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Italy’s centre left bounces back, but will it last?
Italy’s Grand Coalition is paying dividends for the centre-left Democratic Party. But will it last? Analysis of last weekend’s local elections by Tom Gill in the Morning Star
The Troika’s Men in Black and the Crime of Organised Money
Continuing to force states to finance themselves at high-interest rates is just a strategy to justify wage control, the privatisation of public services and, ultimately, to enslave peoples, says Juan Torres Lopez Spain has once again received a visit from the so-called Men in Black, the Troika inspectors, coming to elucidate if all is going as … Continue reading
Spain’s bad banking joke
Despite an infusion of tens of billions of euros funded by citizens now left with huge debts and a downsized welfare state, Spain’s nationalised banks are providing fewer loans to the credit-starved economy than private lenders. It’s all a very bad joke, says Vicente Clavero If something clearly reflects the huge bad joke being played … Continue reading
Eurozone: A step closer to the precipice
Why Merkel has no choice to pursue austerity in Europe, despite its catastrophic social and economic consequences. And to save Europe, the Eurozone must be ditched. By Jacques Sapir Thanks to the combined effect of austerity policies, the Eurozone is sinking into crisis. Yet never have debates on economic policy been so intense. Political leaders, both Germany … Continue reading
Portugal: state agency criticizes “blind cuts”
The Council of Public Finances (CPF), a state body that assesses budgetary policies today deplored the “blind cuts” to public spending accusing the government of slashing state budgets “without any great discernment.” The scathing criticism comes as auditors for the European Commission, the European Central Bank and IMF, known as the troika arrives in Lisbon … Continue reading
Portugal’s unions hail court rejection of pension, wage cuts
Portuguese unions welcomed the decision by the country’s Constitutional Court to strike down four out of nine austerity measures in this year’s budget. The court on Friday rejected cuts in pensioners’ and public servants’ holiday bonuses, as well as reductions to sickness leave and unemployment benefits, which formed part of a swinging austerity plan designed … Continue reading
Cyprus: European oligarchs must pay
Governments can and should impose a tax on the wealth of the super-rich to help resolve Europe’s banking crisis, says Attac Cyprus is experiencing a banking crisis of Irish or Icelandic proportions: a bankrupt banking system, which the European Union is demanding taxpayers bail out. Ireland and Iceland took radically different decisions, one favourable to … Continue reading
Greek public sector to protest Troika mass dismissal plan
Unions will be leading a protest in central Athens Wednesday against demands by international creditors to dismiss 25,000 public sector workers. The massive firings are being demanded by the IMF-EU-ECB ‘Troika’ in return for the final 2.8 billion euros tranche of an international loan to Greece due in the first quarter of this year. ”The … Continue reading
Decision time for Italian voters
Italians are voting again after 14 months under “technocrat” Mario Monti. The outcome of the election in terms of delivering a stable government is uncertain. Pier Luigi Bersani’s centre-left Democrats have been leading in the polls, but billionaire media magnate Silvio Berlusconi’s right-wing alliance is expected to put in a strong showing as is newcomer … Continue reading
How Iceland liberated itself from finance
It is possible to cut finance down to size and emerge from the crisis. To make the banks pay without falling foul of European rules. And even to convince the IMF of its strategy. Giacomo Gabbuti looks at the lessons from Iceland While they were turning off the lights at that circus that is Davos, Iceland … Continue reading
Service companies and Commission ‘work hand in glove’ on deregulation
New evidence on the extent to which far EU trade policy is run by a small group of unelected bureaucrats and corporate lobbyists. Corporate Europe Observatory
Austerity is bad for Europe’s health, say doctors
In an open letter ‘to the political leaders and health authorities in Europe,’ representatives of medics and other leading health professionals in the four of the most badly hit EU countries have demanded an urgent review of austerity policies to ‘prevent further deterioration of health and health services.’ The letter, unveiled Tuesday in Lisbon by … Continue reading
EU leaders must come clean and finally admit – austerity creed is bankrupt
Statement by Gabi Zimmer, president of the GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament: “Although the schedule for the banking union has now been decided – the rulers have once again cheated and avoided clear commitments, rectifications and urgent decisions. In the conflict between different interest groups and in the battle to claim back lost ground, … Continue reading
France: 120 Economists Say No to the European budget treaty!
Next week, France’s National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, will vote to ratify the European treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance , otherwise known by critics as the Permanent Austerity Treaty. Below in a statement published in Le Monde this week, 120 economists say why they reject it. Since 2008, the European Union (EU) has … Continue reading
EU banking union another huge neoliberal step
Expressing concerns over the democratic legitimacy and democratic control over today’s Commission proposals for a European banking union (EBU), Portuguese GUE/NGL MEP Marisa Matias today called for clarity on parliament’s role, as the only democratically elected institution, in the proposed new structures. “Monetary policy and banking supervision are now EU responsibilities but if banks fail … Continue reading
WAGES SLIDE
Wealth Inequality in Europe
RADICAL VOICES
Italy’s Healthcare Crisis
NO TO WATER PRIVATISATION
Filthy Rich
SANTA DRAGHI’S COMING
WORKERS FIGHTING BACK
FLORENCE’S BUS LUMACA
Massive Spanish protest
FRENCH FACTORY OCCUPATION
International Workers Day 2012
DATA
Hate Crimes in Europe
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Discrimination: legal news
- FYR Macedonia - CSOs Reaction to the Commission for Protection against Discrimination’s Annual Report (PDF 61 kB)
- FYR Macedonia - Annual Reports of the Two National Human Rights Institutions Tasked With Protection Against Discrimination (PDF 67 kB)
- FYR Macedonia - Two Studies Assess the Legal Framework and Functioning of the Equality Body (PDF 79 kB)
