almost entirely extinguished from their programmes. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico – France and Italy denounced by European Commission for overspending
Austerity is back, just in time for the French election. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Al Jazeera – EU threatens tariff hike of up to 38% on Chinese electric vehicles
The EU is mirroring the United States’ tariff policy on Chinese electric vehicles, despite Germany’s opposition. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
George Newth – EU elections: how Italy’s far-right leader Giorgia Meloni framed her politics throughout the campaign
Why would the far-right ever want rid of the EU, when it is serving it so well politically? George Newth is Lecturer in Politics and member of the Reactionary Politics Research Network at the University […]
EU politics
Julian-Nicolas Calfuqir – In France, the Far Right Is Beating a Divided Left
‘Two years ago, a left-wing alliance denied Emmanuel Macron his majority in parliament. But today the forces of the Left are deeply divided — making Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National almost the sole contender for […]
EU politics
Barah Mikaïl – The EU’s outsourced migration control is violent, expensive and ineffective
The EU externalising its borders is neither effective nor moral, and it won’t restrain support for the far-right either. Barah Mikaïl is Associate professor of International Security at IE University in Madrid. Cross-posted from The […]
Environment
Filippos Proedrou, Maria Pournara – The EU’s new ecocide law may still let environmental criminals get away with it
Another case of EU law that is written in such a way as to be designed to fail. Filippos Proedrou is a Senior Lecturer in Global Political Economy at the University of South Wales. Maria […]
Economics
Brave New Europe – Costas Lapavitsas: The State of the EU Economy
The State of the Union is a series of events organized by alternative media organizations Brave New Europe and Conter ahead of the European Parliamentary elections. Costas Lapavitsas is a professor of economics at SOAS […]