Michael Calderbank speaks to Marxist economist Costas Lapavitsas ahead of the publication of his provocative new book The Left Case Against the EU
Costas Lapavitsas The book is obviously a critique of the EU as it stands. It’s an assessment of where the union is, what it has become, and its (...)
As from May 2010 the question of the debt became a central concern for Greece and for the rest of the Eurozone. The first programme imposed by the Troika provoked a brutal increase in Greek public debt. This was also the case in various forms in Ireland (2010), Portugal (2011), Spain (2012) and (...)
Opinion polls indicate that Spanish citizens are among the most favourable to the European Union, and to a greater intervention on its part in national debates. The reasons for this situation are historic: in our country, European integration is identified with the end of the dictatorship and (...)
An article by Viera Hudečková based on an intervention made at The International Conference “Another EU is necessary and possible” organised by the Party of the European Left on the 12th of May 2018, Sofia, Bulgaria.
There is an interesting development of the attitude of Czech citizens towards EU (...)
Sixty years after the Treaty of Rome, Podemos MEP Miguel Urbán on rejecting both EU neoliberalism and xenophobic nationalism.
Last weekend marked the sixtieth anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, the European Union’s foundational agreement.
The party for the occasion was all set, except for one (...)
FINAL STATEMENT
The European leaders commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome while the European Union (EU) is falling apart. They decided to address the EU crisis by preparing for a new Treaty. And meanwhile, boost enhanced cooperation initiatives in a Europe of “multiple layers” (...)
After the Brussels terrorist attacks and a right-wing backlash, the Belgian left is trying to organize in the new environment.
“It happened.” That was how many Brussels residents felt when terrorist attacks struck on March 22. After all, they had been mentally preparing for such a blow for (...)
This document was commonly developed by people from the Lexit Network. It was written and agreed before the Brexit referendum and was not intended to influence the popular vote one way or another. With the implementation of the European single market and the Maastricht Treaty, European (...)
Can socialists take a principled position in relation to the EU referendum on 23 June, or should we wish ‘a plague on both your houses’? Charlie Hore puts the case for a ‘remain’ vote, Christina Delistathi to ‘leave’ and Rob Owen for a ‘radical abstention’ Campaign to remain
There’s no dispute that (...)
Britain’s referendum vote on June 23 over whether to stay or leave the European Union (EU) is a dead heat according to polls. The campaign has produced a storm of debate—all the more so after the horrific murder of Labour MP Jo Cox by an assailant with connections to fascist organizations who (...)
Reflexions on the debates on the Dutch referendum on the EU-Ukraine Agreement.
On the 6th of April in the Netherlands just over 30% of potential voters took part in a referendum on the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement. This Agreement is one of the numerous Free Trade Area Agreements (...)
In July 2015, we witnessed a financial coup d’état carried out by the European Union and its institutions against the Greek Government, condemning the Greek population to continue suffering the austerity policies that had been rejected on two occasions in the polls. This coup has intensified the (...)
Following the European Union’s coup in Greece, with the increasingly xenophobic response to the refugee crisis and business as usual response to the climate crisis, new trade deals which undermine democracy, what hope is left for the European project? Claire Fauset went to Madrid, Spain to hear (...)
In this brief text I reflect on the international context and the European crisis on the basis of the experience of Portugal under the Troika and the political change that has happened since then. The first part presents a map for 2016, the second deals with Europe, the struggle for the (...)
Historically, myths have served to explain complex concepts or to put together embellished versions of reality. The European Union has been built on plenty of myths. One of them tells us that 60 years ago, Europe came up with a plan: European countries would come together to ensure that the (...)
Since the start of the global economic crisis, a new movement has arisen across the world.
It is a movement for true democracy and participation, for the right of the people to decide for themselves and have their mandate respected and reflected in policy making, for the duty to confront a (...)
Potemkin Review met with Dr. Éric Toussaint, a founding member and President of the Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt (CADTM) - Belgium, and a global spokesperson for the movement. Author of more than a dozen books on the political economy of neoliberal globalization and the fight (...)
In defense of the Greek OXI, for a Europe of social and democratic rights.
Against the neo-colonial consolidation of the Eurogroup
What lessons can we draw, in the member countries of the European Union (EU) and beyond, from what we must call, and denounce as such, a “financial occupation of (...)
The EU and the crisis: from austerity to solidarity: the verdict of the other voices and a call for another Europe
Brussels, 15-16 May 2014
Brussels – A Tribunal on EU economic governance and the Troika took place in Brussels on 15-16 May. Eleven witnesses from ten countries in Southern, (...)
On the 15-16th of May, a Tribunal Hearing took place in Brussels . Representatives from organisations across Europe gave testimony to an era of financial, economic and social crisis which began in 2008. Especially since 2010, a variety of measures have been taken to force particular policies, (...)
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