Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by PIKETTY Thomas
In the face of the Trumpian onslaught, Europe urgently needs to regain its self-confidence and propose a different development model to its citizens and the world. To achieve this, it must start by overcoming the permanent self-denigration that too often stands in for public debate on our (…)
, by KEZZOUF Youmni
The vote on a resolution supporting Ukraine and discussions on European defence, which took place in Strasbourg on Tuesday and Wednesday, once again illustrated the ambiguities of the continent’s far-right parties regarding Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
On Wednesday, 12 March, the European (…)
, by TANURO Daniel
The Trump-Putin deal is about the division of Europe, with each of them imposing warmongering, authoritatian-austerity-reactionary regimes in their region of influence.
In the short term, this plan involves crushing the Ukrainian people in the east and supporting the far-right Trumpist, (…)
, by BĚLÍČEK Jan
Bernie Sanders points to the weak spot of not only Donald Trump, but also of the European far right. The antidote to them could be an anti-fascist economic policy.
While politicians from the centre of the Democratic Party wore T-shirts with the inscription “Resist” during Trump’s address to (…)
, by GRONOVSKI Jakub, KOLARSKA Dorota, MALISZ Zofia , MILENKOVSKA Magda
In a recent article in Berliner Zeitung, Michael von der Schulenburg argues that Russia’s deployment of more than 100,000 troops to its border with Ukraine was a direct response to NATO’s announcement that Ukraine could one day become its member. This opinion reflects numerous voices on the (…)
, by KRAUSZ Tamás, NARAI Robert
This interview appeared on April 1st, 2019 in Monthly Review – An Independent Socialist Magazine. Hungarian Marxist Tamás Krausz is interviewed by Róbert Nárai
Róbert Nárai: In the 1960s, György Lukács—under the slogan Back to Marx!—called for a “renaissance” of Marxism within Eastern Europe. Your political and theoretical work is very much an answer to this call. Could you begin by telling us about what this renaissance entailed?
Tamás Krausz: To understand the (...)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
Collective article presented by more than 150 co-signatories including Eric Toussaint , Esther Vivas , Catherine Samary , Costas Lapavitsas , Stathis Kouvelakis , Tijana Okic , Nathan Legrand , Alexis Cukier , Jeanne Chevalier , Yayo Herrero.
The ReCommons Europe Manifesto has been drawn up by (…)
, by CALDERBANK Michael
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 (…)
, by TOUSSAINT Éric
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 (…)
, by MERLO Alex
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 (…)
, by Viera Hudečková
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 (…)
, by URBAN CRESPO Miguel
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 (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
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 (…)
, by Lexit Network
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.
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With the implementation of the European single market and the (…)
, by DELISTATHI Christina, HORE Charlie, OWEN Rob
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’
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, by DAVIDSON Neil
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 (…)
, by LIASHEVA Aliona
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 (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
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 (…)
, by FAUSET Claire
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 (…)
, by LOUÇÃ Francisco
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 (…)
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